Fort Smith Arkansas

Heart & Soul Drs. Aswini Kumar and Aswanth Reddy represent two of the brightest medical stars on the roster of physicians at Mercy Fort Smith, a husband-and-wife duo who are the new faces of medical care in the River Valley. …

Healthcare providers in Arkansas are sounding the alarm over an issue many believe has reached crisis level — access to birthing hospitals. Since 2019, 10 Arkansas hospitals have closed their obstetrics units, leaving the state with just 30 general acute …

Photos by Ryan Parker The best in Arkansas print, broadcast, craft and communications were on hand July 25 for the annual Diamond Journalism Awards. The event, sponsored by the Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, was held …

Shining Star For a history buff, there is no place in the U.S. quite like Washington D.C. The seat of government and the cradle of the Great American Experiment, museums and monuments lie around nearly every corner. So when Leslie …

People Power Seth Runser became CEO at Fort Smith-based logistics company ArcBest this year, replacing longtime CEO Judy McReynolds, but that does not mean he is holed up in a corner office. On the contrary, Runser said he strives to …

Looks like we’ve survived all that Old Man Winter had to throw at us, although I wouldn’t put it past him to throw us a late March frozen curveball. At Arkansas Money & Politics, we’re putting winter in the rear-view …

ArcBest, the global logistics company based in Fort Smith, announced Tuesday that it has made one-time philanthropic gifts to the U.S. Marshals Museum and the planned Fort Kids Children’s Museum. ArcBest is donating $500,000 to the marshals museum in honor …

Simmons Foods’ Brian Dietrich on Operations, Supply Chain, Growth   Simmons Foods and its affiliates are leading suppliers of poultry, pet and animal nutrition products. Based in Siloam Springs, its collective team is 9,000 members strong. Simmons Prepared Foods ranks …