by - March 17, 2011 1:55 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A deal between the House, Senate and Gov. Mike Beebe administration…
by - March 17, 2011 9:53 am
As part of the United Way Day of Caring, volunteers will join forces April 21 to serve at organizations that improve lives Fort Smith regional communities. Projects are available in…
by - March 17, 2011 9:39 am
King Realty Group’s agents who earned awards for production in 2010 were honored at a banquet/celebration held March 8 at Downstream Casino in Quapaw, Okla. The event was co-hosted by…
by - March 17, 2011 8:44 am
Rep. Keith Ingram, D-West Memphis, and Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, are pushing legislation that would give voters in cities and counties the ability to tax themselves to recruit at…
by - March 17, 2011 7:32 am
Super Bowl Champion Brett Goode encourages those who work with youth to not be a “dream killer.”
by - March 16, 2011 4:47 pm
Peter takes us back to a classic war movie he says is among the best.
by - March 16, 2011 3:38 pm
The Compass Report is being expanded with the addition of a monthly report — presented electronically as a two-page PDF — on nine key sets of local, state and federal…
by - March 16, 2011 10:49 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The panel charged with redrawing Arkansas’ 135 House and Senate districts…
by - March 16, 2011 10:42 am
The CDC reports that the U.S. death rate fell in 2009.
by - March 16, 2011 10:27 am
Tim Mulvihill is eager to move forward with the cleaning and restoration of the historic Cavanaugh Mound in south Fort Smith. Mulvihill, an archeologist with the University of Arkansas system,…
by - March 16, 2011 8:40 am
The death watch continues for a national trucking company that is a primary competitor with Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System. Overland Park, Kan.-based YRC noted in its 10K annual report…
by - March 16, 2011 7:26 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck announced a number of cost saving initiatives at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Sebastian County Quorum Court. Among them was…
by - March 15, 2011 9:21 pm
Unless amended or repealed, Fort Smith will have a new set of animal control laws as of Jan. 1, 2012, that will include the mandatory registration of pets, spay and…
by - March 15, 2011 5:23 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approved the ballot title of a citizen’s initiative that could raise the severance tax on natural gas in Arkansas to 7%. The measure, notes this…
by - March 15, 2011 2:34 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Gov. Mike Beebe’s effort to overhaul the state’s prison system is…
by - March 15, 2011 12:33 pm
With about 10 days to collect signatures forcing an election on enactment of a 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith, Eddie York says a group of restaurant owners may…
by - March 15, 2011 12:09 pm
The operator of the nuclear power plant in Russellville (Arkansas) says its plants are safe, but the utility company may run into trouble relicensing nuclear power plants in the Northeast…
by - March 15, 2011 10:36 am
Responding quickly and effectively can turn potentially damaging news into a business opportunity.
by - March 15, 2011 9:50 am
Hospitality tax collections in Fort Smith and Van Buren were up during January despite the snow and cold. January hospitality tax collections in Van Buren totaled $28,016, up 1.1% compared…
by - March 15, 2011 8:12 am
Allyn Donaubauer has been recognized by Merrill Lynch as being among the top financial advisors in Arkansas. Donaubauer was recently included in Barron’s magazine on the “America’s Top 1,000 Advisors:…
