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Flying Fish heeds Walton’s call

Texas-based eatery plans to open a downtown Bentonville location

UAFS Choral Concert

The UAFS Season of Entertainment concert series presents an evening of musical performances by the University Chorale, Women’s Chorus and Jazz Catz, under the direction of Dr. Rager H. Moore…

Northwest Arkansas Mall Returned to Lender

Arkansas development/investment trio departs ownership picture

Project Compassion Key Person Workshop and Caregiver Education Meeting

Project Compassion will host a Key Person Workshop to educate our "Key Volunteers" in 24 area nursing homes. The event will take place at the St. Scholastica Retreat Center located…

Octubafest Evening Concert

Join UAFS faculty members David Carter, clarinet, Matt Vangjel, trumpet, Alex Zacharella, Euphonium, Josh Knight, drum-set, and Fort Smith tubist Tommy Hough for evening of polkas and musical fun in…

Octubafest

UAFS will hold its sixth annual Octubafest. All high school and college tuba and euphonium players are invited to bring their instruments and perform in a mass Tuba-Euph play-along. All…

Big Screen Peter: The Ides of March

With such an ominous name, one would expect “The Ides of March” to have more thrill, but it is resolutely lacking in that aspect.

Love of Service, Adventure Keep Zega Moving Forward

Harrowing experience helped shape Cox’s public affairs manager.

1% tax issues addressed at first of four forums (Updated)

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] The 1% prepared food tax faced opposition at Wednesday night’s (Oct. 12) open forum hosted by the tax support group Forward Fort Smith. About 40…

Bank Buzz Gets Louder in NWA

First Bank Corp. appears on the verge of establishing a presence in Washington County.

Quarterly income dips for Bank of the Ozarks

Bank of the Ozarks reported third quarter net income of $18.9 million, a 6.5% decrease from $20.2 million for the third quarter of 2010. Diluted earnings per common share hit…

Womack bill seeks online sales tax solution (Updated)

U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, teamed up with Democratic Congressman Jackie Speier on Wednesday (Oct. 12) to announce the push of legislation that would give states more authority to require…

Fort Smith voters historically favor sales taxes

story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] On November 8, Fort Smith voters will decide whether to enact a 1% sales tax on prepared food, which would help to fund the Fort…

Fort Smith Chamber drive pushes past $2 million goal

The economic development fund drive of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has pushed past its goal of $2 million, with chamber officials now pushing for $2.5 million. Paul…

Area tourism industry benefits from busy Summer travel

A national report suggesting consumers and corporations traveled more than expected during the recent summer may help explain the continued rise in Fort Smith and Van Buren hospitality tax collections….

City, chamber to push riverfront corporate office

Paul Harvel witnessed the rebirth of a riverfront area in Little Rock that now includes a presidential library, modern convention center and hotels, trolley system, public library and numerous shops…

Celadon seeks takeover of USA Truck

Executives with Celadon Trucking Services are interested in acquiring or merging with Van Buren-based USA Truck, and have asked USA Truck management to meet about a possible transaction, according to…

‘Accounting error’ could have cost city $115,000

Fort Smith Finance Director Kara Bushkuhl recently caught a mistake that eventually saved the city of Fort Smith about $115,000 a year, and saved 300-plus Arkansas county and local governments…