by - August 21, 2012 10:28 pm
Fort Smith sent a message to U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., on Tuesday night (Aug. 21) at the Defending Our Defenders Listening Session. Hundreds of citizens, including civic leaders, city…
by - August 21, 2012 9:45 pm
A new virtual initiative at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has the potential to change the way researchers at state public universities share research and to revolutionize the way…
by - August 21, 2012 6:58 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart is sitting behind an oak desk in his corner office nursing a Diet Pepsi. He used to drink Diet Coke until the…
by - August 21, 2012 5:14 pm
Beef U.S. beef packer margins last week averaged $27 per head, improving to $47.80 by Tuesday (Aug.21 ), according to Hedgers Edge. Beef and cattle markets have recovered significantly from…
by - August 21, 2012 4:01 pm
The Springdale Chamber of Commerce announced its Leadership Class No. 18 for the 2012 – 2013 year. The class of 25 will begin its 10-month program Aug. 24 with orientation…
by - August 21, 2012 3:48 pm
Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus has named Debbie McClure of Clarksville its 2012 Teacher of the Year. McClure, an instructor in the Cosmetology Department, was given the award – voted on…
by - August 21, 2012 3:31 pm
Paula Riggs remembers carefully laying out the plastic across her car seats. It was a day about 15 years earlier when she agreed to transport a 14-year old girl in…
by - August 21, 2012 3:03 pm
Debra Mollen, 41, a psychology professor in Denton, Texas, said she and her husband don’t plan to have children as they strive to pay down their mortgage and save for…
by - August 21, 2012 2:02 pm
Private crop insurers, a group led by Wells Fargo & Co. and Ace Ltd., may face losses that exceed $5 billion if this year’s U.S. drought is worse than one…
by - August 21, 2012 1:57 pm
Regulations on U.S. manufacturing may reduce output by as much as $500 billion this year, according to an industry-sponsored study that cast doubts on President Barack Obama’s efforts to trim…
by - August 21, 2012 1:47 pm
A national trucking sector struggling through economic ups and downs hit the middle in July with no change in the American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage Index. The index, considered a…
by - August 21, 2012 10:42 am
Michael K. Daugherty, professor of technology and engineering at the University of Arkansas, received a state honor last month from his peers at the group’s annual conference held in Hot…
by - August 21, 2012 7:10 am
When Whole Foods Market Inc. announced last year it was opening a store in downtown Detroit, the reaction was predictable: Whole Foods? In Detroit? The move reflects a new direction…
by - August 20, 2012 11:26 pm
The Fort Smith Housing Authority (FSHA) faced a small but hostile audience Monday night (Aug. 20) at the Bluff Avenue Baptist Church. The controversy: FSHA wishes to add 36 units…
by - August 20, 2012 5:53 pm
EUREKA SPRINGS — Jazz trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis, a member of the famous New Orleans family of jazz musicians with the same name, will prove his place in the family lineage when…
by - August 20, 2012 5:47 pm
Most of the damage inflicted on the U.S. labor market by the recession is reversible, according to Federal Reserve research, leaving open the possibility that additional stimulus will be effective…
by - August 20, 2012 5:35 pm
About 1 in 2 doctors are burned out, showing signs of emotional exhaustion and little interest in work as patient loads increase, U.S. researchers found. Doctors working in emergency, family…
by - August 20, 2012 5:16 pm
Cash-strapped customers who rely on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. low prices year round are getting a little extra help from the retail giant this Christmas as the company’s layaway program has…
by - August 20, 2012 5:09 pm
With classes starting this week at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus, two newly appointed program chairs will be at the helm of the campus’ two nursing programs. Theresa Fontaine of Alma…
by - August 20, 2012 3:49 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Pat Benatar is a hard-rocking vocal powerhouse whose songs served as anthems for angsty teenagers in the 1980s. Those youngsters are all grown up, and other generations have…
