by - August 20, 2012 3:15 pm
The deadline for additional signatures for a November campaign to raise the state’s severance tax will pass and the effort will come to an end for now. Sheffield Nelson said…
by - August 20, 2012 1:44 pm
Augusta National Golf Club admitted former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore, a partner at private investment firm Rainwater Inc., as its first female members. “We are…
by - August 20, 2012 1:20 pm
A few years ago, Donna Feyen read a book that had a decent plot, but there was so much offensive material woven throughout the text that she had a hard…
by - August 20, 2012 12:50 pm
The temperatures were up in July, but not so much for enplanements out of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) and the Fort Smith Regional Airport. However, Fort Smith numbers…
by - August 20, 2012 11:13 am
Despite a relative slowdown during June, regional hospitality tax collections remain positive, with January-June collections up more than 8% in Fort Smith and up almost 6% in Van Buren. Employment…
by - August 19, 2012 7:47 pm
FORT SMITH — The second annual Fest of Ale was held Friday night (Aug. 17) to benefit the Girls Inc. Fort Smith. Guests gathered at the Holiday Inn ballroom were…
by - August 19, 2012 7:06 pm
Let’s travel once more into the most dangerous ground in today’s political environment, which would be the damn-near abandoned beautiful valley of calm in which compromise, moderation and careful deliberation…
by - August 19, 2012 6:45 pm
Television anchor Daren Bobb pulled an old saying attributed to a college professor – “Look to your left. Look to your right, because one of you won’t be here next…
by - August 19, 2012 4:40 pm
Record-high corn prices should be sending a clear message to policy makers in Washington: Requiring people to put corn-based fuel in their gas tanks is a bad idea. Since 2005,…
by - August 18, 2012 10:04 pm
A large crowd gathered Saturday night (Aug. 18) at the Fort Smith home of Jenny and Josh Kilgore to raise awareness and funds for the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of…
by - August 18, 2012 4:27 pm
An unidentified farm in southwestern Indiana is withdrawing cantaloupe from the marketplace following a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 141 people and killed two in 20 U.S. states, federal regulators…
by - August 17, 2012 5:31 pm
U.S. feedlots bought 10% fewer young cattle in July as feed costs climbed after the most-severe drought in 56 years scorched grain crops. Feedlots bought 1.922 million head of cattle…
by - August 17, 2012 3:27 pm
VAN BUREN — It was a food extravaganza at Van Buren High School on Thursday (Aug. 16), as hundreds gathered for the 13th annual Taste of Crawford County benefiting Court Appointed…
by - August 17, 2012 3:17 pm
When fans enter the UAFS Stubblefield Center this fall, they will notice a few cosmetic changes to the home court of the Lions and Lady Lions basketball and volleyball teams….
by - August 17, 2012 2:59 pm
Arkansas should receive just short of $7 million in “unobligated” funds authorized in federal legislation dating back to 2003. None of the money is designated for projects in Northwest Arkansas…
by - August 17, 2012 12:55 pm
The jobless rate climbed in 44 U.S. states in July, showing last month’s increase in unemployment was broad based. Alabama and Alaska registered the worst performance, with joblessness advancing by…
by - August 17, 2012 12:46 pm
Scott Ellington — the Jonesboro Prosecutor and First District Democratic Congressional nominee — called for two law enforcement investigations into suspicions of fraudulent signatures on two separate ballot initiatives. For…
by - August 17, 2012 12:39 pm
Jamie Sudberry has been named the assistant branch manager for the Tower location in Fort Smith. She has been with Arvest for more than five years and previously served as…
by - August 17, 2012 12:29 pm
The estimated number of unemployed in Arkansas increased to 100,657 during July, up over the 99,274 during June, but well below the 111,368 during July 2011. July marks the 42nd…
by - August 17, 2012 2:33 am
FORT SMITH — An opening reception for an exhibit titled On the Air — Fifty Years of Broadcasting Exhibit in Fort Smith, 1922-1972 was more than just an exhibit at the…
