by - April 5, 2022 3:28 pm
In addition to a public showing of support for getting the second COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced that Arkansas Secretary of Health Dr. Jose Romero will soon…
by - April 4, 2022 12:37 pm
Broad gains in consumer spending helped push Arkansas’ year-to-date (July 2021 to March 2022) tax revenue up 7.6%, with sales tax revenue in March up 33.2% compared with March 2021….
by - March 31, 2022 5:29 pm
Funding from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has put the first significant funding in a decades-long effort to deepen the Arkansas River navigation channel to 12-feet. Much…
by - March 31, 2022 4:05 pm
Homes sales and the combined value of sales in the Fort Smith metro are up in the first two months of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021, but…
by - March 28, 2022 5:37 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax set a new record in 2021, and overall hospitality tax revenues in 17 cities surveyed for the Arkansas Tourism Ticker set a new record, but job…
by - March 22, 2022 12:45 pm
Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas totaled $21.1 million in February, with sales based on tax revenue topping February 2021. Sales for the first two months of 2022 total $41.69 million…
by - March 17, 2022 5:49 pm
For now it’s a no-go on an Interstate 49 interchange at U.S. 64 in Alma as part of the interstate’s almost 14-mile extension south toward Barling. While area residents are…
by - March 16, 2022 5:02 pm
The city of Van Buren and the Van Buren Chamber of Commerce have unveiled an “Action Plan for Economic Development” that includes numerous “tactics” to grow jobs and improve quality…
by - March 16, 2022 2:21 pm
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday (March 16) approved a federal funds rate hike from 0.25% to 0.5%, with an uncharacteristic suggestion that rate hikes are likely at the six other…
by - March 16, 2022 9:59 am
The television ad for an Arkansas GOP candidate for a federal office blasts, “Babies, Borders, Bullets.” The complex is oversimplified because, you know, don’t think; be enraged. Be alarmed. And…
by - March 14, 2022 2:08 pm
Arkansas added more than 24,000 jobs between January 2021 and 2022, and the jobless rate fell to 3.2% in January from 4.9% in January 2021, but growth in the state’s…
by - March 10, 2022 5:19 pm
Endorsements have emerged for the top elected Sebastian County position, with the race to be decided in the May 24 Republican primary because no Democrats filed for the open seat….
by - March 9, 2022 4:12 pm
There will soon be a 70,000-square-foot very cold spot in Mulberry that will add 25-30 jobs to the Crawford County town and be the first phase in what the owners…
by - March 8, 2022 4:14 pm
Documents in the Environmental Impact Statement process for the proposed U.S. Air Force pilot training center in Fort Smith say the mission will extend to 2029, but a state official…
by - March 7, 2022 3:46 pm
Sebastian County Justice of the Peace Rebekah Schwartz and her husband Stephen Schwartz have pled guilty to social security fraud and face up to 10 years in prison. The guilty…
by - March 3, 2022 3:40 pm
Two of the eight metro areas within or including parts of Arkansas had jobless rates below 2% in December, and only two metros (central Arkansas and Hot Springs) have employment…
by - March 2, 2022 3:35 pm
An improving economy for hotels and restaurants and increased motor vehicle sales helped push Arkansas’ tax revenue up 7.1% in February, with year-to-date (July 2021 to February 2022) revenue up…
by - March 1, 2022 6:48 pm
No Democrats filed for the top six Sebastian County elected positions, assuring that the posts will again be held by Republicans following the 2022 general election. However, three of the…
by - March 1, 2022 6:12 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax totaled $20.544 million in 2021, up 51% compared to 2020 and up 16.7% compared with the pre-pandemic record year of 2019. The 2021 gain suggests the…
by - February 27, 2022 3:18 pm
Self-recognizing a hubris-induced mistake and turning to humility-driven corrective collaboration often results in a better outcome. So it is with the Fort Smith Board of Directors and their collective pivot…
