Regions

Clinton, 180 potential donors set for Marshals Museum reception

Around 180 guests from Arkansas and around the country are expected to attend the first high-profile — but completely private — event scheduled Dec. 18 for the U.S. Marshals Museum…

Smith, Nellum win top Realtor awards

The Fort Smith Board of Realtors recently held its annual meeting and announced the following awards and leadership changes. Orval Smith, with Don Smith & Associates, was awarded the Dorothy…

Foreclosure findings

Fewer Americans willing to buy foreclosed properties.

Fort Smith Town Club to close Jan. 31

The Fort Smith Town Club won’t see its 51st consecutive year of operation. Club Manager Engin Tuncay and Town Club board member Phil White confirmed the club will close Jan….

Whirlpool job boost may be short-term (Corrected)

Whirlpool officials may soon formally announce — possibly as early as Thursday (Dec. 16) — the call back of more than 400 employees to work a second shift to begin…

Fort Smith to assume operation of downtown park

The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted Tuesday (Dec. 15) to enter into an agreement by which the city’s Parks Department would operate The Park at West End. Owned by…

Fort Smith directors to meet with federal lobbyists

Lobbyists hired by the city of Fort Smith will be in town Thursday (Dec. 17) seeking “clear direction” from the city directors, according to a memo from Deputy City Administrator…

Cheer and Humbug

There are some things we hate about this jolly season.

Cap-and-trade could kill more than 20,000 Arkansas jobs

Arkansas could lose more than 20,000 jobs by 2030 and the average disposable income of an Arkansan could drop almost $800 a year by 2030 if the federal cap-and-trade bill…

Arkansas Best makes more management moves

It was expected that the upcoming retirement of Robert Davidson as CEO of Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. would result in several executive transitions within the large transportation holding company….

200-250 high-wage jobs return to Little Rock

More than 200 high-wage telecom jobs could return to Little Rock, which is welcome news following Verizon’s 2008 acquisition of Little Rock-based Alltel which significantly reduced the estimated 3,100 corporate…

CEO entrepreneurs move at hyper fast speeds

Those same CEOs must learn to delegate decision-making to keep the business moving.

Hendricks announces for Sebastian County Judge post

Annie Powell Hendricks has announced she will run for the post of Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge, Division II. Judge Harry Foltz has announced he will retire when his position…

Christmas Honors wraps with candlelight vigil

The Christmas Honors project that placed 12,000 wreaths at the Fort Smith National Cemetery over the weekend wrapped up the event with a Monday night (Dec. 14) candlelight vigil around…