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Cabot Firm G.A.G. Builders Leading Chaffin Expansion

School project carries a $7.9 million price tag.

Arrowhead Dealership Earns Recognition

Cobalt recognizes group with stores in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

The business owner says …

Warning: If you are more offended by blue language than government incompetence, please CLICK NOW to another page. This week came the news that Arkansas officials overpaid an estimated $161…

Spitting taxes

There is ‘nothing sinister’ in reducing your tax bill.

Rain creates perfect conditions for the 5K Mud Run

Participants in the Hillbilly Pork Chop Roundup 5K Mud Run have to complete a 3.2-mile obstacle course.

Tiny big work

Officials gather to celebrate UA nanomech research.

Womack: USPS plan outside ‘boundary of reason’

U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, is saying a proposal by the U.S. Postal Service to consolidate more than 250 mail processing centers nationwide is an “unacceptable course of action.” Womack,…

Arkansas Reps vote to curb NLRB influence

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] All four of Arkansas’ Congressmen voted in favor of a measure…

Free concert to benefit Arkansas Valley Habitat for Humanity

There will be a free concert featuring the Sounds of Hope to benefit Arkansas Valley Habitat for Humanity Ault-Pyle build. Sounds of Hope is a local group of Christian artists that…

Arkansas jobless rate hits 8.3% in August

Arkansas’ jobless rate increased to an estimated 8.3% in August, up from 8.2% in July, and up from 7.8% in August 2010. The rate is the highest seen since March…

Adam & Eats: Larry’s Pizza

The principle behind the new pizza joint is a sound one. Simple good food, great service, and a good price.

Arkansas overpaid jobless benefits by $161 million (Updated)

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] New data from the U.S. Department of Labor indicate that Arkansas…

Mayor Baker endowment created

The Fort Smith Area Community Foundation, a local office of the Arkansas Community Foundation, has announced a new endowment fund established by the local board to memorialize former Mayor C….

Fort Smith, NWA mail processing may move to Little Rock

A U.S. Postal Service proposal that would essentially move all mail processing in Arkansas to Little Rock would result in lengthier mail delivery times and the loss of more than…

Source: Whirlpool jobs down to 650 by January

The news continues to be less than optimistic about the future of Whirlpool’s massive production and warehousing facility in Fort Smith, with a source saying total employment could dip to…

McGill announces for District 78 seat

Add retired Fort Smith business owner George McGill to the growing list of candidates seeking election or re-election to legislative seats in the Fort Smith region. McGill announced Wednesday (Sept….

Fort Smith Little Theatre presents ‘The Trip to Bountiful’

The play takes the audience on an emotional journey through one woman’s struggle to return to her childhood home.

Learn PowerPoint 2010! The Fort Smith Adult Education Center is offering Powerpoint 2010 class running from September 21-October 3, 5:00-8:00pm Mondays and Wednesdays. Become more effective and efficient and learn…

Big Screen Peter: Contagion

Soderbergh’s illustration of small acts of kindness seem displaced within such a Sherman’esque wasteland.

UA opens Hammerschmidt papers

The documents former U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt collected during his more than 25 years in Congress took more than six years to organize and index — and the index…