by - February 22, 2012 11:21 am
Wal-Mart shares downgraded
The first of the major brokerage houses have downgraded Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from a strong buy to a neutral position while trimming the expectations for the retail giant in the…
Fort Smith
by - February 21, 2012 11:29 pm
Directors approve Convention Center lease
On Tuesday night (Feb. 21), Fort Smith City Directors voted to move 240 residents from Ward 1 to Ward 4 in order to correct a precinct split that was not addressed…
by - February 21, 2012 10:21 pm
Sebastian County officials debate firearms complaint
The Sebastian County Quorum Court will not act on complaints from county resident Jamie Mitchell regarding the discharge of firearms in an unincorporated area of the county. Mitchell brought the…
by - February 21, 2012 5:36 pm
ATU-Ozark makes personnel changes
Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus has announced two personnel changes within its Financial Aid and Career Pathways Initiative departments. Justina Buck of Fort Smith, who has served as director of CPI,…
by - February 21, 2012 5:04 pm
Fort Smith officials hold election info meetings
A round of public information meetings is announced in anticipation of the March 13 sales tax election. Following are items on the ballot for the March 13 election. • Approval…
by - February 21, 2012 4:45 pm
Summit Medical plans new clinic opening
Summit Medical Center will conduct a formal opening of its new surgery clinic at 10 a.m. on Feb. 28. Summit Surgery Clinic, located with the hospital at 2010 Chestnut, Suite…
by - February 21, 2012 3:23 pm
Beebe outlines effects of proposed budget cuts
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) offered on Tuesday (Feb. 21) a detailed impact of how Republican proposed budget cuts would affect certain state agencies. The Governor has proposed a $4.72 billion…
by - February 21, 2012 12:54 pm
Wal-Mart profits disappoint investors
Wal-Mart investors spot more than one reason to sell Tuesday (Feb. 22) as the retail giant’s fourth quarter profits slid 14.7% to $5.163 billion for what is typically the busiest…
by - February 21, 2012 12:05 pm
Competition, impact increases for area volleyball club
It's back to work at the Fort Smith Juniors Volleyball club. Just weeks after hosting its most successful nationally ranked tournament in "Arvest Bank's 2012 Battle at the Fort," at…
by - February 21, 2012 11:42 am
Popularity growing for Phunbags improv
FAYETTEVILLE — The Phunbags Comedy Improv troupe members know what people want, and they’re constantly trying to find new ways to give it to them. During a rehearsal last month,…
by - February 21, 2012 11:21 am
Arvest mortgage service revenue up 8%
Arvest Bank reported Tuesday (Feb. 21) an 8% increase in 2011 mortgage lending and servicing activities, from $553 million in 2010 to $598 million. In contrast, the Mortgage Bankers Association…
by - February 21, 2012 10:57 am
Area permit values down 67% in January
Building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren combined to total $13.275 million in January, down 67% compared to the $40.175 million in January 2011. The January loss…
by - February 20, 2012 6:20 pm
Arkansas Best seeks space, subsidiary growth
About 50 Arkansas Best employees will in a few months move into the former Best Buy building fronting Interstate 540 in Fort Smith as part of a move to create…
by - February 20, 2012 4:05 pm
King to run for Sebastian County Quorum Court
Fort Smith businessman Wayne King is running for office for the first time as he seeks a seat on the Sebastian County Quorum Court. King, a Republican, is running for…
by - February 20, 2012 2:25 pm
Nano critics don’t faze local scientist
Nano means small. But the word, nor the science is anything new. In recent years the nano revolution has unlocked billions of dollars in commercial applications. The science of reducing…
by - February 20, 2012 11:54 am
Beef, pork exports set record
Exports of U.S. pork and beef set new records in 2011, reaching all-time highs in both volume and value. According to year-end statistics released by U.S. Department of Agriculture and…
by - February 20, 2012 9:32 am
ABF scores high on training list
For the third consecutive year, Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System is listed among Training magazine's Training Top 125, which ranks companies' excellence in employer-sponsored training and development programs. ABF ranks…
by - February 19, 2012 5:10 pm
Distracted observations
The scattered commentary is posted with apologies to Kind Readers not afflicted with short attention spans.
by - February 19, 2012 4:52 pm
Father & Daughter dance brings generations together
Young and older cut a rug at the sixth annual Father & Daughter Dance held Saturday (Feb. 18) at the Riverfront Pavilion. This year's theme was "Under the Sea" and…
by - February 19, 2012 2:34 pm
Opinion — Equality evolution
America – the way I grew up thinking of America – is supposed to be a continually unfolding story.