It’s open for the last night of 2011. A note: * F*** IOWA: The Iowa caucus madness continues. Shut up already about this meaningless exercise. A nominally sane person just Twittered that a third-place finish by Rick Santorum makes him winner of Iowa. Really? 16,000 votes or so from a gang of religious nuts and a [...]

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BEEBE — Blackbirds have fallen dead from the sky in a central Arkansas town for the second New Year's Eve in a row.

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Arkansas was a little behind schedule this afternoon, arriving at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas roughly an hour later than expected. But that’s just a minor detail— the Razorbacks are in town. We got a chance to catch up with Arkansas linebacker Alonzo Highsmith, center Travis Swanson and cornerback Tevin Mitchel a few minutes after [...]

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A Greenwood man is being held at a local jail without bond after he rammed a dump truck through a gate at the Fort Smith Regional Airport on Thursday night.

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Editor’s Note: Each year, the Times Record newsroom staff votes on the Top 10 local stories of the year. A proposed prepared-food tax in Fort Smith and resulting election to resolve the issue ranks as

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Three of Van Buren’s six city council members achieved perfect attendance during 2011, according to records in the county clerk’s office.

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No champagne will flow and no ball will drop at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith gates at midnight when the university marks its 10th anniversary.

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Girls Inc. of Fort Smith in May hired SuzAnn Spindor as its executive director despite knowing about allegations of financial misconduct with a previous employer.

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The Cherokee Nation has funding available for community-based organizations that would like to participate in self-help projects aimed at improving Cherokee communities.

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The Fort Smith Public Library invites children and their families to Primetime Storytime beginning at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Fort Smith Public Library, 3201 Rogers Ave.

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