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Education opinion

McDaniel said Broadway was not qualified.

ABF expands operations in Asia

ABF Freight System has added 12 Asian countries to its global market, and now has 20 offices in the region that work to feed the company’s supply-chain logistics business. The…

Convention Center funding plan released; 1% lowered in year 6

The Fort Smith Advertising & Promotion Commission unveiled Monday (Sept. 12) a detailed 6-year plan on how revenues from a proposed 1% prepared food tax would be spent if voters…

The Compass Report: National economic analysis

Editor’s note: Following is the analysis from economic Jeff Collins related to the national economy. The analysis was part of The Compass Report for the second quarter of 2011. The…

Northside students earn cash for test scores

Seventy-four Northside High School students have qualified to collectively earn $12,800 in cash awards based on their successful work in an math and science program. According to a statement from…

Hunger TV

Big help arrives for the humble Pastor Bob.

UAFS, ATU-Ozark report enrollment gains

The pace of fall semester enrollment growth at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith slowed, while enrollment growth at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus was up more than 10%. UAFS…

Connections

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] It was when encamped at Yosemite National Park with a small group of U.S. Marines and Naval Corpsmen that I achieved my most “religious”…

Tragedy+10: Brunk, Terry escape the terror

story by Michael Tilley [email protected] Dale Brunk was on the 40th floor stairwell of the south tower of the World Trade Center when the second hijacked plane hit it. “The…

Tragedy+10: The attempt to rationalize

Editor’s note: Jeff Collins, an economist based in Northwest Arkansas, was director of the Walton College Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Arkansas, on Sept. 11,…

Tragedy+10: Recalling the ‘unnatural silence’

Editor’s note: The following essay is from W.R. “Bud” Harper, former Sebastian County Judge and former director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management. Harper was the ADEM director on…

AEDC director hospitalized in ‘serious condition’

story by Roby Brock and Michael Tilley [email protected] Maria Haley, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, remains at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital after becoming…

Dierks Bentley gathers a crowd in downtown Fort Smith

The performance by the country music star was part of the Festival on the Border concert series.

Big job loss

GP says it will ‘suspend’ operations in Crossett.

Tragedy+10: Surreal emotions, and feeling ‘the world was ending’

Scott Stubblefield was a terminal auditor with Arkansas Best Corp. on Sept. 11, 2001. Marcie Salamone, who lived for many years in New York City, lost two college friends when…

University of Arkansas to open JPH papers

story info submitted by the University of Arkansas The papers of former U.S. Rep John Paul Hammerschmidt, R-Harrison, will be opened to researchers in a ceremony at 3 p.m. on…

Arkansas delegation responds to Obama speech

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas’ Congressional officials weighed in with remarks on Pres. Obama’s speech…

4th Annual Cox Community Concert Features Travis Tritt

Cox Communications provided the free concert in partnership with the city for the Festival on the Border.

Adam & Eats: Phoenix Drive-in

Like the Sonic the Phoenix replaced, they offer deep fried treats and burgers, soft-serve ice cream and fancy coffee drinks.

Holland found guilty in high-speed chase case

Arkansas Sen. Bruce Holland, R-Greenwood, has been found guilty of three misdemeanor counts related to a January high-speed chase through Perry County. According to this report at the Arkansas Times,…