by - May 30, 2019 7:56 pm
Ahead of Thursday’s 5 p.m. deadline to submit bids for gaming licenses in Pope and Jefferson counties, the Arkansas Racing Commission received four applications to build new casino operations near…
by - May 30, 2019 6:54 pm
Flooded port operations in Fort Smith and Van Buren managed by Five Rivers Distribution meant at least 17 families would face several weeks or months without a paycheck. But the…
by - May 30, 2019 1:46 pm
The U.S. expansion in the first quarter of 2019 was revised downward 0.1 percentage point to a still robust 3.1%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) “second”…
by - May 29, 2019 10:16 pm
Dr. Cole Peck of Jonesboro will run for Arkansas State House District 53, which serves citizens in parts of Jonesboro and eastern Craighead County, including Black Oak, Brookland, Caraway, Lake…
by - May 29, 2019 4:03 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is asking federal agencies for direct support and will tour flooded areas with members of the state’s congressional delegation Thursday, he said in a press conference Wednesday…
by - May 29, 2019 3:58 pm
As the Arkansas River reaches historic levels in central Arkansas, Little Rock Port Authority officials have halted all barge traffic amid concerns that waters will crest and create dangerous conditions…
by - May 28, 2019 6:52 pm
Historic crests are expected along the Arkansas River in the coming weeks and it will impact farm land throughout the state. Many farmers with fields and cattle pastures along the…
by - May 28, 2019 4:18 pm
The controversial herbicide dicamba cannot be used for the rest of the growing season in Arkansas. The Arkansas Plant Board designated May 25 as the last day that growers could…
by - May 28, 2019 4:08 pm
Newly-appointed Secretary of Commerce-designate Mike Preston named Cheryl Schluterman as the Director of the Division of Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA) when the agency becomes part of the Department of…
by - May 25, 2019 9:23 am
As Arkansans began the long Memorial Day weekend, the Trump administration quietly announced that it plans to shutter or outsource all of the nation’s rural Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers,…
by - May 25, 2019 9:03 am
Heavy rains and powerful storms have dumped unseasonably large amounts of water in upstream rivers. As a result state and federal officials are bracing for flooding along the lock-and-dam controlled…
by - May 23, 2019 8:02 pm
James Arbuckle, vice president with Halff Associates, reported Thursday (May 23) on a public input survey, gave an update on goals and said recommendations on what Fort Smith officials could…
by - May 23, 2019 10:57 am
As Arkansas’ first secretary of education, Johnny Key will implement Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s government transformation efforts for students in pre-kindergarten through graduate school. Hutchinson announced Key, the current education commissioner,…
by - May 22, 2019 10:41 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (May 22) named his 15 new cabinet secretaries who will be tasked with overhauling and then streamlining state government for the first time since former…
by - May 21, 2019 9:10 pm
Fort Smith School Board President Susan McFerran has kept her seat on the board, unofficial election results showed Tuesday (May 21) night. McFerran was challenged for the Zone 2, Position…
by - May 21, 2019 8:12 pm
Several Chaffee Crossing property owners filed a lawsuit in Sebastian County Circuit Court Friday (May 17) against the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority and its board of directors because of a…
by - May 21, 2019 2:58 pm
The candidate list for judicial elections continues to grow. Deputy Public Defender Rita Howard Watkins announced Tuesday (May 21) her candidacy for Sebastian County Circuit Court, Division VI, a post…
by - May 21, 2019 2:15 pm
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith interim chancellor Dr. Edward Serna has been named president of the University of Maine at Farmington. His last day at UAFS will be June…
by - May 20, 2019 9:14 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed to pull an agenda item to renegotiate a contract with Hope Humane Society from Tuesday’s (May 21) regular board meeting — a move…
by - May 20, 2019 7:44 pm
One of the primary reasons President Donald Trump has enacted hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tariffs on Chinese goods that flow into the U.S. is intellectual property theft….
