by - April 28, 2011 4:40 pm
Fest of Ale
Girls Inc is having a fun summer fund raiser at the Holiday Inn Ballroom July 8th . Beer from all over the world will be sampled much like a…
Regions
by - April 28, 2011 4:29 pm
Montemayor captures Texas press awards
Candise Montemayor of Fort Smith, who works as a public information technician in the Public Relations Office at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, has won two awards in…
by - April 28, 2011 2:48 pm
Mulberry in May delivers stars and madness
by Connie Las Schneider May is a perfect month to explore the Mulberry River area in Franklin County. The water is cool and inviting, the scenery alive with growth and…
by - April 28, 2011 2:03 pm
Fite loses another Supreme Court ruling
Thursday’s (April 28) Arkansas Supreme Court ruling is likely the end of the legal road in Tom Fite’s challenge of a legal decision that tossed him off the ballot in…
by - April 28, 2011 9:23 am
Fort Smith board members comment on petition decision
A majority of the Fort Smith Board of Directors support the decision of Fort Smith City Clerk Sherri Gard to find insufficient the petitions calling for an election on enactment…
by - April 28, 2011 8:39 am
ABF faces ‘messy’ road to profitability in 2011
One of the bigger stories this week in the national trucking industry centered on the surprising poor first quarter earnings report released Monday (April 25) by Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best…
by - April 28, 2011 8:36 am
Wrong direction
Survey finds lack of faith in American leadership.
by - April 27, 2011 9:08 pm
Big Screen Peter: The Conspirator
The newest effort by legend Robert Redford takes the audience into the chaos that followed Lincoln’s assassination.
by - April 27, 2011 8:00 pm
Child immunization focus of Cooper Clinic seminar
Parents, grandparents and child caregivers are encouraged to attend a free seminar “Your Child: Guarding Against Disease,” at 6:30 p.m., April 28. The seminar will be held at the main…
by - April 27, 2011 6:03 pm
FCRA approves Chaffee real estate deals
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority members convened for the second time in April, this time for a vote on approximately $3 million in real estate offers…
by - April 27, 2011 5:03 pm
Nassri gets ‘Compassionate’ award
Sparks pediatrician Dr. Louay Nassri has been named a 2010 Most Compassionate Doctor and, for the third straight year, he has received the Patients’ Choice award. The honors are given…
by - April 27, 2011 4:54 pm
UAFS dental students win top awards
Dental hygiene students from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith took first, second and third place awards during a competition held at a meeting of the Arkansas State Dental…
by - April 27, 2011 4:38 pm
Consensus on Bernanke speech: Nothing new
Fed Chief Ben Bernanke’s first press conference offered changes in economic forecasts, but at least three economy watchers say not much new was learned about the economy. Bernanke, head of…
by - April 27, 2011 3:29 pm
Fort Smith metro jobless rate down in March
The unemployment rate for the Fort Smith metro finally moved in the right direction, with the March jobless rate estimated at 8.4%, down from 9.1% in February and below the…
by - April 27, 2011 2:23 pm
National Cemetery work aligns, secures headstones
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Under a simple white stone like the others at Fort Smith National Cemetery lay Isaac Parker, the man known by virtually everyone in Fort Smith…
by - April 27, 2011 10:30 am
Arkansas sales tax holiday to begin Aug. 6
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansans may begin on Aug. 6 to take advantage of a…
by - April 27, 2011 10:17 am
Mortgage interest deduction: Retain, modify or eliminate?
Editor’s note: Following is an abridged version of this report originally posted April 21 by Ethan Nobles at First Arkansas News. Nobles also works for a Realtors association in central…
by - April 26, 2011 10:22 pm
Fort Smith airport moves on extensive construction plan
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] In spite of a 15-minute tornado warning delay, the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission managed to move forward on two engineering contracts with Morrison Shipley…
by - April 26, 2011 8:24 pm
May 1st Saturday at The Learning Fields at Chaffee Crossing
During the summer on the 1st Saturday of the month, The Learning Fields at Chaffee Crossing open our demonstration gardens to the public. The first in the series for this…
by - April 26, 2011 4:52 pm
Arkansas National Guard missions grow after floods, tornadoes
story submitted by Capt. Chris Heathscott, public affairs officer, Arkansas National Guard The Arkansas National Guard now has approximately 170 Soldiers and Airmen assisting in Faulkner, Garland and Carroll Counties…