FORT SMITH — What was brown, burned and unproductive land at Chaffee Crossing may become green and profitable in 2010 or sooner.
“I was pleasantly surprised,” said Ralph Shoptaw, general manager of the Arkansas State Fair, about the city of Jacksonville’s offer to transfer 400-plus acres, free of cost to the fair board. “Right now, we don’t know what other proposals’ incentives will be though.”
"There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president." That is a comment made recently by former President Jimmy Carter, which is fascinating coming from a man who once ran for governor of Georgia proclaiming himself to be a "Lester Maddox Democrat."
Things got all turned around and twisted up last week in Washington, even more than usual.
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas homeowners could see a delay in the detection and removal of health-threatening, property damaging mold because of a possible shortage of inspectors that also could potentially slow home sales when new licensing requirements go into effect next year, industry officials say.
