Fort Smith

Run for Camp 5k

Please come out and support this event to help raise money for our youth to go to labor day camp. It starts at 8:15 am and any and all ages…

Back To Schol Bash presented by Amen Baptist Church

Come out to this FREE family event filled with fun and games! Everyone is welcome!! Any questions please email Gina at [email protected]

Judge: Secretary of State Mark Martin broke the law

A Pulaski County Circuit Court judge today (Aug. 12) ruled that Secretary of State Mark Martin (R) violated state law by hiring outside legal counsel to the tune of more…

Lt. Gov. Darr formally announces for 4th District race

Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, R-Ark., finally made official tonight (Aug. 12) his entry into the race to replace U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, 4th District representative (Aug. 12). In a…

UA lands top 10 in royalty revenue

For the first time in school history, the University of Arkansas has finished in the Collegiate Licensing Company’s (CLC) top-10 selling institutions based on royalties generated from officially licensed products….

Cotton takes early social media lead over Pryor

If the 2014 race in Arkansas for the United States Senate were measured in Facebook "likes," one candidate would clearly be ahead, and it could easily be considered a landslide…

Arkansas Best income may fall on contract delay

Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. is likely to end 2013 in positive income territory, but a delay in implementation of a new labor contract has caused several analysts who cover…

Business roundtable sees ‘mixed’ Arkansas economy

Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach, Aristotle, Inc. President Elizabeth Bowles, and Northwest Arkansas Council CEO Mike Malone discussed the state of the state’s economy on Sunday night’s edition of…

Vikon Farms to employ more than 170 in Arkadelphia plant

Officials with Vikon Farms, a poultry processing company based in Azusa, Calif., announced Monday (Aug. 12) plans to locate a new processing facility in Arkadelphia, which will employ more than…

8/17: Arkansas Concealed Carry Course CHCL CCW

Please call to reserve your spot today! 479-474-1680 or email – visit http://www.thortraining.com/arkansas-concealed-carry-course/ or email [email protected] Arkansas Concealed Carry Course Available Saturday morning 9am Act 746 of 2013 — Moves defenses to…

Mowers, bullets and jobs

I've participated in lots of job announcements as Governor. The ones that seem to generate the most buzz and excitement are those that welcome a new business to Arkansas. I…

Lottery ticket turmoil

The next step in the embarrassing theft scheme unearthed at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery looks like an outdoor fracas between two drunken red-necks. Lots of yelling or posturing for action….

Fort Smith Fire Department aids First Tee fundraiser

A $5,000 winner was found and 66 young golfers showed their skills as The First Tee of Fort Smith held its annual Kid's Skills Challenge, family fun day, and Ultimate…

Dr. Carson urges people to speak up, work together

How did a kid who grew up with an illiterate single mother in poverty in Detroit grow up to become a world renowned neurosurgeon? Supporters of Union Christian Academy found…

Whirlpool denies that pollution plume is growing

Environmental consultants for Whirlpool have challenged the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality's assertion that a toxic plume of trichloroethylene (TCE) near the company's former manufacturing facility in Fort Smith could…

Brockovich not likely returning to Fort Smith

More residents and property owners will soon join two lawsuits previously filed against Whirlpool that seek relief for property damage caused by potentially cancer-causing trichloroethylene (TCE) that Whirlpool admits leaked…

Snowden’s saga touches U.S. flower market

Fugitive Edward Snowden, Ecuadorian roses and Sam’s Club are yet more examples of the tangled webs created by international politics and international trade. The trade tiff is small in terms…

Photograph Preservation Workshop

Perplexed on how to care for that photograph of your great-grandparents? Then mark your calendar for Saturday, August 24th, 11:00 a. m. or 1:00 p. m. Museum Curator, Connie Manning,…

Arkansas Best posts quarterly income of $4.8 million

Second quarter net income of $4.878 million is a welcome sign for officials at Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp., but was less that what Wall Street was expecting. Per share…

Tyson to eliminate purchase of cattle fed Zilmax

Tyson Foods said this week come September it will suspend the purchases of cattle which have ingested the feed additive Zilmax . Tyson said it made the decision after recent…

The 9th annual Juneteenth celebration slated for Jonesboro

Applications being sought for Farmers Market Promotion Program

Stevens to lead architecture school at the University of Arkansas

Fort Smith metro home sales up almost 4% through April