by - May 14, 2018 2:51 pm
The job is “pretty awesome.” That was Meagan Piroutek’s response when asked about her corporate marketing strategist job at Fort Smith-based OK Foods. Company President Trent Goins believes the vertically-integrated…
by - May 14, 2018 2:35 pm
He was laid off after 11 months with his first job. And of his first time to meet the person who would become his wife: “We did not get along…
by - May 13, 2018 1:23 pm
Editor’s note: This essay was first posted May 10, 2009. Happy Mother’s Day! –––––––––––––––– A lot has changed in Mom’s world. The world in 1949, the year of her birth,…
by - May 11, 2018 4:51 pm
Friday (May 11) was Good Friday for shareholders of Fort Smith-based ArcBest after the company’s share price – fueled by a much better than expected first quarter report published Thursday…
by - May 10, 2018 3:55 pm
It was a better than expected first quarter for Fort Smith-based ArcBest, which posted net income of $9.954 million, a wide swing from the first quarter 2017 loss of $7.407…
by - May 9, 2018 7:09 pm
Friends of the Fort Smith Public Schools, the lobbying group raising and spending money in support of a millage rate increase for the school district, has raised $68,750 and entered…
by - May 8, 2018 3:23 pm
Officials at the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) are in the process of hiring 25 more people, at an average salary of $118,000, to complete faculty and…
by - April 30, 2018 5:53 pm
A $16 million, 100,000-square-foot expansion is planned for Bekaert’s wire product plant in Van Buren. The Van Buren City Council held a special meeting Monday night (April 30) during which…
by - April 16, 2018 7:20 pm
The first independent analysis of the proposed five-year labor contract between Fort Smith-based ABF Freight and the Teamsters suggests the union negotiators won the day. An April 13 investor note…
by - April 16, 2018 5:20 pm
Research from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville combined with medical products made by a Fort Smith-based company resulted in new products touted as a better way to train clinicians…
by - April 15, 2018 6:32 pm
The Snellgrove family owned a more than 200-acre swath of land bordered by U.S. 49 and Old Greensboro Road (Arkansas 351) in northern Jonesboro. The wooded acreage had been in…
by - April 15, 2018 4:47 pm
Jobs, city hospitality revenue and the state’s 2% tourism tax all showed gains in 2017, even up against tough comparisons with healthy gains in 2016, according to the Arkansas Tourism…
by - April 14, 2018 10:26 am
Golden Living has placed on the market its 318.000-square-foot Class A office building in Fort Smith. Would be an economic blow to Fort Smith and the state if the jobs…
by - April 10, 2018 8:47 pm
Uncertainty about the future of Golden Living jobs in Fort Smith became somewhat less clear Tuesday. Real estate firm CBRE said it is has been hired to sell or lease…
by - April 5, 2018 5:17 pm
Author, outdoor adventure planner and speaker Georgia Pellegrini told Arkansas community and business leaders they have an “incredible opportunity” to help the state develop a brand, adding they should not…
by - April 4, 2018 8:16 pm
In separate actions, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and Scott Ellington, prosecuting attorney for the 2nd Judicial District of Arkansas, are taking drug makers to court in a fight against…
by - April 1, 2018 8:29 pm
Much paperwork has been involved in this ongoing Charlie Foxtrot to implement medical marijuana use in Arkansas. Unfortunately, none of the paper is of the rolling variety. Not sure if…
by - March 29, 2018 3:56 pm
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Fort Smith-based ABF Freight have reached a tentative five-year labor agreement that now must be reviewed and submitted to a membership vote. Contract details…
by - March 25, 2018 2:58 pm
Troy Freeman was in the Fort Smith area over the weekend painting on the side of a barn. He’s got 34 more around the U.S. to paint before Oct. 18….
by - March 22, 2018 12:03 pm
Officials with the Teamsters and Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System are set to meet again Monday (March 26) in another attempt to hammer out a contract for the 8,000 union…
