by - May 17, 2021 4:12 pm
Kyle Foreman, director of solid waste services for the City of Fort Smith, has packed up for Billings, Mont., after serving almost five years with the city. Foreman’s last day…
by - May 17, 2021 2:17 pm
Washington County Judge Joseph Wood announced Monday (May 17) he would be a Republican candidate for Arkansas Lt. Governor. Wood is serving his second term as county judge. “I’m running…
by - May 17, 2021 2:08 pm
A near catastrophic failure of the Interstate 40 bridge connecting West Memphis to Memphis could have been caught in early 2019, and the engineer charged with inspecting the bridge was…
by - May 16, 2021 9:50 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said in a Sunday (May 16) interview the I-40 Memphis bridge situation is a “national concern.” He also weighed in on the ouster of Rep….
by - May 15, 2021 8:03 am
Sen. Jim Hendren, I-Gravette, and four former Arkansas state legislators are founding signatories of “A Call for American Renewal,” a movement that says it is “pushing for the Republican Party…
by - May 13, 2021 3:27 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) announced Thursday (May 13) that it has established the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Division and named Katherine Andrews the director. According to a news…
by - May 12, 2021 5:43 pm
U.S. Reps. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, and Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said the controversial move by Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives to oust U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, as…
by - May 12, 2021 5:18 pm
An At-Large Position held by Bill Hanesworth is the only contested position in the school elections for Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education. Hanesworth is challenged by Matt Blaylock….
by - May 12, 2021 5:17 pm
Editor’s note: This guest commentary is co-authored by Dr. Joe Thompson & Craig Wilson of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. Craig Wilson, J.D., M.P.A., is the director of health…
by - May 12, 2021 11:50 am
The Sunken Lands Water Trail, created by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the St. Francis Lake Association, and the Trumann Area Chamber of Commerce, shouldn’t exist. It took one…
by - May 12, 2021 8:59 am
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on legislation passed during the 2021 Arkansas Legislative Session. The first addressed Act 309, and this second story focuses on…
by - May 11, 2021 8:00 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has approved an appeal that reverses a Planning Commission denial of a conditional use for a technical or trade school at Central Mall, 5111…
by - May 11, 2021 3:12 pm
Chuck Tucker, Senior Vice President of Organization and Administration with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, is retiring May 31 following a 36-year career with the organization. Also, the state’s largest…
by - May 11, 2021 8:05 am
Editor’s note: This first of a two-part series on legislation passed during the 2021 Arkansas Legislative Session will focus on Act 309. The second part will focus on Act 626…
by - May 10, 2021 3:40 pm
Generations of civic and business leaders in Northeast Arkansas have dreamed of U.S. 67 being transformed into a complete, four-lane interstate highway stretching to the Missouri border. If the route…
by - May 10, 2021 12:23 pm
The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the White River Irrigation District hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Friday (May 7) west of DeValls Bluff for the first phase of construction…
by - May 9, 2021 10:30 am
Stacy Hurst, Arkansas’ secretary of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, said while the recent legislative session spiked emails to her agency due to negative national headlines, there were also a number…
by - May 7, 2021 5:15 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (May 7) stopped the state’s participation in federal supplemental jobless benefits which provided an extra $300 a week to those who qualified. The move comes…
by - May 7, 2021 9:00 am
It had been nearly 50 years since I’d spent any time in northern Alabama before a brief trip there last week. I was interested to see not only what had…
by - May 6, 2021 10:14 am
Drax Group announced Thursday (May 6) it will begin constructing the first of three new “satellite” pellet plants in Arkansas. Drax Group is a worldwide sustainable biomass production and supply…
