by - March 20, 2012 7:09 am
Van Buren sales tax plan moves forward
The Van Buren City Council moved closer to funding a one-cent tax hike for a wide range of city improvements Monday night (March 19) at the regularly scheduled meeting. By…
Tag: Fort Smith area home sales
by - March 19, 2012 8:09 pm
Ballet and beer a good mix at the Emerald Gala
An intimate gathering of about 40 people attended the Western Arkansas Ballet Emerald Gala Saturday (March 17) at the Fort Smith Riverfront Pavilion. The event, deliberately coordinated with St. Patrick's…
by - March 19, 2012 7:15 pm
Move on to combat child sex trafficking in Arkansas
Kirk Rhoads firmly believes Arkansans must fix weak laws against child sex trafficking. So, the Mountain Home activist began an online petition that garnered about 100 signatures in about a…
by - March 19, 2012 5:38 pm
Unveiling of Reeves statue to draw national spotlight
FORT SMITH — James Pickens Jr., the actor who portrays Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC-TV drama series Grey’s Anatomy, is scheduled to participate in a weekend celebrating the long-awaited unveiling…
by - March 19, 2012 4:04 pm
Painted pigs to dot the summer landscape
FAYETTEVILLE — With the Razorback as Arkansas’ mascot, there’s no shortage of pigs in the area. They’re everywhere you look. This summer, pigs of the artful kind will dot the…
by - March 19, 2012 3:11 pm
Siloam Springs readies for cable vote
Siloam Springs may add cable and Internet to the services offered through its city-owned electric utility, but it won’t come without opposition. Some citizens and former city officials question the…
by - March 19, 2012 3:02 pm
Cooley enters Fort Smith Director race
Fort Smith businessman John Cooley announced Monday (Mar. 19) he will challenge Fort Smith City Director George Catsavis for the Ward 4 job. Cooley is a Fort Smith native who…
by - March 19, 2012 11:55 am
Elvis’ historic haircut
FORT SMITH — On Saturday (March 24), you can get an authentic G.I. buzz cut just like the one Elvis got at Fort Chaffee in 1958. Officials with the Chaffee Barbershop…
by - March 19, 2012 11:46 am
Bringing the outside in
FORT SMITH — The Greater Fort Smith Council of Garden Clubs will conduct a standard flower show as part of the Fort Smith Lawn and Garden Show this weekend, (March 24-25)…
by - March 19, 2012 11:21 am
Hear ye, here ye!
FORT SMITH — Did Babe Beard commit murder — or a lesser charge of manslaughter — against his nephew, Will Jones, in 1894? You can decide for yourself during a re-enactment…
by - March 18, 2012 11:05 pm
Roots Festival billed as ‘intimate urban festival’
FAYETTEVILLE – The people who quickly write off Northwest Arkansas as a place where nothing ever happens have sure missed the mark. The region is quickly gaining a reputation for…
by - March 18, 2012 9:43 pm
Something Else
There is this thing with the Fort Smith Board of Directors about money and television and Something Else. Coincidentally, Political satirist P.J. O’Rourke once noted that the three branches of…
by - March 18, 2012 6:56 pm
Davy’s Daunting Task
Davy Carter, the Republican Arkansas Representative from Cabot, has undertaken a daunting task that may have a pretty predictable end result. As chairman of the House Revenue and Tax Committee,…
by - March 16, 2012 9:28 pm
Funding emerges for Fort Smith homeless campus
The Riverview Hope Campus is not yet a reality, but it’s already done a first for the Fort Smith region. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has granted…
by - March 16, 2012 9:09 pm
Talk moves forward on televised board meetings
C&H Tire Owner Jerry Hamel and Fort Smith City Administrator Ray Gosack met Thursday (March 15) to discuss the possibility of Hamel and a “group of five or six business…
by - March 16, 2012 3:38 pm
Moody’s Affirms Tyson Credit Rating
Moody’s Investors Services affirmed Tyson Foods’ corporate credit rating at one notch below investment grade – Ba1 – but revised the meat giant’s rating outlook from stable to to positive…
by - March 16, 2012 2:40 pm
Signature Bank offers deposits via smart phones
Mobile banking is the wave of the future as smartphone users now make up more than half of all mobile phones operating in the United States, according to Nielsen. While…
by - March 16, 2012 1:42 pm
UAFS delivers with Midsummer Night’s Dream
FORT SMITH — The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Theater is putting a new twist on an old favorite, William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream, which opened for full house Thursday…
by - March 16, 2012 1:26 pm
Parks top the list of priorities for Rogers in 2012
This year may well be the year that Rogers residents remember as being one that helped put the city on the map. And that's just what city officials are aiming…
by - March 16, 2012 10:26 am
Arkansas wind-energy jobs tied to tax credit
One of Arkansas’ fastest-growing manufacturing sectors has a strong tailwind behind it, but recent momentum could stall if Congress doesn’t extend federal tax credits for renewable energy sources, industry trade…