Fort Smith

U.S. Marshals coin not ‘off track’

The action by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to block legislation authorizing the minting of a U.S. Marshals Commemorative Coin is more of a bump in the process than a…

Beebe releases emergency funds for courts

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…

King joins The City Wire; will direct A&E coverage

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…

Sebastian County approves budget, hears weapons complaint

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…

Airport commission approves restaurant extension

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…

Fort Smith Directors talk water, lobbyist costs

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…

Southwestern to invest $1.25 in Arkansas drilling ops

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…

Government job growth helps Arkansas jobless rate fall to 8%

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…

Lessons from young entrepreneurs

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. 

Fort Smith to test, review CNG usage

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…

Rockline reduction

Booneville and Springdale plants cut landfill waste.

Philpot’s BottomLine Tips: Retirement nest egg truths

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.

Boulden is 2012 president-elect of NWA PRSA

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…

Van Buren rejects 2009 true up charge

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…

Regional, state tourism numbers still positive

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,…

Partisan lines

GOP: ‘No justice in Justice of the Peace redistricting.’

Enraged and enlightened

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…

Library hosts ‘Kids in the Kitchen’

Children made reindeer chow from a combination of pretzels, marshmallows, M&M’S, white chocolate chips and Chex Cereal.

Post Office closures dominate legislative meeting

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…