Regions

Area tourism tax collections continue two-year decline

Hospitality tax collection declines in Fort Smith and Van Buren are similar to the decline in collections of Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax — all reflecting a tourism industry struggling to…

HMA reports 21.6% gain in second-quarter income

The parent company of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical in Van Buren posted second-quarter earnings of $39.657 million, a 21.6% gain over the same quarter of…

Ballentine to seek seventh term as Alma’s mayor

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Alma Mayor John Robert Ballentine is not finished yet. The city’s top leader will run for reelection in November, and if he wins it will…

Eat for The Cure

Join the Relay for Cancer, Bill Ladd as they raise funds to support Bill Ladd’s fight against cancer. Hollywood Stars Pizza is offering the Relay 20% of all proceeds earned…

Outback Steakhouse Luncheon – Paint the Park Pink – Susan G. Komen for the Cure

You are invited to a luncheon at Outback Steakhouse benefiting Paint the Park Pink, the River Valley’s own Susan G. Komen for the Cure® event. This luncheon will take place…

McDonald House Charities to renovate family room at St. Edward

The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma is supporting a $150,000 effort to renovate a 2,475-square-foot space to briefly house parents with infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)…

New federal bank law could punish small, community banks

Financial leaders across Arkansas — big banks, small banks and investment operations — all agree that the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill will cost them money, with one bank…