by - April 25, 2018 3:13 pm
Tax reform has led trucking companies across the nation to give pay increases to employees and invest into equipment, and recently, trade organization American Trucking Associations and its members promoted…
by - April 25, 2018 6:22 am
Sebastian County Collector/Treasurer candidate Steve Hotz took aim at incumbent Judith Miller’s management of excess commission funds at a Tuesday (April 24) debate hosted by the Sebastian County Republican Women….
by - April 24, 2018 8:35 pm
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) recognized the state’s top environmental stewards during a ceremony at the State Capitol Tuesday (April 24) where Gov. Asa Hutchinson touted key conservation…
by - April 24, 2018 8:21 pm
Fort Smith Utilities Director Jerry Walters on Tuesday (April 24) updated the Board on several projects his department has going, including how the city could be losing between $2 million…
by - April 24, 2018 5:45 pm
The involvement of Amazon and other tech giants in the health care industry will accelerate the move to consumer-based care, while the omnibus spending package passed by Congress in March…
by - April 24, 2018 5:24 pm
Only 18% of Republican voters in Arkansas favor heavier regulation of guns, 35% favor fewer regulations, and a plurality of 44% think there should be no changes to existing gun…
by - April 24, 2018 7:49 am
The Lake View school funding case probably is still “good law” despite a recent court ruling that the state can’t be sued under the Arkansas Constitution. But the ability of…
by - April 23, 2018 8:37 pm
On Monday (April 23), Dr. Terry Morawski, chief operations officer for Fort Smith Public Schools, unveiled an implementation plan for the upcoming $120.822 million, 5.558-mill millage increase in the event…
by - April 23, 2018 5:22 pm
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating among Arkansas Republicans is unquestionably positive as 86% of the state’s GOP primary voters expressed a thumbs up for the nation’s chief executive. A…
by - April 23, 2018 4:55 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday (April 23) rejected a petition for an expedited hearing from a group pushing a casino proposal that has been rejected four times by Arkansas…
by - April 22, 2018 9:47 am
A new survey of likely Republican party primary voters in Arkansas shows that Gov. Asa Hutchinson has a nearly two-to-one lead over over challenger Jan Morgan. The latest Talk Business…
by - April 22, 2018 9:43 am
U.S. Rep. French Hill, a veteran of the George H.W. Bush White House, fondly remembered former First Lady Barbara Bush, who passed away at the age of 92 last week….
by - April 20, 2018 2:13 pm
Arkansas’ tight job market held serve in March in line with the national trend where unemployment rates in nearly all 50 states reported little or no change at the end…
by - April 19, 2018 8:18 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) lended its support to the upcoming school millage vote on May 22. The FCRA board approved a resolution on Thursday (April 19) endorsing the…
by - April 19, 2018 7:44 pm
After several date and time changes, the sentencing of former Sen. Jake Files is set for 10 a.m., June 18, in Fort Smith with U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes III…
by - April 18, 2018 9:04 pm
Sebastian County election officials will launch the area’s first “voting centers” during the May 22 preferential primary. The centers will replace traditional precinct-based voting in which voters had to vote…
by - April 18, 2018 5:31 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., has been appointed to serve on the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, the organization responsible for directing funds raised by the sale of the duck stamp…
by - April 18, 2018 5:19 pm
About 200 people gathered to celebrate the completion of the largest single road construction contract in the state Wednesday (April 18). In December 2014, the Arkansas Highway Commission approved a…
by - April 17, 2018 10:07 pm
On Tuesday (April 17), the Fort Smith Board of Directors unanimously approved a $300,000 contract with consulting firm Burns and McDonnell to pursue modification of the federal consent decree imposed…
by - April 17, 2018 4:07 pm
Driving Arkansas Forward, the group pushing for a casinos for highway funding constitutional amendment proposal, has filed suit against Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge after she rejected their ballot measure…
