by - July 20, 2009 1:48 pm
Morals and markets
New York City professor says wealth redistribution is the siren song of utopianism.
Tag: Fort Smith area home sales
by - July 20, 2009 1:08 pm
Arkansans not happy with new lottery program
Arkansas’ new lottery effort is off to a bad start, according to poll results from the Talk Business Quarterly Poll. The new poll was conducted through a partnership with Roby…
by - July 20, 2009 11:54 am
Fort Smith board sets dates for budget hearings
The Fort Smith Board of Directors have set Aug. 17 and Aug. 25 as dates to review what might be a problematic 2010 budget cycle. Each meeting will begin at…
by - July 20, 2009 11:37 am
One-way traffic pattern proposed for downtown Van Buren
Richard Hodo will ask the Van Buren City Council at its Monday (July 20) meeting to consider converting the street through downtown Van Buren into a one-way street. Hodo, owner…
by - July 20, 2009 10:53 am
2 for, 2 against city administrator hire/fire authority
The running score is 2-2 with respect to opinion from members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors about the request by Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly to have…
by - July 19, 2009 6:43 pm
A great old idea
The U.S. Marshals Museum may be new, yet not new to Fort Smith.
by - July 19, 2009 6:25 pm
Let’s get geeky
Editor’s note: This column first was first published Feb 1, 2004, by the fine folks at the Times Record. However, the first clean link to the paper with this column…
by - July 18, 2009 7:54 am
Southside graduate selected as 1 of 50 international representatives
Leslie McDonough, who attended Trinity Junior High School in Fort Smith and was a 2003 graduate of Southside High School, was selected from 17 candidates to be the 2009 Texas…
by - July 17, 2009 9:29 pm
Bruno barely delivers a few chuckles, gets the big thumbs down
The movie is so bad that its stereotyping of gay men results in unleashing a repressed violence in SHE.
by - July 17, 2009 5:22 pm
Arkhola parent company cuts, shifts jobs (Updated)
Atlanta-based Oldcastle Materials on Friday confirmed that personnel at its northwest Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma companies are being “realigned” in a move that will cut up to 30 jobs in…
by - July 17, 2009 4:57 pm
Live broadcast of Fort Smith board meetings to start July 21
It will be nothing like what is telecast live from New York on Saturday night, but the regular meetings of the Fort Smith Board of Directors will be telecast live…
by - July 17, 2009 12:48 pm
Down but doing OK
Two reports suggest electronics, computer sales are down but better than expected.
by - July 17, 2009 12:14 pm
Van Buren council expedites vote on intermodal authority (Updated)
A change in schedule with the Van Buren City Council is proof that positive momentum is building in favor of creating the Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority. The Van Buren City…
by - July 17, 2009 10:53 am
Arkansas’ June jobless rate up to 7.2%; Oklahoma falls to 6.3%
Arkansas’s preliminary unemployment rate in June was 7.2%, up considerably compared to the June 2008 rate of 5%, and up over the 7% rate in May. The last time Arkansas’…
by - July 16, 2009 5:38 pm
Chamber, Chaffee boards endorse intermodal authority plan
The boards of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority both approved Thursday (July 16) resolutions supporting the creation of the Western Arkansas Intermodal…
by - July 16, 2009 2:28 pm
Tiger & Serena
The golf and tennis pros are America’s favorite sports stars.
by - July 16, 2009 10:33 am
Fort Smith, Van Buren June home sales anything but impressive
Dismal home sales during June in Crawford and Sebastian counties have diminished some of the hope that the worst of the housing market was in the past. And while the…
by - July 16, 2009 9:45 am
Union Christian Academy adds four to its staff
Union Christian Academy, a private school in Fort Smith, has announced the following staff additions. Lee Blankenship is the new assistant football coach. He earned a bachelor’s degree in social…
by - July 16, 2009 9:23 am
USA Truck posts $3 million loss in first half of 2008
At the end of the first six months in 2008, Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc. had produced a paltry net income of $189,000. Turns out, those were the good old…
by - July 16, 2009 8:06 am
High lottery salaries begin to draw questions
People in Arkansas are beginning to express concerns about the high salaries to be paid to top officials with the Arkansas lottery program. Gov. Mike Beebe is one of those…