by - August 15, 2017 6:38 am
Despite a previous rejection, the Fort Smith Sanitation Department managed to win the contract on Fort Smith Public Schools’ trash collection and recycling services. The school board set the next…
by - August 14, 2017 4:56 pm
Razorback football players Scott Bull and Chuck Dicus said Frank Broyles was an intimidating figure who used his persona in a positive way to motivate his players, and to eventually…
by - August 14, 2017 1:48 pm
Frank Broyles, the football coach who led the University of Arkansas to its only football national championship in 1964, died Monday (Aug. 14) in Fayetteville from complications of Alzheimer’s disease….
by - August 14, 2017 1:20 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday (Aug. 14) that the state Department of Human Services will seek bids for a private operator to take over day-to-day operations of seven of the…
by - August 13, 2017 9:30 am
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., issued a statement on Sunday morning after white supremacists and counterprotestors clashed at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Cotton said white supremacists “betray” American values and…
by - August 11, 2017 1:19 pm
A newly created medical marijuana advocacy group that includes former Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and reportedly State Medical Board Chairman Dr. Steven Cathey has waded into controversy only a day…
by - August 11, 2017 12:32 pm
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says unsuccessful action for decades with North Korea has left the U.S. with few options in the current crisis. Cotton, who appears on this week’s edition…
by - August 10, 2017 10:15 pm
Although no one has yet to file an application to operate a pot-growing greenhouse or dispensaries when medical marijuana sales are expected to kick-off in early 2018, Rep. Doug House,…
by - August 10, 2017 9:44 pm
Chaffee Crossing developments have resulted in more than $16.1 million of contributions to Fort Smith from the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA), according to city data provided to Talk Business…
by - August 10, 2017 9:28 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Thursday he has authorized four crisis stabilization units to be opened in Arkansas. The units will treat mentally impaired people who could end up in jail…
by - August 10, 2017 9:25 pm
Arkansas Department of Transportation District 10 Engineer Brad Smithee knows most people don’t get excited when the hear the words “pavement preservation project.” When most people think about roads, they…
by - August 10, 2017 8:40 pm
Luis Andrade, a 21-year-old immigrant from Brazil, is such a fan of President Donald Trump that the slogan for his recently announced bid for mayor of Fort Smith is “Make…
by - August 10, 2017 3:22 pm
Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, wants to pay for highway infrastructure with a federal gas tax increase, but Arkansas’ Congressional delegation either opposes a tax…
by - August 10, 2017 10:47 am
U.S. Senator John Boozman, R-Ark., has scheduled a follow-up surgical procedure next Tuesday (Aug. 15) that’s related to an emergency heart surgery he underwent a little more than three years…
by - August 9, 2017 5:32 pm
A new pro-medical marijuana association has been formed that includes as board members a former Arkansas attorney general and the author of the amendment that brought medical marijuana to the…
by - August 9, 2017 6:31 am
There has been no confirmation or denial from Fort Smith Investment Partners, but some residents in the Riley Farm and Williamson Place additions of Fort Smith are concerned the company…
by - August 8, 2017 8:26 pm
As President Donald Trump and U.S. healthcare policymakers on Tuesday (Aug. 8) addressed the nation’s growing opioid epidemic, a new study shows the Arkansas prescription drug problem is so serious…
by - August 8, 2017 4:11 pm
State Rep. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, was blistered for his positions on healthcare, education, and even the death of a child at a daycare facility he’s associated with during a town…
by - August 8, 2017 11:15 am
Motorists in Arkansas crossed structurally deficient bridges 2.07 million times daily in 2016, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The ARTBA recently looked into 2016 bridge data…
by - August 6, 2017 10:21 am
Arkansas voters who expressed their support of President Trump find him meeting expectations, more truthful and innocent of Russia collusion by a nearly two-to-one margin. In the latest Talk Business…
