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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

Jan 4 – Feb. 1 The Fort Smith Adult Education Center is offering PowerPoint class Janury 4 til February 1, 1:30 – 2:50. Class meets each Monday and Wednesday. Excellent…

Learn Excel 2010!

Jan. 5- Jan. 31 The Fort Smith Adult Education Center is offering Excel 2010 11:00 – 12:20 pm each Tuesday & Thursday. Learn how to create formulas and let Excel…

Technology for Career Success

Jan. 4 – Feb. 1 Learn how to use technology in your job search. Build your resume and search online for jobs. Call or go online to enroll. Free. 8-9:30…

Digital Literacy

Computers for Beginners The Fort Smith Adult Education Center is offering a class in Digital Literacy beginning January 4. This class meets each Monday & Wednesday from 9:30-11:00 am. Excellent…

Learn to Type!

Jan. 5- Jan 31 Learn to type the right way! The Fort Smith Adult Education Center is offering Keyboarding 9:30-11:00 am each Monday and Wednesday. Learn how type correctly and…

Learn Microsoft Word

Dec. 8 – Dec 20 Learn how to create beautiful documents efficiently using Word. The Fort Smith Adult Education Center is offering a class in Word that meets 5:00 –…

Microsft Publisher Class

Learn how to make your own business publications using Microsoft Publisher. The Fort Smith Adult Education Center is offering a class in Microsoft Publisher that runs from 5:00 – 8:00pm…

Fort Smith Radiation Oncology Open House and Ribbon Cutting

Fort Smith Radiation Oncology 8500 South 36th Terrace Open House and Ribbon Cutting The public is invited to tour our new state of the art radiation treatment center owned and…

Ingram promoted at Arkansas Best Corp.

James Ingram, 44, has been promoted to the position of senior vice president-strategic development at Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. Ingram has been with Arkansas Best for 21 years and…

Realtor Keith Lau of King Realty Group-Weichert Realtors has been awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation by the CCIM Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors…

Elam joins Liberty Bank

Beverly Elam recently joined Liberty Bank as a business development officer for Crawford and Sebastian Counties in the central Arkansas region, according to Gregg Rotter, Crawford and Sebastian County president….

Arkansas tax revenue up 3.3% year-to-date

Despite “weak” retail sales the gross year-to-date tax collections in Arkansas total $1.842 billion, up 3.3% compared to the 2010 period, according to an Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration…

Fort Smith metro jobless rate up to 8%

The Fort Smith metro area jobless rate ticked up to an estimated 8% in September, rising from 7.9% during August, and above the 7.6% during September 2010. Seven of the…

Fort Smith Board quizzed on budget

story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] Fort Smith city directors got their copies of the proposed 2012 budget during Tuesday’s (Nov. 1) regular meeting. The proposed budget will be available on…

‘Steady’ numbers seen for early voting (Updated)

Editor’s note: Sebastian County Clerk Sharon Brooks on Wednesday sought to retract the statement that she called anyone “mean spirited,” saying instead that many people were verbal in their anger…

New chamber COO: ‘I’m here. I’m invested’

The first day at a relatively high-profile job brings with it a mix of stress and excitement. But if your job is the new chief operations officer — the No….

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Arkansas lottery sales surpass the big mark.

Veteran business services are available

The SBA offers several programs to help veterans learn about and open their own entrepreneurial business.

CenturyLink pushes rural broadband access

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] CenturyLink has rolled out a plan to bring affordable, high-speed Internet…

UALR study details Whirlpool loss impact

The loss of the about 1,000 Whirlpool jobs in Fort Smith will result in the overall statewide loss of almost 1,550 jobs and a labor income reduction of $61.15 million,…