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ASU Hosts Renewable Energy Conference

A plant grown in Eastern Europe may very well help to fuel bio-diesel programs as well as vehicles for an Arkansas town, an official with Arkansas State University’s College of…

First Saturday of Fall – Sunset Dinner Cruise

You cannot beat Mother Nature and Beaver Lake. What a great way to spend an evening with your family on the last day of summer. Take a lake cruise on…

Leadership Jonesboro Holds Graduation

The song “Pomp and Circumstance” may not have been heard Friday, but 18 graduates of a leadership program made it through a year-long education program. The Jonesboro Regional Chamber of…

Arkansas’ workforce, number of employed continues decline in August report

There are an estimated 28,614 fewer Arkansans in the workforce and 8,434 fewer Arkansans employed in August compared to August 2013. The August jobless rate was 6.3%, up from 6.2%…

Forsgren picked as contractor for osteopathic college

The proposed Arkansas Colleges of Health Education announced Friday (Sept. 19) that Forsgren Inc. of Fort Smith was selected as the contractor for site preparation for its new college of…

Deputy Marshals Fire the Cannon

September 24 at 2:00pm On September 24th the U.S. Marshals Museum will finally be breaking ground! To celebrate this event Fort Smith NHS staff and volunteers will be firing the…

Flintlock Muskets of Fort Smith

October 4th at 11:00am and 2:00pm One of the ways to better understand the life of early Fort Smith soldiers is to better understand the weapons they carried, especially their…

Big Guns of the Civil War

October 11th at 11:00am and 2:00pm Do you enjoy the thunder and smoke of Civil War cannon? Many people do but there is much more to cannons than just the…

State Jobless Rate Jumps As Labor Force Continues To Decline

Arkansas’ August unemployment rate rose from the previous month one-tenth of a percent to 6.3%. The rate was two-tenths of a point higher than the U.S. jobless rate, but was…

Wal-Mart, retailers increase their 2014 holiday hirings

The largest retailer and private employer in the world is beefing up its payrolls with the addition of at least 60,000 seasonal workers for the upcoming holiday season, according to…

Accident School Reunion

Accident School Reunion The Accident School reunion will be held Saturday, October 25 at 11:00 a.m. at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Accident was a rural school located northeast…

Gypsy Camp Remembered

Gypsy Camp Remembered Photographer Diana Hausam will present a program entitled, "The Gypsy Camp: The Beauty of What Remains," Wednesday, October 15 at noon at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark…

Fishback School Reunion

Fishback School Reunion The Fishback School reunion will be held Saturday, October 11 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Fishback was a rural school located southeast…

UCA Lands $1.2 Million Science Grant

The University of Central Arkansas has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to increase the number of qualified high school science and mathematics teachers. The…

Q&A With Camden Mayor Chris Claybaker

Editor’s note: This interview, conducted by editor Bill Paddack, appears in the latest magazine edition of Talk Business & Politics, which you can read here. Ask Camden Mayor Chris Claybaker what he likes…

Wal-Mart Hiring 60,000 For The Holidays

Wal-Mart said it would hire 60,000 seasonal workers to accommodate increased shopping at its U.S. stores. The part-time workers represent about a 10% jump in hiring versus a year ago….

U.S. Marshals Museum Receives $5 million Anonymous Gift

Just days before a scheduled groundbreaking on the riverfront near downtown Fort Smith, the U.S. Marshals Museum announced Thursday (Sept. 18) a pledge of $5 million from an anonymous donor….

Tolbert: Football Games Prime Spot For Political Ads

By now, Arkansas has already grown weary of seeing political ads on our televisions; however, with just over six weeks to go until the election, they promise to only grow…

Arkansas Severance Tax Revenue Up 50%, Poised To Hit $100 Million

Severance tax collections in Arkansas reached an all-time high of $77.3 million in fiscal 2014 and are poised to move higher, but the increased activity might not translate to more jobs.

Candidates Bring Message To NEA District Fair

The words “The Pressure is On,” extolling the virtues of canning, were part of a display at the NEA District Fair Thursday. The same phrase may be said for political…

UAMS, Helena Hospital announced co-management agreement

Citizens Bank names Alan Jessup COO

Survey: 35% of American workers do some or all work from home

Crenlo moves HQ to Bentonville from Minneapolis