by - May 11, 2015 8:04 pm
A test by Wal-Mart Stores to offer access to affordable health care that involves 17 Care Clinics inside Walmart U.S. supercenters is going well, according to the company, with 22%…
by - May 11, 2015 6:30 pm
Grocery giant Safeway announced the closing of nine stores across the Denver market, which is 45% of its real estate in the mile-high metro area. The culprit of these closures…
by - May 11, 2015 6:03 pm
Zero Mountain is more than six months into expanding with its Zero Mountain Logistics company. The new division employs 30 people, including 17 truck drivers, with plans to employ 50…
by - May 11, 2015 4:03 pm
Where there is no vision, the people perish, at least that is one translation of Proverbs 29:18. Although I have no ecclesiastical or apostolic authority to change the Bible, I…
by - May 11, 2015 3:44 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will call lawmakers into special session May 26 to pass a bond issue to help Lockheed Martin land a contract to assemble the U.S. Army’s and Marine…
by - May 10, 2015 8:27 pm
Editor’s note: This essay has been edited to reflect that Sen. Cotton did indeed address the media following his lone “No” vote, and that Sen. Cotton called out the other…
by - May 10, 2015 7:44 pm
One of the best-kept secrets in Fort Smith is a non-traditional approach to learning created by Italian physician, Dr. Maria Montessori, in the early 20th century. Educational goals for students…
by - May 10, 2015 10:25 am
Legislative leaders are asking members about their availability for a May 26-28 special session, the day after the Memorial Day holiday. The special session would center on a potential economic…
by - May 8, 2015 4:53 pm
Officials with the Arkansas National Guard announced Friday (May 8) implementation of additional random force protection measures at all of its facilities and installations in Arkansas as a result of…
by - May 8, 2015 11:46 am
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student Casey Millspaugh’s life was changed by a business card. Millspaugh was a senior business student at UAFS when Bill Hanna, president of…
by - May 7, 2015 7:53 pm
Introduction to the Enneagram is a seminar taught by Kaye Bernard and sponsored by the Enneagram Fellowship of Fort Smith. "What ever your spiritual background, the Enneagram of nine personality…
by - May 7, 2015 7:34 pm
Arkansas highway officials have again pulled construction projects out of the bid process because of uncertainty with federal funding. To date, 70 road projects totaling an estimated $282 million have…
by - May 7, 2015 5:31 pm
Strokes and lung cancer are what caused USA Truck CEO John Simone to in early April take an indefinite leave of absence, according to a statement issued Thursday (May 7)…
by - May 7, 2015 5:21 pm
Convenience chain Kum & Go is opening its first compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Springdale. This will be the first CNG station open to the public in Northwest…
by - May 7, 2015 4:11 pm
A lot has changed in Mom’s world. The world in 1949, the year of her birth, was a crazy place. Europe was rebuilding its continental economy, the Soviets were rattling…
by - May 7, 2015 3:54 pm
It’s tempting to simply credit an improved national economy for improved finances at the trucking operations of the four publicly held companies based in Arkansas. But that temptation fails to…
by - May 7, 2015 3:05 pm
A federal classification upgrade of the Arkansas River from “Connector” to “Corridor” status will raise the river’s visibility in the shipping world and could help bring more federal dollars for…
by - May 7, 2015 1:18 pm
Voting, voting on mustaches and the odds on Huckabee losing an arm-wrestling contest to Hillary are part of this week’s The Video Wire. The Video Wire is a collaboration between…
by - May 7, 2015 12:39 pm
Fort Smith native Beth Clark, an advanced practice nurse, has joined the Cardiology Center at Sparks located inside Sparks Medical Plaza on Dodson Avenue, and Jamie Nash has joined Alma…
by - May 6, 2015 5:32 pm
Building permit value totals in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren are up almost 30% during the first four months of 2015, boosted by several large commercial projects in Fort…
