Fort Smith

eReaders Basic: Your Questions Answered

Get an eReader and don’t know how to use it? Stop by the Alma Public Library on December 4th and we’ll help you with the basics. Maybe you are thinking…

Fort Smith Board approves ‘tax back’ resolution

Fort Smith Directors approved a resolution supporting Arkansas Refrigerated Services, Inc. (ARS) for the Tax Back Program Tuesday night (Nov. 6) at the Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting. The…

Republicans win all Arkansas Congressional seats

Republican candidates captured all four Arkansas Congressional races, the first time in modern Arkansas history that members of all Congressional districts in the state are Republicans. U.S. Rep. Steve Womack,…

GOP controls Arkansas Senate, House control unclear

Republicans firmly won the Arkansas State Senate for the first time since Reconstruction, but control of the Arkansas House is still an undecided matter. With expectations for huge gains in…

Republicans win Fort Smith area legislative races

Republicans appeared on track for a shutout in most of the contested legislative races in the Fort Smith region during the General Election (Nov. 6). Going into Tuesday night, Republicans…

Voters approve highway tax plan, reject marijuana

Arkansans will soon have a new billion-dollar highway program, but it appears state voters narrowly rejected a medical marijuana proposal and by a wider margin rejected a change in financing…

Catsavis, Lorenz win; trash vote wins big

The Fort Smith Board of Directors welcomed one new member and saved a seat for one of its own Tuesday night (Nov. 6) during the General Election, while voters overwhelmingly…

Obama wins re-election defeating Romney in key states

Barack Obama, the post-partisan candidate of hope four years ago who became the first black U.S. president, won re-election by overcoming four years of economic discontent with a mix of…

Hudson, Coomer win Sebastian County races

Sebastian County Judge David Hudson (R) will keep his job, with Denora Coomer taking the Sebastian County Circuit Clerk race and Sharon Brooks earning a second term as Sebastian County…

Email? What’s Email?!

Ready to join the technology age? Stop by the Mulberry Public Library and we’ll help you through setting up a free email account and how to use it. This is…

United Way holds inaugural Youth Day of Caring

United Way of Fort Smith Area will host the area’s first Youth Day of Caring on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Area high school and college students will volunteer at locations…

Beebe announces appointments to boards and commissions

Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday (Nov. 6) announced the following appointments to boards and commissions. Billy Bunn, Arkadelphia, reappointed to the Residential Building Contractors Committee. Appointment expires Oct. 1, 2015….

Agribusiness Weekly Update: Agri losses push meat prices up

Beef Beef packers were losing an average $84 per head processed on Tuesday (Nov. 6), diving $28 per head in the last week, according to Hedgers Edge. Arkansas cattle operators…

Breakfast With Santa

Bring the family and participate in the Van Buren Public Library's 2nd annual Breakfast with Santa! Enjoy eating pancakes, making a craft, and getting your picture made with Santa! This is…

Red Work & Embroidery Club

Come join us at the Van Buren Public Library for a sit and stitch embroidery club. Contact the library to register and get a supply list. Please register by December…

Hangin’ with the Homeschoolers

Today is Presentation Day! Our homeschoolers will be presenting their research projects. Their theme was a country and its’ Christmas traditions. Come see what fellow homeschoolers are doing at the…

Drop in U.S. job openings shows uneven labor market

Job openings in the U.S. dropped to a five-month low in September, signaling uneven progress in the labor market may extend through year-end. The number of positions waiting to be…

Preschool Story Time

Join Ms. Bridgette as she shares books, finger plays, music and crafts for a fun-filled story time. This is a free program for children up to age 5. Snacks will…

J.B. Hunt, other truckers buoyed by U.S. retailers with fleets

Retailers and grocery stores are among companies increasingly using dedicated-fleet services as a shortage of drivers constrains U.S. trucking capacity while the economy heals. J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and…

Preschool Story Time

Join Ms. Bridgette as she shares books, finger plays, music and crafts for a fun-filled story time. This is a free program for children up to age 5. Snacks will…