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Big Screen Peter: The Conspirator

The newest effort by legend Robert Redford takes the audience into the chaos that followed Lincoln’s assassination.

Child immunization focus of Cooper Clinic seminar

Parents, grandparents and child caregivers are encouraged to attend a free seminar “Your Child: Guarding Against Disease,” at 6:30 p.m., April 28. The seminar will be held at the main…

FCRA approves Chaffee real estate deals

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority members convened for the second time in April, this time for a vote on approximately $3 million in real estate offers…

Nassri gets ‘Compassionate’ award

Sparks pediatrician Dr. Louay Nassri has been named a 2010 Most Compassionate Doctor and, for the third straight year, he has received the Patients’ Choice award. The honors are given…

UAFS dental students win top awards

Dental hygiene students from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith took first, second and third place awards during a competition held at a meeting of the Arkansas State Dental…

Consensus on Bernanke speech: Nothing new

Fed Chief Ben Bernanke’s first press conference offered changes in economic forecasts, but at least three economy watchers say not much new was learned about the economy. Bernanke, head of…

Fort Smith metro jobless rate down in March

The unemployment rate for the Fort Smith metro finally moved in the right direction, with the March jobless rate estimated at 8.4%, down from 9.1% in February and below the…

National Cemetery work aligns, secures headstones

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Under a simple white stone like the others at Fort Smith National Cemetery lay Isaac Parker, the man known by virtually everyone in Fort Smith…

Arkansas sales tax holiday to begin Aug. 6

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansans may begin on Aug. 6 to take advantage of a…

Mortgage interest deduction: Retain, modify or eliminate?

Editor’s note: Following is an abridged version of this report originally posted April 21 by Ethan Nobles at First Arkansas News. Nobles also works for a Realtors association in central…

Fort Smith airport moves on extensive construction plan

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] In spite of a 15-minute tornado warning delay, the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission managed to move forward on two engineering contracts with Morrison Shipley…

May 1st Saturday at The Learning Fields at Chaffee Crossing

During the summer on the 1st Saturday of the month, The Learning Fields at Chaffee Crossing open our demonstration gardens to the public. The first in the series for this…

Arkansas National Guard missions grow after floods, tornadoes

story submitted by Capt. Chris Heathscott, public affairs officer, Arkansas National Guard The Arkansas National Guard now has approximately 170 Soldiers and Airmen assisting in Faulkner, Garland and Carroll Counties…

Fort Smith animal ordinance gets North Little Rock input

Fort Smith Police Chief Kevin Lindsey and some of his staff will soon travel to North Little Rock to review an animal control program that is similar to an ordinance…

Effectively managing in a partnership

Business partnerships come with advantages, but the possibility for conflict must be addressed early.

CenturyLink to discount computers, broadband

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas’ second largest telecom is preparing to make affordable, high-speed Internet…

58 jobs may result from Golden Living expansion

The around 200 jobs Dallas-based Golden Living will move to its administrative center in Fort Smith during the next two years will generate at least 58 more jobs in the…

HMA quarterly income up 12.7%

Health Management Associates posted first quarter 2011 net income of $149.057 million and total revenue of $1.433 billion, up 10.4% and 12.7%, respectively, over the 2010 period. Naples, Fla.-based HMA…

Area home sales down in 2011 first quarter

Sales of new and existing homes in Crawford and Sebastian counties during the first quarter of 2011 total 317, down 13.85% from the 368 sales in the 2010 period, according…

City Clerk: 1% petition is insufficient (Updated)

Editor’s note: Story is updated with several additions throughout. There will be no election on a 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith unless court action reverses Monday’s ruling by…