by - September 18, 2013 4:17 pm
County officials on Wednesday (Sept. 18) were touting more than $1 million in improvements made at Ben Geren Regional Park over the last decade. Much of the improvements come in…
by - September 18, 2013 6:29 am
The head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, met with about 15 Arkansas bankers on Monday night in Arkansas to discuss concerns related to the Dodd-Frank financial…
by - September 17, 2013 8:54 pm
Twenty-three minutes. That is how long the Fort Smith Board of Directors spent discussing a stop sign. And that was why Director Keith Lau spoke up during the Board's discussion…
by - September 17, 2013 5:49 pm
A $15.5 million grant from a Siloam Springs-based foundation will help the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith construct a 58,000-square-foot visual arts building that will include a 150-seat film…
by - September 16, 2013 10:01 pm
The city of Van Buren has recently developed a plan to expand parks and recreation and tonight (Sept. 16), the city was able to add a brand new park to…
by - September 16, 2013 3:51 pm
Roger Norman, director of the state’s division of Legislative Audit, has forwarded an investigative report to Prosecuting Attorney John Threet of Fayetteville. On Friday, state lawmakers heard conflicting testimony from…
by - September 16, 2013 11:36 am
Corporate money flowing into Arkansas campaigns may become a thing of the past if one group has its way. The group Regnat Populus has begun the work to collect the…
by - September 14, 2013 6:50 pm
For the first time in seven years, the Democratic Party of Arkansas on Saturday (Sept. 14) held their quarterly state committee meeting in Northwest Arkansas. The meeting, held at the…
by - September 11, 2013 3:42 pm
It was 12 years ago today that terrorists hijacked and crashed commercial airliners into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon near Washington, and a field near Shanksville,…
by - September 11, 2013 11:54 am
Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday (Sept. 11) that any short-term solution to a $53 million shortfall in the Public School Health Insurance program must be tied to a long-term solution…
by - September 10, 2013 9:38 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum Board of Directors on Tuesday (Sept. 10) approved a plan to move the museum site about 2,000 feet north on the Arkansas River bank in order…
by - September 10, 2013 8:43 pm
Citizens of Fort Smith may not notice anything different, but following today's (Sept. 10) Board of Directors study session, the city will begin attempts to incorporate compressed natural gas vehicles…
by - September 10, 2013 6:30 pm
Tuesday delivered a visible beginning of the end for the 188th Fighter Wing mission in Fort Smith as two A-10 war planes departed the Fort Smith Regional Airport for a…
by - September 10, 2013 6:06 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe said in late August he was optimistic Arkansas would soon see results from job recruitment efforts associated with the Wal-Mart manufacturing summit. The optimism was not unfounded….
by - September 10, 2013 3:38 pm
As Thermold Magazines President Sylvan Bednar made his way up to address a crowd of about 75 gathered Tuesday morning (Sept. 10) at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce,…
by - September 9, 2013 11:26 pm
Arkansas lawmakers discussed how to handle a $53 million deficit in the Public School Health Insurance program that is threatening near 50% increases in premiums to be paid by teachers…
by - September 9, 2013 11:17 pm
Members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors met for nearly three hours on Monday night (Sept. 9) to discuss and try to narrow the focus of priorities identified during…
by - September 9, 2013 3:37 pm
The August Recess is over and members of the Arkansas Congressional delegation have returned to Washington. The topic on nearly everybody's mind as Congress reconvenes appears to be President Barack…
by - September 9, 2013 12:13 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe on Monday (Sept. 9) announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Richard Anderson, Little Rock, reappointed to the Arkansas Athletic Commission. Appointment expires July 15, 2015….
by - September 6, 2013 1:24 pm
The last of the A-10 aircraft will depart the 188th Fighter Wing in June of next year, according to the fighter wing's commander Col. Mark Anderson who spoke Friday (Sept….
