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Camp Dream Street a welcome getaway for children

The week of activities provides enjoyment for children with cancer, leukemia and other illnesses.

State officials note ‘unusual’ period of tax revenue declines (Updated)

Total state revenue of $5.43 billion in fiscal year 2010 was 2.4% below the previous fiscal year and marked the second consecutive year of revenue decline, according to a report…

Fort Smith sanitation service readies to expand south

Part of the effort by the Fort Smith Department of Sanitation in gearing up to begin trash and recycling collection service in south Fort Smith is work of about 35…

Scene By Carson: Welcome to July

July brings women with vision, women with motorcycles and a frozen t-shirt contest.

Adam & Eats: Ralph’s Pink Flamingo

The pork is “friggin amazing” but Adam doesn’t much care for the Buffett. Go figure.

Grand Gulf turns 25

Editor’s note: The following is a shortened version of a story written by Roby Brock with TalkBusiness.net. Grand Gulf. Those two words are infamous in Arkansas’ political lexicon. They remind…

Fort Smith boss says budget-cutting process his idea

Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly denies claims he is telling city employees that possible pay and benefit cuts are being demanded by the Fort Smith board of directors. On…

Buneo wins national ADDY award

Erica Buneo, a University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student, achieved a first for the Fort Smith advertising community by winning a national Gold ADDY in the 2010 ADDY Awards…

Sparks ranks second on care measures

Sparks Regional Medical System is ranked second in “Appropriate Care Measures” during the fourth quarter of 2009 in Arkansas among 45 hospitals. The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) recently…

Regional home sales up 6.2% January-May

The bright spot in the Fort Smith regional economy continues to be the real estate market, with area home sales up more than 6% in the first five months of…

New plans set for Bass Reeves statue campaign; Sen. Lincoln promotes effort

The effort to raise funds for a Bass Reeves statue in downtown Fort Smith will soon shift into a higher gear. Also, statue promoters are hoping the efforts of U.S….

Big Screen Peter: Grown Ups

The movie is funny and contains much comedic talent, but Peter says it falls flat with respect to being good cinema.

Finally! … Fort Smith sales tax collections up in May

The 1.47% gain in April sales tax collections in Fort Smith are not likely to stem the need for city budget cuts, but it is a refreshing change of pace…

Arkansas stocks wilt under heat of poor job numbers (Corrected)

Arkansas stocks ended the first half of 2010 with investors scrambling for bear-proof U.S. bonds gold and international currencies. Like Wall Street, Arkansas equities were hammered by the global debt…

Succession planning critical for family-owned businesses

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] If you think large, evil corporations are running the country, think again. According to the Family Firm Institute, about 90% of all businesses in today’s…

Rivaldo to head Arvest’s Fort Smith area division

Craig Rivaldo, one of the two bankers who began in 1999 Arvest Bank’s Fort Smith operations, was named president and CEO of Arvest’s Fort Smith-River Valley division effective July 6….

Area foreclosed home sales percentage below state, U.S.

Less than 15% of all homes sold in the Fort Smith metro area during the first quarter of 2010 were foreclosed homes, according to a new report from Irvine, Calif.-based…

Fort Smith metro jobless rate rises in May

A drop in the overall civilian labor force and an increase in the number of unemployed pushed the Fort Smith metro unemployment rate from 7.6% in April to 7.8% in…

Nobody likes Congress

Democrats hold an edge over Republicans in November.

Fort Smith directors critical of cost-cutting process

Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly’s ongoing process to cut the budget is not meeting with complete approval from at least three Fort Smith city directors. On June 23, Kelly…