by - April 20, 2012 5:00 pm
Efforts to raise $3 million to establish the National Child Protection Training Center on the campus of the NorthWest Arkansas Community College are well underway with $680,000 in pledges, according…
by - April 20, 2012 4:29 pm
FORT SMITH — In the vein of spring and all it promises, the 70-plus-member Fort Smith Chorale is rehearsing for its 31st annual spring concert, delightfully deemed Light Eternal. Highlighted by…
by - April 20, 2012 4:20 pm
Homebuilders across Northwest Arkansas were busy slinging hammers and making deals in the first three months of 2012. The cities of Fayetteville, Springdale, Siloam Springs, Rogers and Bentonville together issued…
by - April 20, 2012 2:43 pm
FORT SMITH — Perhaps a better name for the United Way of Fort Smith Area’s Day of Caring would be to call it the Widespread Day of Caring. From morning till…
by - April 20, 2012 2:11 pm
FORT SMITH — More than 100 Fort Smith Leadership graduates and the businesses that lend their expertise to the program gathered for a 25th class reunion Thursday night (April 19). The…
by - April 20, 2012 1:46 pm
Ron Goforth, a pioneer in developing high-tech companies in Northwest Arkansas, died April 13 at 74.
by - April 20, 2012 11:44 am
FAYETTEVILLE — The 2012 season of live music at the Arkansas Music Pavilion kicked off Thursday evening (April 20) with the Sacramento alternative rock band, CAKE. With no opening act, the…
by - April 20, 2012 11:12 am
With no apparent response to a letter they sent Feb. 28, the six members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation again sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta requesting data…
by - April 20, 2012 10:31 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate during March fell to 7.4%, with the estimate of employment during the month totaling more than 26,000 compared to March 2011. The March report also shows that…
by - April 20, 2012 10:10 am
The Fort Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau announced the winners of its inaugural GRIT (Giving Recognition in Tourism) awards for tourism on Thursday (April 19) at the MovieLounge, Fort Smith’s…
by - April 19, 2012 11:07 pm
Chaffee Crossing’s financial statements may show a $486,677 loss (including approximately $281,873 in capital improvement expenses) for the first quarter of 2012, but for Executive Director Ivy Owen and the…
by - April 19, 2012 7:26 pm
It sounds like a simple concept: Explore Northwest Arkansas. But regional business leaders hope the new marketing campaign will resonate with folks traveling to the region this year. The marketing…
by - April 19, 2012 6:52 pm
BENTONVILLE — Brooke Burckart wasn’t even engaged when the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened on its famous date, Nov. 11, 2011. Her fiance, Robert Sanderson, proposed on Friday the…
by - April 19, 2012 6:32 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Was there anything left to say that hadn’t been said or written about the Arkansas Music Pavilion by the day before it hosted its first show, Cake, at the…
by - April 19, 2012 3:27 pm
Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. had a healthy quarter as net income rose to $6.355 million in the first quarter reporting period compared to $5.066 million one year ago….
by - April 19, 2012 2:57 pm
When House Revenue and Tax Chairman Rep. Davy Carter, R-Cabot, proposed a complete review of the Arkansas tax code, he may not have known what a history lesson he asked…
by - April 19, 2012 2:28 pm
$4.9 million total more than 80 percent higher than same period last year.
by - April 19, 2012 2:20 pm
Father John Maxwell, Manager of Pastoral Services at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center and pastor of the St. George and Alexandra Orthodox Church in Fort Smith, admits that it’s “a…
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