Fort Smith

UA study has 1% tax vote angle

Results of a recent voting behavior study suggest a steep climb for those seeking Fort Smith voter approval of a 1% prepared food tax. Shayne Henry, a graduate student at…

Black caucus wants legislative map changes

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Members of the legislative Black Caucus, all Democrats, are not happy…

Unsettled

The thing is, Fort Smith City Director Kevin Settle is a likable guy. Or, to the point of this essay, he has a likable side; amiable, also. More to the…

Value your business

All business owners will exit the business. Timing is key.

Family day brings creativity indoors

The Fort Smith Regional Art Museum Family Day provided children the chance to transfer their imagination to “found objects.”

ARC members take to the water

Greenwood baseball teams, UAFS students help support the day at the Alma Aquatic Park.

Stuff the Bus school supplies benefit area students

Wal-Mart and the United Way work to collect thousands of back-to-school items donated to help area children.

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….

Arkansas Best declares dividend

The Board of Directors of Arkansas Best Corporation (Nasdaq: ABFS) has declared a quarterly dividend of three cents per share to shareholders of record on Aug. 5, 2011, and payable…

Arts Issues: The dreaded Maestro!

The evolution of the symphony conductor has included egomania, eccentricities and gangrene.

Trotter joins Cooper Clinic

Katy Trotter, APN, has joined Cooper Clinic to practice with Dr. Aubrey Ziegler at the Northwest Arkansas Allergy & Asthma Clinic of Cooper Clinic. Trotter is a graduate of the…

Arkansas jobless rate up to 8.1%

Arkansas’ jobless rate jumped to an estimated 8.1% in June, a level not seen since June 1987. Also, Arkansas was just one of eight states to post an unemployment rate…

LED signals could save city $120,000 a year

Fort Smith officials say a conversion of all 149 signalized intersections in Fort Smith from incandescent bulbs to LED lights will save at least $120,000 a year in electric costs…

Track opinions

Fewer Americans approve of the country’s direction.

Adam & Eats: Art’s BBQ

Art’s fails to support the claim of having the best burger in town, but it runs a close second.

Baldor helps ABB boost income

ABB reported a 43-percent increase in second-quarter net income to $893 million amid strong industrial growth, higher earnings in the Power Systems division and the contribution from recent acquisitions, especially…

Rumors tie Murphy Oil to Canadian company

Although the rumors abound about a possible deal between El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp. and Calgary, Alberta-based Husky Energy, there is no clear information about a possible deal, and both…

Legal deal pushes Whirlpool to a quarterly loss

Settlement of a longstanding dispute with a Brazilian bank resulted in a second quarter loss of $161 million for Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corp. Whirlpool, which operates a refrigerator manufacturing plant…

Simmons, Home Bancshares post income gains

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas-based banks continue post positive numbers, with Conway-based Home Bancshares reporting…

Atlantis lands, ends shuttle era

story provided by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 21, 2011 — Wrapping up 30 years of unmatched achievements and blazing a trail for the next…