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YRC bankruptcy watch continues; legal ruling critical

YRC, the nation’s largest less-than-truckload carrier, continues to teeter at the edge of bankruptcy — a bankruptcy that would significantly boost the business of Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System and…

Wakarusa 72C: Get the show started with ‘Those Darlins’

Editor’s note: This is the first of four stories in the “Seven to see (72C)” series profiling the musical acts appearing at the Wakarusa Music Festival (June 2-5). Last year…

Area home sales continue decline; inventory rises

The area home sales trend is moving in the wrong direction, with sales of new and existing homes in Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian counties down 15.12% during the first four…

AT&T/T-Mobile merger could blanket Arkansas with 4G

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] AT&T Arkansas President Ed Drilling says within 4 years the state…

Still here

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] Wasn’t prepared to have an essay for this week. The great Messianic recall of all good souls was to happen Saturday. It didn’t. Unless…

Arkansas artillery soldiers take training to California

story info submitted by Capt. Chris Heathscott, public affairs officer, Arkansas National Guard FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Soldiers with the Arkansas National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 206th Field Artillery Regiment are…

Natural connection

Gov. Mike Beebe praises the state’s “web portal.”

A&P approves 1% tax rules; lawsuit being prepped

The Fort Smith Advertising & Promotion Commission approved on Friday the rules and regulations for collection and enforcement of the 1% prepared food tax, although the attorney representing a group…

Judges to meet on petition to remove Circuit Clerk

Sebastian County Circuit Court Judges will meet Monday (May 23) to discuss how they will handle a petition filed Thursday that seeks the removal of Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken…

Arkansas jobless rate falls to 7.7%

The state unemployment rate for April comes with two positives — the April rate of 7.75 continues a downward decline and the March rate of 7.8% was revised down to…

Wakarusa organizers expect 20,000 to attend festival

story by Peter Lewis [email protected] The 8th Annual Wakarusa is set to take place just north of Ozark on Mulberry Mountain beginning June 2 and ending June 5. After its…

Animal coalition event held at the Bonneville House

About 100 gather at PETropolitan to raise money for the Kitties and Kanines Spay/Neuter Clinic.

Obama ratings slide

Economy, not Bin Laden death, important to Americans.

Adam & Eats: Calico County

The crazy weather and end of tax season requires solid comfort food. Adam has the answer.

Petition filed to remove Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins

It appears the controversy surrounding the office of Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins is far from over. On Thursday (May 19), Fort Smith attorney David Dunagin filed a petition…

Cooper Clinic hires CFO

Curtis Ralston, CPA, has been named the chief financial officer at Cooper Clinic. A native of Oklahoma, Ralston earned his master’s of accounting from Oklahoma State University. He has 16…

10% tuition increase set for ATU-Ozark

Students attending Arkansas Tech University in Russellville will see a 6% increase in tuition, with tuition at the university’s Ozark campus to rise by 10%. The ATU Board of Trustees…

Legislators hear report on Arkansas Medicaid reform plans

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Right out of the gate, members of the Joint Public Health…

Postal Service responds to consolidation report inquiries

A report justifying moving mail processing operations from Fort Smith to Fayetteville was not allowed to be reviewed by the public prior to the eventual decision to move the operations…