by - June 26, 2012 8:33 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Summer vacation for a high school student typically involves a healthy diet of sleep and video games. However, a group of entrepreneurial-minded teens are ditching the lethargic lifestyle…
by - June 26, 2012 6:27 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Last Saturday’s (June 23) Starry Starry Night … almost Van Gogh Masterpiece Art Challenge and Auction raised almost $45,000 for Youth Bridge, double what the same event made last fall….
by - June 26, 2012 5:34 pm
Arvest Bank said its mortgage subsidiary posted the best six months in history hitting $1.2 billion in mortgages since January of this year. This is the tenth consecutive year Arvest…
by - June 26, 2012 5:06 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — As the city’s Mayoral race heats up, the parking garage planned for the “entertainment district” of Fayetteville continues to come to the forefront as a key issue. It…
by - June 26, 2012 5:05 pm
Several counties and communities in the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas are set to receive funding from various historic preservation and revitalization related grants. The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program,…
by - June 26, 2012 4:48 pm
FORT SMITH — Has your mojo left you in the lurch trudging through the drudgery of another dull work week? If so, you’re in luck. Leah & the Mojo Doctors…
by - June 26, 2012 4:38 pm
Mitt Romney’s running mate is going to rank very low on the list of what’s on voters’ minds in November. Political journalists are obsessing about whom he’ll pick anyway, because…
by - June 26, 2012 3:51 pm
Fort Smith City Directors discussed plans to move forward on a comprehensive citizen survey at the Tuesday (June 26) Study Session. Fort Smith Administrator Ray Gosack told The City Wire…
by - June 26, 2012 3:14 pm
Delta Air Lines, Inc., announced Monday (June 25) the removal of 25 flights to the Memphis area, including service from Fort Smith Regional Airport. But while the decision is bad…
by - June 26, 2012 12:33 pm
Retail gasoline in the U.S. dropped by the most in 13 months this week, dragged down by crude futures trading below $80 a barrel, the Energy Department said. The average…
by - June 26, 2012 12:15 pm
BLOOMBERG — Confidence among U.S. consumers dropped in June for a fourth consecutive month as mounting concern over jobs and incomes dimmed the outlook for spending. The Conference Board’s sentiment…
by - June 26, 2012 11:29 am
Shawn Villines, part owner of Tim’s Auto Body in Van Buren, Ark., started ASAP Towing as a response to an accident he worked “several months ago.” “The whole thing started…
by - June 26, 2012 10:46 am
ROGERS — A few weeks ago, I took the greatest risk yet for this column. I invited my mother-in-law out to lunch. What I had going for me: I have provided…
by - June 26, 2012 8:37 am
The Gulf States Region of the American Institute of Architects awarded two 2012 Honor Awards to Marlon Blackwell Architect, of Fayetteville, for the Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion at the Indianapolis…
by - June 25, 2012 11:31 pm
For more than one hour Bella Vista residents poured out their hearts begging their city council members to take more time to consider traffic, safety and convenience issues regarding a…
by - June 25, 2012 11:15 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Mary Ann Gunn took some quiet time on her back porch Monday (June 25) to let it sink in. She’d been home less than 24 hours from California, where…
by - June 25, 2012 4:52 pm
Joy L. Heuer, manager of Fayetteville's Chamber of Commerce Leadership and greeNWAy Initiative, recently became a graduate of the "State Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Arkansas Class VI". Leadership Arkansas is…
by - June 25, 2012 4:46 pm
Fort Smith Administrator Ray Gosack hopes to strengthen communication between city residents and the municipal government. On Wednesday (June 20), the city unveiled the Progress as Promised website to update…
by - June 25, 2012 4:24 pm
BENTONVILLE — A screening of short nature films dubbed Seedling Local Shorts will help round out activities taking place Thursday (June 28) during Journey into the Wild, an “Art Night…
by - June 25, 2012 2:48 pm
BLOOMBERG — As the U.S. government’s regulatory bureaucracy has ballooned, one agency has been left behind: The office that oversees the regulators themselves. The BGOV (Bloomberg Government) Barometer shows the…
