by - May 14, 2012 11:33 am
The first quarter 2012 numbers are positive for the tourism business in the Fort Smith and Van Buren area, and collections of Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax are up almost 13%…
by - May 14, 2012 11:29 am
The primary battle for the GOP nomination to the Arkansas House of Representatives District 80 pits Republican challengers Charlene Fite and Terry Bibbs in a contest that presents an educational…
by - May 14, 2012 10:11 am
Fourth District GOP Congressional candidate Tom Cotton appears to have opened a lead over rival Beth Anne Rankin. The latest Talk Business-Hendrix College survey of Fourth District Republican primary voters…
by - May 14, 2012 9:27 am
Career move re-energizes veteran banker.
by - May 14, 2012 9:07 am
Twenty acres on Rock Springs Road change hands.
by - May 14, 2012 8:31 am
ROGERS — Picture a classroom full of students on the first day of high school. They’re cutting up and laughing when the teacher/tyrant walks in, wearing a bowtie and looking to…
by - May 13, 2012 7:46 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Members of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, distinguished alumni, deans of the various university colleges, university administrators, the commencement speakers for each college and special guests were…
by - May 13, 2012 6:18 pm
BENTONVILLE — Some of the biggest players in the art world gathered at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Saturday (May 12) to celebrate the American debut of a new…
by - May 13, 2012 2:31 pm
The people who want to increase the Washington County sales tax for an excessive expansion of public transit view the Northwest Arkansas Transit Development Plan (TDP) as their justification. I…
by - May 13, 2012 2:28 pm
ROGERS — They called it Summer in Southampton — and guests took the theme to heart, donning seersucker, linen and other breathable materials. But when rising country star Josh Turner took…
by - May 13, 2012 2:19 pm
Fort Smith-based Beshears Construction has received three awards for construction projects completed in 2011. The 188th Fighter Wing Civil Engineering Headquarters of the Arkansas Air National Guard was recently awarded…
by - May 13, 2012 11:00 am
Around 200 people gathered Saturday (May 12) at the Fort Smith home of LuAnn and George Moschner to enjoy a Crawfish Boil and raise money for Girls Inc. of Fort…
by - May 13, 2012 10:18 am
A lot has changed in Mom’s world. The world in 1949, the year of her birth, was a crazy place. Europe was rebuilding its continental economy, the Soviets were rattling…
by - May 12, 2012 2:40 pm
An Ozarks treasure with works in public and private collections across the country, sculpture artist Anita Huffington is half of a two-man exhibit running through June 8 in Chelsea New…
by - May 12, 2012 2:18 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — The petite lady with the long name is gaining an even larger legacy as co-founder of the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Benton County, one of the first in…
by - May 12, 2012 1:10 pm
FORT SMITH — There was no shortage of flower power at the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Sebastian County’s Stand By Me party on Friday evening (May 11). A crowd…
by - May 12, 2012 12:13 pm
The Perryman Group, a Waco-based research firm, released its economic study of raising Arkansas’ severance tax rates on natural gas — a proposal being pushed by former gas exec Sheffield…
by - May 12, 2012 12:06 pm
Regnat Populus, a grassroots group pushing a ballot measure to reform Arkansas’ ethics laws, just got a shot in the arm from a bipartisan group of politicos. On Friday (May…
by - May 12, 2012 11:48 am
ConAgra Foods Inc. gave notice that it intends to consolidate operations from a Batesville factory to one in Missouri in July — a move that will result in layoffs of…
by - May 11, 2012 6:05 pm
She’s savvy, demands value and expects convenience while shopping. If the store isn’t clean, and well-stocked with the product she wants, or if she can’t find a parking place because…
