by - April 27, 2011 8:00 pm
Parents, grandparents and child caregivers are encouraged to attend a free seminar “Your Child: Guarding Against Disease,” at 6:30 p.m., April 28. The seminar will be held at the main…
by - April 27, 2011 6:03 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority members convened for the second time in April, this time for a vote on approximately $3 million in real estate offers…
by - April 27, 2011 5:03 pm
Sparks pediatrician Dr. Louay Nassri has been named a 2010 Most Compassionate Doctor and, for the third straight year, he has received the Patients’ Choice award. The honors are given…
by - April 27, 2011 4:54 pm
Dental hygiene students from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith took first, second and third place awards during a competition held at a meeting of the Arkansas State Dental…
by - April 27, 2011 4:38 pm
Fed Chief Ben Bernanke’s first press conference offered changes in economic forecasts, but at least three economy watchers say not much new was learned about the economy. Bernanke, head of…
by - April 27, 2011 3:29 pm
The unemployment rate for the Fort Smith metro finally moved in the right direction, with the March jobless rate estimated at 8.4%, down from 9.1% in February and below the…
by - April 27, 2011 2:23 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Under a simple white stone like the others at Fort Smith National Cemetery lay Isaac Parker, the man known by virtually everyone in Fort Smith…
by - April 27, 2011 10:30 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansans may begin on Aug. 6 to take advantage of a…
by - April 27, 2011 10:17 am
Editor’s note: Following is an abridged version of this report originally posted April 21 by Ethan Nobles at First Arkansas News. Nobles also works for a Realtors association in central…
by - April 26, 2011 10:22 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] In spite of a 15-minute tornado warning delay, the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission managed to move forward on two engineering contracts with Morrison Shipley…
by - April 26, 2011 4:52 pm
story submitted by Capt. Chris Heathscott, public affairs officer, Arkansas National Guard The Arkansas National Guard now has approximately 170 Soldiers and Airmen assisting in Faulkner, Garland and Carroll Counties…
by - April 26, 2011 2:41 pm
Fort Smith Police Chief Kevin Lindsey and some of his staff will soon travel to North Little Rock to review an animal control program that is similar to an ordinance…
by - April 26, 2011 10:56 am
Business partnerships come with advantages, but the possibility for conflict must be addressed early.
by - April 26, 2011 10:33 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas’ second largest telecom is preparing to make affordable, high-speed Internet…
by - April 26, 2011 10:29 am
The around 200 jobs Dallas-based Golden Living will move to its administrative center in Fort Smith during the next two years will generate at least 58 more jobs in the…
by - April 25, 2011 4:25 pm
Health Management Associates posted first quarter 2011 net income of $149.057 million and total revenue of $1.433 billion, up 10.4% and 12.7%, respectively, over the 2010 period. Naples, Fla.-based HMA…
by - April 25, 2011 2:47 pm
Sales of new and existing homes in Crawford and Sebastian counties during the first quarter of 2011 total 317, down 13.85% from the 368 sales in the 2010 period, according…
by - April 25, 2011 2:44 pm
Editor’s note: Story is updated with several additions throughout. There will be no election on a 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith unless court action reverses Monday’s ruling by…
by - April 25, 2011 12:27 pm
A new Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll, conducted April 21, 2011, reveals the views of Arkansans on many things, including the job performance of the Arkansas Legislature, implementation of health care…
by - April 25, 2011 8:47 am
High fuel prices, bad weather and price pressures countered gains in the trucking sector to push Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. to a first-quarter 2011 net loss of $12.8 million…
