Regions

Trash and trails part of Van Buren council meeting

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The dirty business of trash pickup took center stage at Monday’s (May 17) city council meeting in Van Buren. Mayor Bob Freeman spoke bluntly to…

Wal-Mart posts $3.32 billion in first quarter income; beats estimates

There is no recession at Wal-Mart, with the company reporting Tuesday (May 18) total sales of $99.848 billion for the first fiscal quarter of 2010 — a 5.9% increase over…

Food patterns

Americans more likely to eat at home when recession ends.

Fort Smith Jazz Festival primer: The Rogers Jazz Society

Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Jazz Festival is being presented this year by The City Wire, Downtown Fort Smith, Arvest, Kirkham Systems, Raymond James and Associates, Dixie Digital, and Arkoma…

Britton, Williamson join Sparks Health System staff

Michelle Britton and Cathy Williamson have joined the medical staff of Sparks Health System. Britton will work as the hospital’s director of cardiovascular services effective June 1. She and her…

Weldon, Williams and Lick win exporter excellence award

Fort Smith-based Weldon, Williams and Lick Inc. is one of four winners in the Governor’s Excellence in Global Trade award program. The winners were announced May 17 at a luncheon…

Arkansas Election Line: Boozman, Womack ‘Safe’ in primary race

Editor’s note: Three closely watched political journalists based in Little Rock have joined to form The Arkansas Election Line — an ongoing assessment of key political races in Arkansas. Roby…

Arvest captures Spotlight Award

Arvest Bank operations in the Fort Smith and River Valley Region was recently named a Spotlight Award winner. The award recognizes organizations that provide exemplary strategies that support a healthy…

“Madonna Meets Rod Tribute”

Madonna Meets Rod Tribute Image: "Madonna Meets Rod Tribute" Show starring CHRIS AMERICA , the world’s number one Madonna Impersonator and DANNY D as Rod Stewart, best…

“Disco Thru the 80’s V”

### 　　 "DISCO THRU THE 80’S V" Disco fever on a Saturday night is back on tap with the…

Glidewell tops on contributions; Files raises more local funds

Rep. Frank Glidewell said in late April that he’d probably collected enough money for the Arkansas Senate District 13 race. He wasn’t kidding. Between April 1 and May 11, Glidewell…

Altes’ campaign funds triple that of Dallas; Altes returns contribution

If J.R. Dallas wins Tuesday’s (May 18) GOP primary for Arkansas House District 63 seat he will have defeated a legislative veteran who raised more than three times in campaign…

Malone, Campbell contribution sources pose predictive problem

The sources of financial campaign support for candidates in the GOP primary race for Arkansas House District 64 creates an interesting observation and/or dilemma. While there are several schools of…