by June 23, 2022 3:44 pm
-Gentry hired as Fort Smith IT chief, joins other new department heads
The city of Fort Smith’s new director of information technology is set to start his new job in July, when he will join two other new faces in the city…
by June 23, 2022 3:44 pm
-The city of Fort Smith’s new director of information technology is set to start his new job in July, when he will join two other new faces in the city…
by June 23, 2022 3:06 pm
-The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday (June 23) overturned decades of legal precedent in New York state and in doing so significantly curtailed what states and cities can do to…
by June 23, 2022 2:11 pm
-Crittenden County Circuit Court Judge Tonya Alexander denied a petition Thursday (June 23) by Damien Echols to have advanced DNA testing done on ligatures that were recovered in the 1993…
by June 22, 2022 6:57 pm
-Outdoor recreation officials from Arkansas, Maryland, and New Hampshire recently signed on to the Outdoor Recreation Industry Confluence Accords. The signing, which happened in Little Rock, brings the total number…
by June 22, 2022 5:48 pm
-Little Rock attorney Joe Kolb was sworn in as president of the Arkansas Bar Association on June 17, 2022, during the group’s annual meeting at the Hot Springs Convention Center….
by June 22, 2022 2:42 pm
-Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced a new member Wednesday (June 22) to the University of Arkansas System board of trustees. Col. (U.S. Army, Ret.) Nathaniel “Nate” Todd of Pine Bluff, secretary…
by June 22, 2022 11:42 am
-Former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Northwest Arkansas this fall to give a keynote address at an event hosted by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. “America Leads: An…
by June 22, 2022 12:24 am
-Former State Sen. Bryan King’s defeat of Sen. Bob Ballinger was the most-watched run off election of the night Tuesday (June 21). In addition to races in Northwest Arkansas, there were…
by June 21, 2022 10:45 pm
-Tuesday’s (June 21) run off elections saw five Republicans win Northwest Arkansas legislative primaries. In what was likely one of the most closely watched legislative races in Arkansas, former Sen….
by June 21, 2022 9:53 pm
-Run off elections in Crawford, Sebastian and Washington counties resulted in a new judge and sheriff in Crawford County, and a tight race between Republicans Patrick Deakins and Mark Scales…
by June 21, 2022 3:33 pm
-A deadly E. coli outbreak at several Jack in the Box fast food restaurants in the western United States in 1993 may provide the means to solve one of the…
by June 21, 2022 3:15 pm
-The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis on Tuesday (June 21) named Matuschka Lindo Briggs as vice president and regional executive for the Little Rock Branch, which serves the majority…
by June 21, 2022 3:09 pm
-The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Commission agreed Tuesday (June 21) to send its petition to levy a supplemental annual assessment for operations to the Fort Smith City…
by June 20, 2022 5:48 pm
-Every five years, lawmakers formulate the nation’s farm bill, legislation that dictates how much support the federal government will provide for farmers across the country. The new bill will be…
by June 20, 2022 5:29 pm
-Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday (June 20) the appointment of Mitch Rouse as Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services. He replaces Amy Fecher, who will become…
by June 19, 2022 1:46 pm
-Davy Carter has a pretty good seat to gauge the local, state and national economies. From his perch as Northeast Arkansas regional president for Centennial Bank and as a director…
by June 16, 2022 9:25 pm
-In what started as a largely attended and contentious meeting of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees, board members accepted offers for purchase of two parking lots, the…
by June 16, 2022 5:40 pm
-Federal legislators and industry organization leaders from Arkansas touted a new law that’s expected to benefit U.S. exporters and ease supply chain issues, The U.S. Senate approved the act in…
by June 16, 2022 5:09 pm
-The two communities are 800 miles apart, but after the events of May 24, the small South Texas town and Northeast Arkansas’ largest city are members of an ever-growing group,…
by June 16, 2022 5:05 pm
-Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Thursday (June 16) the members to a state tax appeals commission that was created by lawmakers in 2021 to resolve Arkansas tax disputes. The commission, formed…