Simmons Foods To Cut 223 Jobs In Northwest Arkansas
Poultry processor Simmons Foods, Inc. will cut 223 jobs at a plant in Siloam Springs and move some production to nearby Decatur in an effort...
Rheem Moving 250 Fort Smith Jobs To Mexico (updated)
Rheem announced Thursday (June 23) the company will move 250 jobs from Fort Smith to an expanded manufacturing plant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, during a...
Tyson Biofuel Partnership Nabs Overseas Operator
Remember Dynamic Fuels? It was the Tyson Foods joint venture with an Oklahoma company called Syntroleum Corp. that located a $150 million renewable fuel plant...
Arkansas Personal Income Up 4.8% In Q1
Personal income in Arkansas during the first quarter of 2011 was $99.012 billion, up 4.82% compared to the first quarter of 2010 and up 1.9%...
Travel And Tourism Economy In Slow Recovery
A federal economic report released Tuesday (June 21) showing a decline in first quarter 2011 spending on travel and tourism provides insight into enplanement trends...
Clean & Green: Turning The Sun Into Water
It's said that enough sun energy hits the earth in one hour of one day to power the entire world's energy needs for one year....
124-year Old Fort Smith Law Firm To Fold
The planned closing of Warner Smith & Harris, a law firmed founded in 1887 and considered by many a cornerstone of the region’s legal community,...
Arkansas-korea Export Conference Wednesday
A growth area for Arkansas exports is in Korea, a rapidly advancing economy that has been a hot spot as of late for U.S. exports....
Unemployment Up, Employment Slides In May (updated)
The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services reports that the state's jobless rate rose one-tenth of a percent to 7.8% in May. For the past two...
Clean & Green: Hot Springs E-day
Hot Springs has come up with a unique festival to showcase green lifestyle products and information to consumers. It's called e-Day and for the 4th...
Arkansas River Traffic Drops Dramatically
Thank the wet weather and ongoing channel depth issues for a 12% overall decline in tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River during the first five...
