by - January 24, 2011 1:45 pm
The possible benefits of the Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network (ARE•ON) and expansions of the network have been noted in a recent University of Arkansas report saying access to…
by - January 24, 2011 9:24 am
Dresses, cakes and decorations were highlighted during the 2011 River Valley Bridal Extravaganza.
by - January 24, 2011 8:40 am
Editor’s note: Arkansas Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, provided the following commentary on the previous week of the 88th Arkansas General Assembly. The best way to describe the momentum of…
by - January 24, 2011 8:31 am
Editor’s note: Rep. Leslee Milam-Post, D-Ozark, provided the following commentary on the previous week of the 88th Arkansas General Assembly. Though it was a short week, with observance of the…
by - January 24, 2011 7:24 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors should by ordinance enact a 1% prepared food tax to support the operations and maintenance of the Fort Smith Convention Center. It is part…
by - January 23, 2011 6:14 pm
Ivy Owen says Chaffee Crossing is buzzing with success.
by - January 23, 2011 10:59 am
Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from CrawfoRoad, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….
by - January 23, 2011 10:32 am
The fundraising event helps support tennis programs in five Fort Smith regional counties.
by - January 21, 2011 5:32 pm
H.L. Hembree III, a prominent Fort Smith businessman who was involved in trucking, banking, farming and many other pursuits, has died. He was 79. He is preceded in death by…
by - January 21, 2011 2:54 pm
Union membership in Arkansas fell 6.38% and nationwide membership fell 12.3% according to information released Friday (Jan. 20) by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. In Arkansas, union membership in…
by - January 21, 2011 2:17 pm
Oilfield services giant Schlumberger said Friday (Jan. 21) it has introduced a new fracturing process in the Fayetteville Shale that will result in safer and cleaner drilling operations, decreased operating…
by - January 21, 2011 11:03 am
Jeff Adams of Hutchinson, Kan., is the new director for the Center for Lifelong Learning at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, effective Jan. 31. Adams will have responsibility…
by - January 21, 2011 10:14 am
The Arkansas Public Service Commission has approved a request by Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. allowing it to recover from Arkansas customers about 11% of $2.1 million in costs related…
by - January 21, 2011 9:50 am
Eddie York is again fired up and ready to marshal forces to oppose enactment of a 1% prepared food tax that would support the Fort Smith Convention Center. York, owner…
by - January 21, 2011 9:05 am
Arvest Bank has announced an increase in SBA loans of 53% at the end of its fiscal 2010, which ended Dec. 31, over fiscal 2009. The U.S. Small Business Administration…
by - January 21, 2011 8:59 am
Keith Hefner, president and CEO of Citizens Bank & Trust Co. in Van Buren, is among 12 regional bankers named to the inaugural council of the new Community Depository Institutions…
by - January 21, 2011 7:40 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas business, labor and government leaders are struggling for a solution…
by - January 20, 2011 5:18 pm
Like the business end of a French Dip sandwich, Adam gets all drippy about how much he loves Ed Walker’s.
by - January 20, 2011 4:41 pm
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has cleared the pending ABB acquisition of Baldor Electric Co. Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB announced Nov. 29 the move to acquire Fort…
by - January 20, 2011 2:35 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods has joined a federal program designed to ensure the company maintains a “lawful workforce.” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Tyson Foods’ officials announced Thursday (Jan. 20)…
