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Pick Your Own Card Game

Join your friends as we play a variety of card games every Tuesday. What will you pick today? Will it be Pictureka, Scrabble Slam, Uno, Monopoly or one you teach…

Pick Your Own Card Game

Join your friends as we play a variety of card games every Tuesday. What will you pick today? Will it be Pictureka, Scrabble Slam, Uno, Monopoly or one you teach…

Pick Your Own Card Game

Join your friends as we play a variety of card games every Tuesday. What will you pick today? Will it be Pictureka, Scrabble Slam, Uno, Monopoly or one you teach…

Pick Your Own Card Game

Join your friends as we play a variety of card games every Tuesday. What will you pick today? Will it be Pictureka, Scrabble Slam, Uno, Monopoly or one you teach…

Cotton makes early noise in 4th District race

story by Michael Tilley [email protected] At 6-foot, 5 inches, Tom Cotton is likely to stand out no matter how packed becomes the GOP primary in the 4th Congressional District race….

Battle begun for control of Arkansas Legislature

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] With 135 legislative seats technically up for grabs, Arkansas Republicans and…

Medical malpractice rates fall

story by Steve Brawner [email protected] Medical malpractice rates are continuing a downward trend in Arkansas, according to an annual report presented by the Arkansas Insurance Department to the Senate and…

Retirement money

Don’t wait on Congress. Cut your income tax now.

Building blocks

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] Thousands of years ago when employed by a local chamber of commerce, a gaggle of us chamber folks from around the country gathered in…

Hooters helps support roller derby event

The event included a hot wing eating contest and mummy wrap with some proceeds going to the River Valley Regional Food Bank.

Razorback cash

A $28.4 million football facility will help support the Hogs.

Crowd gathers to cheer Fort Smith city staff

More than 65 people gathered near the Fort Smith city offices before noon on Friday (Aug. 19) for what might be best described as a pep rally for city employees….

Nutcracker Auditions

The Western Arkansas Ballet (www.waballet.org) will hold open auditions for the 2011 performance of The Nutcracker according to the following schedule: Girls ages 6–8: Registration: 10-10:30 a.m. Audition: 10:30…

State jobless rate up to 8.2%

Arkansas’ jobless rate increased to an estimated 8.2% in July, up from 8.1% in June, and up from 7.8% in July 2010. The rate is the highest seen since April…

FCRA donates $50,000 to chamber development fund

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) board members granted a $50,000 donation to the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce during a Thursday meeting. The agreement…

Adam & Eats: Wing King

The cooks at this establishment send out good food, good vibrations and some killer fried Kool-Aid.

Regional connection part of XNA concourse opening

The Aug. 24 grand opening of a new $20 million concourse at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) is expected to draw more than 500 business and political leaders from…

Car-Mart quarterly income up 3.97%

Bentonville-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. blew past analyst estimates to earn $8.282 million in the second quarter, up 3.97% compared to the 2010 quarter, company officials reported Thursday (Aug. 18). The…

Nursing program proposal approved by ATU trustees

The Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees voted Thursday (Aug. 18) to approve a program proposal for an Associate of Applied Science degree in nursing at the Arkansas Tech University-Ozark…

Arthur arrested, charged related to scuffle with Mayor

Eric Arthur was arrested Thursday afternoon (Aug. 18) following a warrant issued by Sebastian County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Shue. Arthur is charged with battery in the third degree for “recklessly…