Fort Smith

Adam & Eats: La Huerta Grill

Adam says the new location on Rogers Avenue continues with the same great food and service.

Logan County rolls out the dishes for the chamber

Taste of South Logan County raises money for Booneville Chamber of Commerce events.

Fort Smith to get $899,621 in CDBG funds

Fort Smith is set to receive $899,621 in Community Development Block Grant funding as part of more than $22.34 million Arkansas will receive from the U.S. Department of Housing and…

Mid-year chamber report: $300 million in possible new biz investment

About 400 gathered Thursday (July 15) to hear a Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce mid-year progress report that included the claim of more than $300 million in possible investments…

J.B. Hunt tops Wall Street view as 2Q earnings jump 117%

Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. profits easily topped Wall Street expectations as the Arkansas trucking giant’s second quarter earnings were lifted by improved pricing margins and across the board…

Wingnut Live at Bordertown BBQ

Join Wingnut and Special Guests Grant Pierson & Friends at Bordertown BBQ (7000 Hwy 71 S) for great food, music, and dancing. All draft beer sales and $5 donation at…

Van Buren A&P continues struggle with tight budget

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Flowers or advertising: that’s what it came down to at the Wednesday (July 14) meeting of the Van Buren Advertising and Commission. The agency is…

Economy watchers say ‘double-dip recession’ unlikely

Editor’s note: Portions of the following story were first posted in this story by Roby Brock at TalkBusiness.net, a content partner with The City Wire. Worries about a potential second…

Area foreclosure filings up 34% in first half of 2010

Recent foreclosure data from RealtyTrac show a more than 34% increase in the number of Fort Smith area residents unable to keep their home and other property out of the…

Teachers train for robotics competition

info for story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Teachers from seven area school districts and representatives from two universities met July 14 at the University of…

Big Screen Peter: Despicable Me

The humor intertwined with the compelling and the heartwarming have Peter saying the movie is almost perfect.

184th Fighter Squadron – Presentation by Commander

Lieutenant Colonel Ray Hunter, Commander of the 184th Fighter Squadron, will present an informal program on the 188th Fighter Wing’s current mission and recent deployment to Afghanistan. The program…

Arkansas Lottery vending machine plan draws criticism

The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has been embroiled in controversy ever since Lt. Gov. Bill Halter proposed the lottery two years ago. Let’s face it, lotteries are controversial, but in Arkansas…

RITA rail, port and I-49 efforts ongoing; another D.C. trip planned

Efforts and connections continue with federal and private-sector officials to fund and build railroads and improve port facilities in the Fort Smith region, according to comments during July’s meeting of…

Paddock’s Pick: Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger

The collection of short stories includes a winner about an 11-year-old boy who learns how to tell jokes.

Obama moratorium shifts oil production jobs from U.S. to Africa

Murphy Oil Corp. and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. announced a decision late Monday to suspend their drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico and relocate to central Africa. In a…

Fort Smith may pull from wellness fund to fix funding gap

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Sometimes the best solutions are the ones right in front of you. That was the consensus at Tuesday’s (July 13) study session of the Fort…

Windstream to add 210 jobs in Little Rock

Windstream plans to create 210 new jobs and retain 300 existing jobs in central Arkansas. Windstream Corp., which has headquartered its national offices in Little Rock since it was formed…

Bank of the Ozarks sees 14.6% income gain

Bank of the Ozarks Inc. announced second quarter net income of $10.9 million, an increase of 14.6% from $9.5 million one year ago. Net interest income for the second quarter…

Fayetteville firm lands big federal contracts

Fayetteville-based Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc. will receive $3.9 million in Recovery Act funds for a research project that aims to make “significant” gains in the way the U.S. uses…