by - April 30, 2012 2:30 pm
Arkansas native Laura Huckabee has been named meteorologist for KHBS/KHOG-TV. An NWA-sealed meteorologist, Huckabee will bring 20 years of television forecasting experience to 40/29 News Sunrise, the station’s 4:30 –…
by - April 30, 2012 1:49 pm
Cheap shale-produced natural gas, a relentless anti-coal campaign and tight federal regulations have helped to cancel or retire dozens of coal-fired plants across the U.S., while putting Arkansas at ground…
by - April 30, 2012 1:24 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Jennifer Paddock’s life has changed markedly in the last decade or so. But some things have stayed the same — namely, her memory. Memory is as complex as…
by - April 30, 2012 12:13 pm
Summit Medical Center has been designated a Level III Trauma Center, and has won two awards from the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC). The trauma designation was made after…
by - April 29, 2012 9:11 pm
A few years back there was this Facebook fad in which a friend would “tag” you to post 25 random things. Or at least that’s how it may have worked….
by - April 29, 2012 8:57 pm
FORT SMITH — Hometown musical hero Jonathan Karrant sang to a full house at Second Street Live on Saturday night (April 28). The show was in support of the release of…
by - April 29, 2012 4:37 pm
The beautiful Clayton House — home of Federal prosecutor WHH Clayton who prosecuted the cases that went before "Hanging" Judge Isaac C. Parker — was condemned for demolition in 1969….
by - April 27, 2012 5:09 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Ray Gosack has been elected president of the Arkansas City Management Association for the organization’s 2012-2013 fiscal year. The ACMA is an adjunct organization of the…
by - April 27, 2012 4:57 pm
It’s official. Unfortunately. Chuck Knapp, Whirlpool’s director of human resources at its Fort Smith manufacturing plant, sent a note to Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sanders setting June 29 as the…
by - April 27, 2012 2:01 pm
While there are only four days left to vote on Facebook for communities that could share in Walmart’s $2 million donation to fight hunger this spring, the power of social…
by - April 27, 2012 1:39 pm
Walmart’s Acres for America program is conserving an additional 300 acres of land to protect and restore wildlife habitats in the heart of our nation’s cities, including Bridgeport, Chicago, Portland,…
by - April 27, 2012 1:11 pm
For stay at home moms and dads there’s only so many times you can go to your local library to enrich your child’s week. You know it and your child…
by - April 27, 2012 11:33 am
Four teams from the Fort Smith Juniors volleyball club (FSJ) recently qualified for the 2012 U.S. Volleyball Association National Tournament. The top FSJ teams from the 13, 14 and 16…
by - April 27, 2012 11:12 am
Last week, a survey of Republican voters in south Arkansas stated their overwhelming opposition to an increased tax on individuals making more than $1 million annually. Democrats in Arkansas feel…
by - April 27, 2012 11:11 am
School officials who deal with thousands of children at-risk for child abuse or neglect are themselves at risk of losing their jobs this July. The federal government dealt a blow…
by - April 27, 2012 7:16 am
A high tax rate and ongoing costs to upgrade information technology pushed Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. to a surprising first quarter 2012 loss of $18.2 million — an ugly…
by - April 26, 2012 8:12 pm
Alma-based InvoTek has again captured a Small Business Innovation Research grant geared toward providing assistance to people with disabilities. The company, a cutting-edge, high-tech, research-oriented company devoted to finding new…
by - April 26, 2012 6:52 pm
Controversy is certainly nothing new for Wal-Mart — a simple Google search found a dozen or so active petitions started this year against the Bentonville behemoth. The most recent and…
by - April 26, 2012 5:40 pm
In this week’s adventure we head out of the bustling metropolis that is Fort Smith to our quieter neighbor to the East, Barling. This little restaurant has been on my…
by - April 26, 2012 5:30 pm
Wal-Mart is likely to take more of a negative hit from the investor community than its customers in the ongoing Mexico bribery scandal, economist Jeff Collins said during taping for…
