by - December 21, 2011 2:04 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) released $40,000 from his emergency fund to stop the proposed January furlough of 120 trial court assistants across Arkansas — a furlough resulting in part from…
by - December 21, 2011 8:40 am
Arkansas newspaper veteran Cyd King has joined The City Wire and will lead the web publication’s arts and entertainment coverage in the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas metro areas. The…
by - December 21, 2011 6:53 am
The Tuesday (Dec. 20) meeting of the Sebastian County Quorum Court had officially adjourned when citizen James Mitchell stood up to speak his peace to court members and Sebastian County…
by - December 21, 2011 6:42 am
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission approved a four-month extension to the Runway Cafe through next April at Tuesday night’s (Dec. 20) meeting. The operators of the Runway Cafe had…
by - December 20, 2011 9:09 pm
To discuss or not to discuss? That was the question Tuesday night (Dec. 20) as Fort Smith city directors wrestled over when to talk about the latest developments in the…
by - December 20, 2011 6:33 pm
Southwestern Energy, the largest leaseholder in the Fayetteville Shale play, says it will invest $1.25 billion in the region next year, a decline from the previous year’s investment of $1.32…
by - December 20, 2011 10:23 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 8% during November, with the number of unemployed falling by an estimated 3,219, according to figures released Tuesday (Dec. 20) by the U.S. Bureau of…
by - December 20, 2011 7:30 am
We learn through the students’ lessons that capitalism takes no prisoners: when the timing is right, the market is ripe and the idea is hot anyone can rocket to the top.
by - December 19, 2011 2:23 pm
Fort Smith officials plan to take advantage of a state-managed and federally-funded rebate program designed to help cover the costs of converting vehicles to use compressed natural gas. The Arkansas…
by - December 19, 2011 2:06 pm
Booneville and Springdale plants cut landfill waste.
by - December 19, 2011 1:31 pm
Keeping our retirement goals in front of us and mapping out the correct plan of action is like establishing goals for being fit and healthy.
by - December 19, 2011 10:26 am
Jennifer Boulden, communications and event services manager at the Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau, is the 2012 president-elect of the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of…
by - December 19, 2011 9:54 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors must now decide a course of action after Van Buren officials rejected a request to pay the city of Fort Smith a contested water…
by - December 19, 2011 9:20 am
Barring a comparative decline in the final two months of 2011, Fort Smith and Van Buren are on track for an annual gain in hospitality tax collections. In Fort Smith,…
by - December 18, 2011 9:31 pm
GOP: ‘No justice in Justice of the Peace redistricting.’
by - December 18, 2011 9:23 pm
Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] My closet hero has died. He called Bill Clinton a rapist. He wrote frequently of his distaste for George W. Bush. He was one…
by - December 18, 2011 4:44 pm
Children made reindeer chow from a combination of pretzels, marshmallows, M&M’S, white chocolate chips and Chex Cereal.
by - December 16, 2011 12:46 pm
In its monthly oversight meeting, Arkansas lawmakers obsessed on several hot button topics, including health care, forestry cuts, and post office closures. Legislators grilled state Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford on…
by - December 16, 2011 12:28 pm
Northwest Arkansas Realtors may join forces in January.
by - December 16, 2011 9:00 am
The number of Arkansas properties in some phase of foreclosure during November fell more than 90%, with a September legal ruling possibly the source of the significant reduction. Foreclosure actions…
