Regions

Government jobs now 19% of Arkansas workforce

A new report at TalkBusiness.net sheds light on the fact that government jobs are now more than 19% of total nonfarm employment in Arkansas. The January report also shows a…

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….

Archaeologists seek to research, restore the ‘Cavanaugh Mound’

Jessica Crawford traveled from Marks, Miss., to Fort Smith to look at a BIG pile of dirt. It’s an historic piece of ground, in fact, located behind the New Liberty…

UAFS seeks more than $15 million in federal funding

story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has five appropriation requests before federal agencies — seeking funds to expand the…

Native American Realism: Images From Oklahoma, the Territorial Period

FORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY HISTORIC NATIVE AMERICAN PHOTOS TO BE ON DISPLAY Toward the late 1800s, Indian Territory was the center of a dramatic convergence of…

Area hospitality sector slow in January

There is some hope that the national and local hospitality industry will see improving conditions in 2010. Don’t base that hope on January results. January tax receipts in Van Buren…

Adam & Eats: Cara’s at Brunwick Place

The creative sandwiches are so good they almost move Adam to profanity. Almost.

HMA to invest $20 million in Sparks Health System

When executives with Health Management Associates said they planned to invest in facility and service improvements at Sparks Health System, they meant it. Sparks CEO Melody Trimble has confirmed that…

UAFS student media growing; new degree program sought

The renewed media program at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has produced its second Web publication, and UAFS officials are proposing a new degree program that could result…

Spending returns

New reports shows strong growth in eCommerce sales.

UAFS student alumni board created

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Student Alumni Association board of directors has been created with its first 10 members. Katie Schluterman, student and young alumni coordinator, said part…

Leadership Fort Smith award winners announced

Seven individuals have been named recipients of the Leadership Fort Smith Alumni Association’s 2010 community leadership awards and will receive their awards at a June 3 banquet. Awards include the…

Mac Computer Club Meeting

If you like Mac computers, iPods, iPhones, or are just curious about all things Apple, sit in on our club meeting as our guest. This month we cover Mac 101:…

Arklahoma Pedal Steel Guitar Club Meeting

Come join us for our monthly Pedal Steel Guitar Club meeting, and enjoy listening to some of the best live Steel Guitar music around. It free…

OG&E seeks $13.3 million line upgrade between Ozark, Clarksville

OG&E is asking the Arkansas Public Service commission to approve the construction of a 161KV transmission line and upgrade certain power facilities between Ozark and Clarksville. The more than $13.334…

Same old same old from Tim Burton doesn’t amuse Peter

This version of Alice in Wonderland offers great acting but a flimsy story.

Van Buren cemetery part of AETN documentary

story and photos by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The dead are speaking in the AETN documentary “Silent Stories,” which will air 6:30 p.m., Thursday (Mar. 11). The program takes viewers across…

Arkansas’ jobless rate remains stable during January

Arkansas’ January preliminary unemployment rate was 7.6%, the same as revised unemployment rates for December and November 2009. When initially reported by the federal Bureau of Labor, the December rate…

More data

New study predicts expansion of data centers in the U.S.

Shale mining, I-49 dominate Chaffee meeting

story and photo by Marla Cantrell [email protected] There’s a hell of a lot of shale at Chaffee Crossing — more than $1 million dollar’s worth. Two companies, C. Watts and…