by - September 7, 2014 9:08 am
Gilbert, Drake Offer A Third Way In Governor’s Race
If you’re tired of Republicans and Democrats, there may be an alternative for you in the November election.
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by - September 6, 2014 9:10 am
Weekend Digest: The Panama Canal Edition
For our weekend business and political readers: TB&P TV PREVIEWOn this week’s Talk Business & Politics, which airs Sundays at 9 a.m. on KATV Channel 7, meet your other candidates…
by - September 5, 2014 5:26 pm
Sales Tax, Budgets On Agenda For Craighead County JPs
A plan to look at how Craighead County spends taxpayer money and where it comes from will be discussed at the county’s quorum court meeting Monday night. Craighead County administrative…
by - September 5, 2014 4:04 pm
Mathews Selected As Chair Of Little Rock Port Board
The Little Rock Port Authority Board elected Chris Mathews to the position of chairman. He will serve in this capacity until Aug. 2015. Mathews was appointed to the Little Rock…
by - September 5, 2014 9:08 am
Cotton On Minimum Wage Proposal: ‘I’m Going To Vote For That Initiated Act’
On Friday, GOP Senate hopeful Cong. Tom Cotton told radio talk show host Alice Stewart that he will support a ballot initiative in Arkansas to raise the minimum wage to…
by - September 5, 2014 8:23 am
ARK Challenge 2.0 Teams Drum Up Investment, Make Contacts
Jeff Amerine says there is no cure for serial entrepreneurs whether they are age 17 or 37 or 97. Even if launching a startup venture and seeing it through two…
by - September 5, 2014 8:01 am
More details announced on osteopathic college project at Chaffee Crossing (Updated)
The proposed Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine announced the formation of an atypical construction management partnership at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Breakfast this morning (Sept….
by - September 5, 2014 7:26 am
Burkhalter Gets AEA Endorsement
From Scott Inman with our content partner, KATV Channel 7: The Arkansas Education Association threw its support behind the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor at a news conference at the…
by - September 4, 2014 9:26 pm
Hutchinson Says He’ll Vote For Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative
The Republican nominee for governor said Thursday that he will support a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage as he and his Democratic rival argued over the issue. Former…
by - September 4, 2014 9:15 pm
Habitat for Humanity ready for its 52nd area build
Habitat for Humanity of Washington County will be breaking ground for their 52nd home in Washington County on Sept. 10. For this project Habitat is partnering with the University of…
by - September 4, 2014 8:52 pm
Arvest program highlights food insecurity in Fort Smith, NWA area (Updated)
Food insecurity is a problem that has only grown in severity since the financial crisis of 2008, according to a local food bank executive. Arvest Bank is teaming up with…
by - September 4, 2014 6:48 pm
UALR Gets Grant For Supercomputer
UALR will purchase supercomputing data storage technology 10 times larger than its current latest system using a $291,908 grant from the National Science Foundation, the university reported today in a…
by - September 4, 2014 6:17 pm
ARK Challenge 2.0 teams drum up investment, make contacts
Jeff Amerine says there is no cure for serial entrepreneurs whether they are age 17 or 37 or 97. Even if launching a startup venture and seeing it through two…
by - September 4, 2014 4:35 pm
The Supply Side: Creative Things responding to challenges of onshoring
No one told Keith Scheffler that moving his plastics manufacturing business from Asia to Lowell, Ark., would be easy, even if Wal-Mart Stores is the company’s largest customer. Scheffler, owner…
by - September 4, 2014 2:59 pm
Rick Elliott Named Jonesboro Police Chief
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin, saying the city needed “someone who can bring a fresh, new management style” to the Jonesboro Police Department, named Rick Elliott police chief. Elliott, 55, who…
by - September 4, 2014 1:00 pm
Low Fort Smith metro ‘smart borrowing’ score does not tell the complete story
A recent study released by the website Nerd Wallet lists Fort Smith as one of the cities in America "that are borrowing the least smart," but according to a Walton…
by - September 4, 2014 9:18 am
Football Season Rings The Cash Registers
For regional businesses, the return of fall football means money in the bank.
by - September 4, 2014 8:45 am
Linam To Pursue ‘Progressive Path’ As New AOG Boss
Mike Callan’s office at Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. was almost empty the Thursday before the Labor Day weekend. There were hooks on the walls where pictures once hung. On his…
by - September 3, 2014 10:59 pm
University Of Arkansas Enrollment Tops 26,000
The University of Arkansas reported preliminary enrollment figures at its Fayetteville campus of 26,301 students for the fall semester. Officials said the enrollment was 3.8% higher from year ago levels…
by - September 3, 2014 10:15 pm
Blue Oak Arkansas Official Says Recycling To Begin By 2016
A facility that will recycle metals from circuit boards and other electronic equipment will be busy, possibly by early 2016, an official with the company said Wednesday. Mark Wester, the…