Regions

Political shift

Roby Brock reviews GOP gains and the legislative session.

Remembering Raymond

Editor’s note: This essay about my grandfather, Raymond Evans, was first published November 2002 when I was business editor of the Times Record. A version of that essay can be…

Mac Computer Club Meeting – AAAMUG (Arkansas Apple and Macintosh User Group)

If you like Apple Macs, iPads, iPods, iPhones, or are just curious about Apple, come to a club meeting as our guest. This month we have a Demo on "MacFamilyTree"…

Mac Computer Club Meeting – AAAMUG (Arkansas Apple and Macintosh User Group)

If you like Apple Macs, iPads, iPods, iPhones, or are just curious about Apple, come to a club meeting as our guest. This month we have a show and tell…

Fort Smith, Municipal League end workers’ comp conflict

There appears to be a resolution over what was a brewing squabble among the cities of Fort Smith and Little Rock and the Arkansas Municipal League. In early October, the…

Arkansas House makes committee assignments

The Arkansas House of Representatives met for its organizational meeting today, with committee assignments set for new and returning members. There are 43 new members in the 100-member House, which…

Fite alleges State Police helped Post campaign (Update)

The fracas between Tom Fite and State Rep.-elect Leslee Post appears far from over. Prior to the Nov. 2 election, Fite (R) faced Leslee Milam Post (D) for the Arkansas…

Lobbyists: Arkansas legislators to face tight budget (Updated)

Dennis Jungmeyer summarized the obvious when asked what he thought about the top issue in the upcoming Arkansas General Assembly. “It will all come back to money,” Jungmeyer, president of…

Unemployment office largest Fort Smith area employer?

The largest employer in the Fort Smith metro area between September 2008 and September 2010 was probably the unemployment compensation system of the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services. It was…

Petrino can start the cleanup of ‘cheap, dirty’ play at home

story by Gary Brown, president of College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino is against cheap and dirty play….

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

Arkansas Senate preps for 2011; Sen. Whitaker elected minority leader

Members and members-elect of the Arkansas Senate gathered in Little Rock on Thursday (Nov. 4) to elect leaders and make committee appointments, with Sen. Ruth Whitaker, R-Cedarville, named vice chair…

SEC Preview, week 10: LSU-Bama, Arkansas-Carolina only real action

story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated is one of my favorite writers. His style…

Convention center, new boss top issues for incoming city directors

When George Catsavis, Philip Merry Jr., and Pam Weber are sworn in as the three new members of the seven-member Fort Smith board of directors, they’ll face two major issues…

‘Christmas Honors’ project organizers gearing up

The call is out again for the Fort Smith region to come out and support “Christmas Honors” — an effort that in December 2009 placed a wreath at the roughly…

Adam & Eats: Goodson’s

After a bad food experience, we go to Goodson’s for some consistently good comfort food.

Big Screen Peter: Snatch and Lock, Stock

Peter alters course with a reflection on movies released many years ago. You know what they say about variety and spices …

Scene by Carson: Turkey, Veteran recognition and clock changes

November also includes wine tastings, balance retreats and fancy bingo.

Ethanol production, retail ops move Murphy Oil profits higher

Murphy Oil Corp.’s profits rose 7.4 percent in the third quarter primarily due to better earnings from U.S. retail marketing and ethanol production operations, the El Dorado oil giant reported…

Sebastian County vote totals

Following is the final Sebastian County totals from the Nov. 2, 2010 general election. (Numbers to the right of vote counts reflect vote percentage.) PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 91) 91 100.00…