by - December 30, 2014 3:36 pm
The cattle markets are set to ring up another record year for producers and packers even with tightening supplies expected to continue through 2019. Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension…
by - December 30, 2014 1:28 pm
by - December 30, 2014 10:54 am
The number of employed during November in the Fort Smith metro area reached a new high for 2014, but the number is still below the 2013 monthly average and the…
by - December 30, 2014 10:50 am
Retailers and analysts projected more shoppers would be drawn to e-commerce this holiday season because of expanded promotions and a growing user base. Data provider ComScore reports that U.S. retail…
by - December 30, 2014 7:37 am
EVERYONE is invited to the Rally Supporting Our First Responders (Police, Fire, EMT, and Military) scheduled for January 10th, 2015 from 10:00am until 12:00pm on the corner of Rogers Avenue and Waldron Road in Fort…
by - December 29, 2014 7:45 pm
Muskogee, Okla-based Armstrong Bank has entered the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas banking markets with the planned acquisition of Benefit Bank. Terms were not disclosed in the statement issued Monday…
by - December 29, 2014 3:14 pm
I am not sure how many people noticed, but there has been something of a trend forming over the past year in which state attorneys general refuse to defend laws…
by - December 29, 2014 2:37 pm
Politics certainly dominated the headlines in Arkansas during 2014, with the GOP sweep in Arkansas likely to be noted by future historians as a pivotal event in the state’s history….
by - December 29, 2014 2:31 pm
A more than $30 million medical college with a reserve of more than $100 million, a significant expansion of a large employer with a global footprint and an unsettling settlement…
by - December 29, 2014 12:02 pm
Volunteers are needed on Saturday (Jan. 3) to pick up and return to storage the more than 15,000 wreaths on headstones at the Fort Smith National Cemetery. The wreaths were…
by - December 28, 2014 6:44 pm
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or one of them, anyway. Wall-to-wall college football bowl games for a full month. Of course, we get stuck with some stinkers…
by - December 28, 2014 6:40 pm
We talk a lot about how Arkansas’s Payment Improvement Initiative and the Private Option have advanced and are stabilizing our health-care infrastructure. However, it was just six years ago that…
by - December 28, 2014 6:30 pm
It came as no surprise this week that the soon-to-be Attorney General of Arkansas, Leslie Rutledge, has not changed her mind or her campaign mantra. Her personal and legal steadfastness…
by - December 26, 2014 9:55 pm
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality issued on Dec. 19 a revised plan for addressing pollution in and around Whirlpool’s Fort Smith plant that says pollution has reached the Fort…
by - December 24, 2014 7:10 am
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. On the 27th Dec at 10 am at the corner of Rogers Ave. And Waldron Road we will gather to say THANK YOU to Police, Fire,…
by - December 23, 2014 6:02 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Tuesday (Dec. 23) that he would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that struck down Amendment 83, the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. U.S….
by - December 23, 2014 5:51 pm
The last four years of my life have been filled with such civic education, citizen interaction, addressing private and public sector needs, desires and wants, and have been filled with…
by - December 23, 2014 5:35 pm
A wide range of economic data has been released by the federal government in the days prior to the holiday break, with some figures showing a gain in Arkansas’ combined…
by - December 23, 2014 4:02 pm
Lacey Freeman has joined Sparks Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, located at 600 Lexington Ave., in Fort Smith. Freeman earned her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Central Arkansas…
by - December 23, 2014 10:02 am
Rex Holstein has been promoted to vice president, commodity purchasing at Tyson Foods. He is replacing Clark Irwin who will retire in mid-January, according to the meat giant. Holstein…
