Fort Smith

Belligerent bosses

Some bosses are using the recession to become a real jerk.

Parade of Homes ready for fall show

How would you like to prepare a home for more than 10,000 guests? That’s what members of the Greater Fort Smith Association of Home Builders are doing with the Showcase…

National economic news comes with good and bad mix

Economic reports continue with a mix of good and bad news. First, the good news. The U.S. Commerce Department reported Wednesday (Sept. 30) that economic activity fell just 0.7% in…

Fort Smith metro jobless rate drops to 7.1% (Updated)

The Fort Smith metro unemployment rate during August fell to 7.1%, a welcome decline from the 7.7% posted in July and the 7.8% in June. However, the rate is still…

Sen. Lincoln conducts first meeting as Agri committee chair

U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., the first woman to ever chair the powerful U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, gaveled in the first meeting during her new tenure…

Online job demand dips

Recent numbers show an upward trend struggling for momentum.

Whirlpool to keep R&D jobs in Evansville; no deal for Fort Smith

Whirlpool Corp. announced Wednesday (Sept. 30) that its product development center and the 296 associated jobs will remain in Evansville, Ind. Benton Harbor, Mich.-based Whirlpool announced Aug. 28 it would…

Mars Petcare opens at Chaffee; officials praise workforce

Chris Hunter began his comments at the official grand opening of the 305,000-square-foot Mars Petcare plant at Chaffee Crossing in Fort Smith with a sentiment that captured the mood of…

Army Field Band Concert

U.S. Army Field Band Concert 3:00 p.m. Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail Van Buren U.S. Army Field Band Concert. Admission is free, but you need a ticket…

County, city agree to pursue ‘collaborative’ expansion of Ben Geren Park

In what everyone agreed was an historic meeting, the Sebastian County Quorum Court and the Fort Smith Board of Directors expressed clear consensus Tuesday night (Sept. 29) on moving forward…

Sebastian County Bar Association – Meeting Announcement

Mr. John Brummett, award-winning columnist and reporter covering politics for the Arkansas News Bureau of Stephens Media, LLC, in Little Rock, Arkansas, will be making a presentation at the Sebastian…

Area sports council pushes for sports tourism facility

Ed Devero and Travis Stephens have turned up the dial on a plan they have pushed for years that would see the construction of a sports complex they say could…

Area home inventory up, average prices flat

The number of homes for sale in Fort Smith and Van Buren is up 12% between January and Sept. 28, with the average list price of new and existing homes…

Doctor obligations

A New England Journal of Medicine survey shows division cost vs. treatment analysis.

Mixing marketing and business development

Stockman encourages you to think beyond the traditional ways to sell or launch new products.

Fort Smith, Sebastian County sales tax slide continues

Fort Smith sales tax collections continue to see double-digit declines, with the city’s portion of the one-percent countywide tax down more than 12% on July purchases. The city’s two 1%…

Mmmmm. Chocolate. Mmmmm.

Friends of the (Fort Smith) Library crank out the sweet treats to help folks get their read on.

Naturalization Information Session

The United States and Immigration Services will hold this study session on September 30 at 10:00am and again at 6:00pm for those who want to know more about the Naturalization…

Barbecue, music and wide open space supports a hospice program

Linda and Buddy Spradlin welcomed friends of the St. Edward Foundation to their ranch for an annual fall dinner.

Foolish support of Capitalism

What follows is an expression of frustration resulting from my instinctual convictions related to capitalism. Which is to say I’m getting a little unnerved about all these smarty-pants who have…