Archive | September, 2010

Idea A Splash With CBID

Members of the Central Business Improvement District liked what they heard Thursday when a downtown recreational water feature was proposed.

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Shipley Shares Story Of Family Business

Memories of Shipley Baking filled the room like the aroma of warm bread when attorney Ben Shipley shared his family’s story during a Family Enterprise Center breakfast Wednesday.

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State Jobless Rate Inches Higher

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas’ unemployment rate was 7.5 percent in August, an increase of one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month, labor statistics released Tuesday show.

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Local Home Prices Drop 1.18 Percent

Fort Smith home prices, including distressed sales, declined by 1.18 percent in July compared to a year earlier.

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HMA Directors Pay Visit

Directors of Sparks Health System’s parent company are meeting in Fort Smith this week – a first for the board as a whole, which meets at least quarterly, but not for CEO Gary Newsome of Florida-based

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St. Edward Set To Launch Electronic-Records System

As area hospitals gradually “go live” with electronic health records required under federal health-care reform, one Fort Smith hospital claims to be part of the vanguard.

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Consider Consequences Before Asset Transfers

Two words have come to represent something most people never want to personally experience. These two words strike a chill in hearts and conjure up feelings of financial despair. For many, these two w

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Chamber To Meet, Discuss Goals

The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce will launch an outreach program Wednesday targeting its No. 1 goal, business retention and expansion, a Chamber spokesman said.

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Chaffee Authority OKs Funding Issues

The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority voted Thursday in support of two ballot issues designed to ease economic development in Arkansas.

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Fayetteville Express Set To Deliver Gas

LITTLE ROCK – The Fayetteville Express Pipeline is on track to deliver its first natural gas to Bald Knob in October, business leaders were told Thursday.

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