Fort Smith

Survey seeks input from Hog fans

The Razorback athletic program and the Razorback Foundation are launching a survey today (Sept. 27) to collect your opinion on a variety of issues related to sports programs at the…

W.H.H. Clayton Birthday Celebration

Fort Smith historical entertainers will help the Clayton House showcase its new gazebo with music, poetry, and drama from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 15 in recognition of William…

Flipping for Furry Friends 5K & Adoption Fair

Join us for the Flipping for Furry Friends 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run on Saturday, October 15 at 7 a.m.! Proceeds benefit the Flame Gymnastics teams and Sebastian County Humane…

Business Hall of Fame inductees announced

John Ed Anthony, Wayne Cranford, Walter Hussman Jr., and the late Jack Shewmaker have been selected as the next Arkansas business leaders to enter the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame….

Area home sales jump in August, inventory dips

August home sales in Sebastian and Crawford counties were up 28.8% thanks to a big gain in Sebastian County sales, according to the August Weichert Realtors-King Realty Group Real Estate…

Collections indicate improving Arkansas tourism industry

story by Roby Brock and Michael Tilley [email protected] Arkansas’ tourism tax collections through July are up 1.74% compared to the same period of 2010 and aren’t far behind 2008, the…

Hundreds gather for chocolate at the library

The 3rd Annual Friends of the Library Chocolate Festival helps raise money for the library and raise awareness about local nonprofit groups.

A natural solution?

Nicolas Loris is of the belief that natural gas is the answer to an ailing U.S. economy and the pursuit of national energy independence. He posted on Sept. 21 a…

Divorce issues

Mediation might have helped James Ray Palmer.

Record group supports Paint the Park Pink

Attendance was up more than 20% for the breast cancer awareness event held at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.

Downtown Fort Smith postal union pickets planned

Members of four unions representing employees of the U.S. Postal Service plan a to gather on Sept. 27 outside the downtown Fort Smith office of U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers….

Beebe not in ‘panic mode’ to replace Haley

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Gov. Mike Beebe said Friday morning (Sept. 23) he is actively…

Three 1% prepared food tax forums scheduled

Let the forums begin. Ditto for the organized opposition to the 1% prepared food tax. Forward Fort Smith, a group formed to support passage of the 1% prepared food tax,…

Adam & Eats: Yolo Frozen Yogurt

Brightly lit, colorfully decorated, ideally located for a pre- or post-movie treat, Yolo seems on the surface to be on the right track.

FCRA donates land to county, seeks Kentucky Guard money

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) met Thursday to act on two new recommendations from the Real Estate Review Committee (RERC). The first recommendation was…

Dr. Cross joins Sparks Health System

Sparks Health System is pleased to welcome another physician to our outstanding team. Bruce Cross, M.D., a board-certified radiation oncologist, has joined Sparks Health System. He is scheduled to begin…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

Area tourism taxes up through July

Although July hospitality tax collections were down in Van Buren, the regional tourism industry continues to push collections above 2010 levels. For the first seven months of 2011, hospitality tax…

Fort Smith enplanements up in August

Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport were up in August, but remain below the year-to-date activity compared to 2010. For the first eight months of 2011, enplanements at the…

Arkansas income up 4.82% in second quarter

Personal income in Arkansas during the second quarter of 2011 was $99.649 billion, up 4.82% compared to the second quarter of 2010 and up 1.32% compared to the first quarter…