by - May 4, 2015 5:02 am
First quarter net income of $745,000 for Fort Smith-based ArcBest was well below what the market expected, but it was the company’s first first-quarter profit for the first time in…
by - April 29, 2015 5:59 pm
The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has delayed a decision on the constitutionality of Arkansas’ ban on same-sex marriage pending the outcome of a case before the U.S. Supreme…
by - April 26, 2015 5:47 pm
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it. – H.L. Mencken Recently toured several of the fine museums in Chicago. The city…
by - April 23, 2015 1:12 pm
Raising of Fort Smith sewer rates in a process that will more than triple the average bill by 2017 is not a problem. It’s not welcome news, but we’ve been…
by - April 15, 2015 5:56 pm
With Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Mike Preston, his new jobs boss, in attendance, the mood was celebratory at the formal groundbreaking for the $30-plus million new corporate headquarters for Fort Smith-based ArcBest.
by - April 14, 2015 7:43 am
Economic conditions in Arkansas’ three largest metro areas were relatively healthy in the fourth quarter of 2014. Small improvements were seen in the central Arkansas and Fort Smith areas, and…
by - April 6, 2015 12:00 pm
USA Truck CEO John Simone, 53, is on an indefinite leave because of a “serious medical condition,” with Tom Glaser appointed interim chief operations officer to lead the company. Company…
by - April 3, 2015 8:24 am
Editor’s note: This guest opinion column is courtesy of Michael Tilley with The City Wire. Having watched and interviewed elected officials for more than 30 years, there are only two…
by - April 1, 2015 11:48 pm
Having watched and interviewed elected officials for more than 30 years, there are only two with which it was easily and immediately evident why they were popular and successful: Bill…
by - March 27, 2015 12:02 am
New estimates from the U.S. Census show that Northwest Arkansas’ population grew 8.3% between April 2010 and July 2014, while the Fort Smith metro census estimate declined 0.31% in the…
by - March 18, 2015 9:19 pm
The good Senator Tom Cotton isn’t acting like the farm boy from Yell County who was dominant in his campaign commercials. Those small town, farm values he loaded up in…
by - March 8, 2015 2:39 pm
Three key measurements of Arkansas’ leisure and hospitality sector ended 2014 in positive territory, with 16 of the 18 Arkansas cities reviewed showing year-over-year hospitality tax gains, according to the inaugural report of the Arkansas Tourism Ticker.
by - March 4, 2015 9:50 pm
If or when the post-Great Recession history of Fort Smith is written, a leading candidate as an historic marker in the economic recovery will be the recent and well-attended cold…
by - March 3, 2015 8:08 pm
Activity in the national shipping industry was likely up almost 3% in January, according to the Cass Freight Index. A national trucking index was up 1.2% in January. Both reports…
by - March 2, 2015 7:53 pm
Even with a 3% decline in tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River in 2014, the 445-mile system has been upgraded by the U.S. Corps of Engineers from a moderate use…
by - February 27, 2015 12:05 am
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told a Fort Smith audience that seeking cultural diversity among the nine members of the nation’s highest court is not a “good idea.” That’s not all he had on his mind.
by - February 24, 2015 5:19 pm
Springdale-based Career Academy of Hair Design is expanding into Fort Smith thanks in part to an estimated $1.35 million renovation by FSM Redevelopment Partners of property near the 40-acre site…
by - February 22, 2015 11:20 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors may not have had a full battery of information when approving a ballot question seeking voter approval of a plan to spend more than…
by - February 18, 2015 8:40 pm
New restaurants in downtown Bentonville, a new murals festival in downtown Fort Smith and other tourism products that “creates a buzz” are what will help Arkansas’ tourism industry in 2015…
by - February 11, 2015 7:27 am
If there is a comeback kid in the Arkansas corporate world, it would have to be Van Buren-based USA Truck. Officials with the long-haul trucking and logistics company announced 2014…
