by - April 21, 2022 4:15 pm
An oil and gas exec with a decade or two of experience is likely more cautious than excited about the recent rise in energy prices – especially those who manage…
by - April 19, 2022 2:57 pm
A former Pizza Hut location at 7600 Rogers Ave. in Fort Smith sold March 1 for $2.028 million to the family of longtime Fort Smith homebuilder Ronald Rouse. 7600 Rogers…
by - April 19, 2022 2:52 pm
Arkansas medical marijuana sales totaled $24.1 million in March, down 0.73% based on sales tax revenue. The state’s 38 licensed dispensaries sold 4,166 pounds in March, according to figures from…
by - April 15, 2022 5:15 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate was unchanged at 3.1% in March despite more than 5,200 job gains since February, and the broad Trade, Transportation and Utilities sector accounted for almost 45% of…
by - April 14, 2022 1:32 pm
Tonnage on the Arkansas River in the first quarter of 2.706 million tons was up 10% compared with the same period in 2021. Traffic may have been more robust if…
by - April 7, 2022 2:23 pm
The Fort Smith metro business and travel sector in 2021 saw a big rebound from the COVID-19 crash in 2020, with hospitality tax revenue in Fort Smith and Van Buren…
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…
