by - September 7, 2023 9:12 pm
Arkansas legislators may soon consider legislation that would significantly limit the information Arkansans can obtain through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) about the deliberations of officials at state agencies,…
by - September 7, 2023 5:55 pm
Preliminary numbers show enrollment at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith totaled 5,521, up 2.5% compared with the same period in fall 2022. Enrollment of first time students totaled…
by - September 6, 2023 6:15 pm
Little Rock attorney and political blogger Matt Campbell has filed a lawsuit against the Arkansas State Police (ASP) claiming the state law enforcement agency is not complying with record requests…
by - August 29, 2023 3:23 pm
Third and fourth quarter financial results will not be as healthy as they were in what was a record-setting 2022, but officials with Fort Smith-based ArcBest say market realities are…
by - August 28, 2023 2:33 pm
Arkansas’ medical marijuana sales totaled $164.6 million in the first seven months of 2023, up 4.64% compared with the same period in 2022, according to the Arkansas Department of Finance…
by - August 24, 2023 11:59 am
There were 1,641 homes sold in the Fort Smith metro between January and June, down 16.2% compared with the same period in 2022. The value of the sales was down…
by - August 18, 2023 10:35 am
Editor’s note: The State of the State series provides reports twice a year on Arkansas’ key economic sectors. The series publishes stories to begin a year and stories in July/August…
by - August 18, 2023 10:29 am
Year-over-year job gains Arkansas during July outpaced labor force growth which helped keep the state’s jobless rate at a record low of 2.6%, and was well below the 3.3% in…
by - August 16, 2023 4:59 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements totaled 34,456 between January and July, down 2.7% compared with the same period in 2022. Reduced flight frequency by American Airlines is one reason for…
by - August 16, 2023 4:04 pm
Editor’s note: The State of the State series provides reports twice a year on Arkansas’ key economic sectors. The series publishes stories to begin a year and stories in July/August…
by - August 14, 2023 2:55 pm
A group of Arkansas legislators and students are firing back at a late Friday (Aug. 11) decision by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) to drop an AP African American…
by - August 1, 2023 3:05 pm
HanesBrands has confirmed it is closing its hosiery production plant in Clarksville at the end of September. The move shutters a plant that once employed at least 570 in the…
by - July 31, 2023 4:58 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest and its subsidiary ABF Freight have a “meaningful” chance of turning the failure of Yellow into bottom-line green, according to investor notes from Stephens Inc. issued Monday…
by - July 31, 2023 12:09 pm
The $3.515 million sale of an office building used by the Social Security Administration was the top June property deal in Sebastian County, according to information provided by the office…
by - July 29, 2023 5:15 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated with changes and additions throughout. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Brooks has granted a preliminary injunction against implementation of Act 372, a law that allows books…
by - July 27, 2023 5:49 pm
If the stars line up in the next few months amid the gravity of “woke” politics, the ongoing effort to create a foreign military pilot training center in Fort Smith…
by - July 25, 2023 6:39 pm
After an almost five-hour hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Brooks said Tuesday (July 25) he will decide on a preliminary injunction request seeking to block Act 372 – an…
by - July 21, 2023 11:11 am
A year-over-year gain of more than 21,000 jobs and an almost 20% drop in the number of unemployed pushed Arkansas’ June jobless rate to a new record low of 2.6%….
by - July 20, 2023 5:57 pm
Healthy gains to begin 2023 for the state’s leisure and hospitality (tourism) sector are continuing. Arkansas’ tourism tax is up more than 10% between January and April, with average tourism…
by - July 18, 2023 9:16 am
Tonnage on the Arkansas River totaled 6.297 million tons between January and June, up 19%, with inbound traffic on the navigable water up 38% in the first six months, according…
