by - August 15, 2012 3:30 pm
FORT SMITH — To Luke Perkinson, being funny is serious business. Nowhere is this more evident than inside the performance and dance area of Lost Beach in Fort Smith. Perkinson works…
by - August 15, 2012 1:29 pm
Manufacturers are turning out more cars and computers, homebuilders are gaining confidence and prices are little changed, showing the U.S. economy is expanding with inflation contained. Production at factories, mines…
by - August 15, 2012 12:13 pm
Thin and Healthy's Total Solution will be hosting a fashion show at Elite 24 Health Club to benefit the River Valley Regional Food Bank. It will be August 30 at…
by - August 15, 2012 2:44 am
Aug. 17-19 Music: Bluegrass tradition continues EUREKA SPRINGS — This year’s Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival begins as it always has, with a free concert and watermelon for the bluesgrass-lovin’ public in…
by - August 14, 2012 11:13 pm
Beef U.S. beef packer margins were negative $15 per head last week, improving to a positive $12 by Tuesday (Aug.14), on higher beef cutout prices, according to Hedgers Edge. The…
by - August 14, 2012 9:08 pm
Fort Smith Realtor Keith Lau, who ran a campaign promising to end micromanagement and against recent decisions to only partially automate Fort Smith trash collection, captured 50.81% of the vote…
by - August 14, 2012 8:50 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — As 1936 Club owner Peter Steinhart was whooping it up with friends last Saturday night (Aug. 11), celebrating his retirement from the restaurant business, the eatery’s new manager and…
by - August 14, 2012 8:33 pm
FORT SMITH — Shannon Gilliaum sold his successful roofing business to open what he hopes will be a successful bar and live music venue, the Longhorn Saloon, at 6400 U.S. 71….
by - August 14, 2012 8:26 pm
ROGERS — Much like Ray Kinsella’s converted cornfields in the cult hit “Field of Dreams” – if you build it they will come. Anglers, hunters, master marksmen and outdoor enthusiast…
by - August 14, 2012 6:58 pm
Simmons First National Corp. announced the anticipated retirement of Chairman and CEO J. Thomas May to be effective December 2013. May has had health issues, but has continued to lead…
by - August 14, 2012 6:25 pm
About 13 million Americans are looking for work. An additional 8 million have settled for part-time jobs. Yet almost half of U.S. employers have said they have difficulty filling positions….
by - August 14, 2012 6:21 pm
Marty Parsons, the former chief financial officer for NorthWest Arkansas Community College, filed an appeal of termination on Aug. 9. Parsons is requesting a hearing with NWACC's Board of Trustees…
by - August 14, 2012 5:28 pm
There are two primary lessons to learn from the verbal lashing Whirlpool Corp. recently received from Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe: 1) What the Governor thinks probably doesn’t matter to Whirlpool…
by - August 14, 2012 4:08 pm
Fort Smith Sanitation Director Baridi Nkokheli revealed rate differentials for automated and non-automated solid waste collection on Tuesday (Aug. 14) at the Fort Smith Board of Directors study session. The…
by - August 14, 2012 3:41 pm
University of Arkansas and NorthWest Arkansas Community College officials today (Aug. 14) signed a collaborative agreement that is intended to increase the number of college graduates in Arkansas. The agreement…
by - August 14, 2012 1:39 pm
Aug 14-23 Theater: Auditions for Scrooge FORT SMITH — With a little more than four months left till the holidays, it’s not too soon to start planning those heart-warming stage plays…
by - August 14, 2012 1:27 pm
Retail sales in the U.S. rose more than forecast in July, reflecting broad-based gains that ease concern elevated unemployment will cause consumers to retrench. The 0.8% advance, the biggest since…
by - August 14, 2012 12:29 pm
United Way of Fort Smith Area will hold their 2012 Campaign Kick-Off luncheon on September 19th at 11:30 am in the dining center at Golden Living,1000 Fianna Way, Fort Smith. Everyone is invited to…
by - August 14, 2012 7:11 am
Seeking to quell environmental concerns about the chemicals it shoots underground to extract oil and natural gas, Apache Corp. told shareholders in April that it disclosed information about “all the…
by - August 13, 2012 10:52 pm
Gary Combs, a local real estate developer that owned Basic Construction and Basic Block brick company in Springdale, died Saturday from cancer complications in a California hospital. Sources say Combs…
