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Lifesong Dance Studio Recitals

Lifesong Dance Studio Recitials December 4 King Opera House Van Buren 3:30 p.m. Lifesong Dance Recitals 3:30 p.m. tickets $5 at the door for more information call 479-474-2426.

TAA program continues to aid area unemployed

The more than 100 unemployed workers who attended a recent Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) training program are just a small portion of those in the region who are eligible for…

City directors want new boss by March; may not use search firm

Three Fort Smith city directors hope to have a new city administrator hired by March, and without the assistance and expense of an executive search consultant. The directors fired then…

Nonprofit gains

Donations are up, but not back to pre-recession levels.

UA student researches perceived value of high school football

Ryan White wants to know how strongly people in Fort Smith and Alma believe high school football “gives the community the opportunity to temporarily escape life’s problems.” He also wants…

Dear Fort Smith regional legislators:

Dear Fort Smith regional legislators: Having given up a few years ago on Santa Claus (apparently, the North Pole logistics folks can’t hook a believer up with a few cases…

Employee Screenings Can Close Job Doors

Criminal background checks have become more important over the last several years, as employers are increasingly held liable for their employees’ behavior.

Low Rates Keep Lenders Hustling

Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank maintained its status as the area’s top mortgage lender in 2009, closing more than 6,400 loans.

Bank Deposit Market Share: Slow, Steady

As of June 30, Northwest Arkansas deposits were near the $11 billion mark.

Cornerstone Starts Five Homes in Riverwalk Farms

Tim and Dayna McGuire, through their Cornerstone Construction, have several starts in the Riverwalk Farms Estates subdivision of Bentonville.

Arkansas Alums Team up to Offer Affordable Software Solutions

Ability LLC develops software designed to help manufacturers in practically every area of operations, from accounting and scheduling to project planning and data analysis.

Thinking Beyond the Label (Commentary)

Remember, labels get in the way. Disabilities rarely do.

How’s Your Budget Looking?

Budgeting for 2011 seems just about as difficult as it has for the past two trying years, but I’m more hopeful.

Reeves Named Vice Provost

Promotion comes on the heels of a spring semester in which student teams under Reeves’ tutelage won more than $900,000.

Arkansas? Return Third in Region

Arkansas’ ROA was up 0.23 points from the second quarter a year earlier.

Garland Center Brings ‘Holistic’ Appeal to UA

The structure contains a 32,000-SF space that houses the school bookstore and another 20,000 SF of private, ground-level retail space.

Former Wal-Mart Exec Shewmaker Dead at 72

Shewmaker and his wife, Melba, received a Lifetime Philanthropic Award from the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals the day he died.

George W. Bush Speaks to Wal-Mart Associates

About 850 associates gathered in the company’s auditorium located in its main building to hear Bush talk.

Terminella Relaunches Campaign Against MNB

New 20-page suit alleges bank interfered with a contract, engaged in deceptive trade practices and was negligent.

If Wal-Mart Can Make it There

Crain’s New York, a weekly business journal, turned its attention recently to Arkansas, dedicating most of its front page to a story headlined “Here comes Walmart.”

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson