by - December 9, 2013 4:15 pm
Sitting in Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola’s former office at the Catlett Law Firm on the 18th floor of the Tower Building in downtown, Caroline Hupp is the latest face…
by - December 9, 2013 3:37 pm
What was a projected $150,000 deficit just weeks ago has been reversed by the Crawford County Quorum Court's budget committee, resulting in a budget that is balanced and ready for…
by - December 9, 2013 3:12 pm
Ben E. Keith Company announced Monday (Dec. 9) that it has purchased 70 acres in North Little Rock and will build a $60 million, 350,000-square-foot distribution center. The facility will…
by - December 9, 2013 2:28 pm
A report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids praised Arkansas and a few other states for their tobacco prevention programs but said most states “spend only a miniscule portion” of…
by - December 9, 2013 2:15 pm
Life is starting to return to normal across the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas regions after a powerful winter storm dropped freezing rain, sleet and snow across the area, resulting…
by - December 8, 2013 8:52 pm
It’s no secret that numerous changes in residential, commercial and traffic patterns during the past several decades have resulted in the decay – if not abandonment – of thousands of…
by - December 8, 2013 7:38 pm
The above is not a headline that parents of college students at the state’s flagship campus like to see, but as always, “the devil is in the details.” Yes, while…
by - December 8, 2013 7:26 pm
Despite icy road conditions in Northwest Arkansas, more than 1,000 guests attended Mercy Health Foundation’s 20th annual charity ball, O’Night Divine, Saturday (Dec. 7). The gala is the foundation’s signature…
by - December 8, 2013 5:09 pm
Last month my article “We have arrived” focused on a conversation about Fort Smith compared to Pine Bluff and was provoked by a “top ten list” ranking Fort Smith as…
by - December 8, 2013 2:21 pm
Despite having to postpone a day because of wintery weather, the Mercy Fort Smith Foundation hosted its annual White Christmas Gala on Saturday (Dec. 7) night. The event was the…
by - December 8, 2013 1:45 pm
With the flip of a switch, Van Buren ushered in the Christmas season on Saturday (Dec. 7) evening at its annual Courthouse Lighting Ceremony. Freezing temperatures and icy roads weren't…
by - December 8, 2013 12:58 pm
Around 2,000 people from all over the region braved icy roads and bone-chilling temperatures Saturday (Dec. 7) to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus aboard the 10th annual Children’s Christmas Train….
by - December 6, 2013 12:53 pm
The University of Arkansas is ranked first in the Southeastern Conference and 12th in the nation in the initial 2013-14 Learfield Sports Directors Cup standings released this week by the…
by - December 6, 2013 12:48 pm
The Northwest Arkansas jobless rate in October was 5.1%, down compared to September, but an estimated increase in the number of unemployed pushed the rate higher than the 5% in…
by - December 6, 2013 12:44 pm
Small year-over-year gains in the Fort Smith metro workforce and the number of employed saw the October metro jobless rate fall to 7.3% compared to 7.5% in October 2012. However,…
by - December 6, 2013 6:42 am
A Fort Smith budget battle, technology tussle, fuzzy trucking math and more notes on a U.S. manufacturing renaissance are part of the Nov. 8 Friday Wire for the Fort Smith…
by - December 6, 2013 6:34 am
Badgered Wal-Mart Board members, concerns about consumer confidence, and more notes on a U.S. manufacturing renaissance are part of the Northwest Arkansas Friday Wire for Dec. 6. NOTES & ANALYSIS…
by - December 5, 2013 5:34 pm
A special joint meeting of the Fort Smith Board of Directors and the Sebastian County Quorum Court will be held Monday (Dec. 9) at 6 p.m. at the Elm Grove…
by - December 5, 2013 4:53 pm
Former Fort Smith Parks Commission Chairman Bobby Aldridge resigned from his volunteer position in September in order to pursue contract work with the city of Fort Smith and it has…
by - December 5, 2013 4:33 pm
In this space in September we encouraged, no, we begged, Alice Walton, the Wal-Mart heiress and the signature/dreamer builder/financier of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, to please purchase…
