by - May 9, 2012 10:42 am
Own the Night – Teen Summer Reading Program
Teens, own the night this summer at your favorite Crawford County Library. Beginning June 1, you can read books and win prizes. There will also be weekly activities available for…
Fort Smith
by - May 9, 2012 10:23 am
Sparks now using ‘World’s Smallest Heart Pump’
Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith has added a new technology to its portfolio of treatment options for critically ill heart patients. On April 6, cardiologists at Sparks successfully…
by - May 9, 2012 10:22 am
Dream Big – Read Summer Reading Program
The Summer Reading Program starts June 1st at the Crawford County Library System! For every 25 books read, kids (ages 0 – 10) can exchange their reading logs for a…
by - May 9, 2012 10:19 am
Arvest reports 97% jump in mortgage activity
Arvest Mortgage Company reported May 8 originations of more than $548 million in new mortgage loans for both purchases and refinancing during the first quarter of 2012, up 97% over…
by - May 9, 2012 10:15 am
Eureka Springs joins Main Street Arkansas network
Eureka Springs has joined the Main Street Arkansas network of cities actively revitalizing their historic commercial cores, and Warren, Clarksville, Wynne and Arkadelphia have joined the Arkansas Downtown Network (ADN)….
by - May 9, 2012 7:10 am
Democrats return Wal-Mart gift cards
BLOOMBERG — The Democratic National Convention is returning $50,000 in gift cards donated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has been accused of bribing Mexican officials to speed expansion there. The…
by - May 8, 2012 6:48 pm
Lawsuit threat noted with sex biz zoning change
The Fort Smith Board of Directors appear unfazed by an $800,000 judgment against its restrictive zoning policies on sexually oriented businesses, which occurred in the late 1990's. It was at…
by - May 8, 2012 6:32 pm
U.S. job openings rise to highest level since 2008
BLOOMBERG — Employers in the U.S. were looking to fill more jobs in March than at any time in almost four years, showing growing confidence in the U.S. economy. The…
by - May 8, 2012 6:00 pm
Analysts underestimated Tyson Foods
On a day when major market indices lost ground, Tyson Foods shares (NYSE: TSN) gained another 3% in heavy trading Tuesday (May 8). Tyson shares closed at $19.24, rising 61…
by - May 8, 2012 5:19 pm
Leadership Fort Smith set to graduate new class
The Leadership Fort Smith 2012 Commencement Banquet and Community Leadership Awards Ceremony is set for May 10, 2012. The event will be held at the Fort Smith Convention Center, Hall…
by - May 8, 2012 2:23 pm
Tyson hog supplier accused of animal abuse
BLOOMBERG NEWS — Tyson Foods Inc. buys pigs from an Itoham Foods Inc. facility in Wyoming that keeps pregnant sows in undersized cages and abuses the animals, the Humane Society…
by - May 8, 2012 2:13 pm
Steep decline seen in area building permit values
Building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren, combined to total $8.492 million in April, down from the $9.885 million March total, which in turn was down from…
by - May 8, 2012 10:39 am
Arkansas to collect $2.4 million in drug case
Abbott Laboratories has agreed to a $1.6 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that will send $2.6 million to Arkansas’ Medicaid Trust Fund, according to a statement from…
by - May 8, 2012 5:59 am
Events set to honor Bass Reeves once statue arrives
FORT SMITH — The bronze likeness of a true Western frontier hero will soon be erected in Ross Pendergraft Park on a plinth whose base is “faced” with original curbstones…
by - May 7, 2012 5:42 pm
Beef industry refutes ‘meat glue’ allegations
BLOOMBERG — The beef industry is defending a practice of binding assorted pieces of meat into a single cut using an enzyme derisively called “meat glue.” The American Meat Institute,…
by - May 7, 2012 5:31 pm
The issue of gay marriage
“I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the…
by - May 7, 2012 11:47 am
Bark for the Arc was walk in the park
FORT SMITH — Dogs of all sizes and people of all ages gathered at Ben Geren Park Saturday (May 5) to enjoy the sunshine and spread the word about the…
by - May 7, 2012 10:57 am
PETropolitan Event
by - May 7, 2012 10:26 am
Tyson sees higher profits
Tyson Foods benefited from higher meat pricing which pushed second quarter profits well past Wall Street expectations today (May 7). The Springdale-based protein giant pocketed $166 million in net income…
by - May 7, 2012 9:16 am
Burnett fights back against innocence lost
Phil Donahue was the first person to tell Laurie Burnett what was happening to her was wrong. “When other kids were watching Gilligan’s Island or The Brady Bunch, I was…