by - August 15, 2013 1:57 pm
State Rep. Warwick Sabin (D-Little Rock) will leave his post as publisher of the Oxford American magazine and take the helm of the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, an entrepreneurship non-profit…
by - August 15, 2013 12:14 pm
NEW NAME Road Systems, Inc. (RSI),a trailer manufacturer and subsidiary of Con-way Inc., changed its name to Con-way Manufacturing, effective immediately. Con-way Manufacturing is a subsidiary of Con-way Inc., a…
by - August 15, 2013 11:40 am
With earnings reports from major U.S. retailers indicating a slowdown in discretionary spending, it’s not a surprise to see declines in hospitality tax collections in the Fort Smith and Van…
by - August 15, 2013 10:56 am
Aimee Arzoumanian is now serving as assistant administrator for Sparks Health System in Fort Smith. With more than a decade of experience in the healthcare industry, Arzoumanian began her career…
by - August 15, 2013 6:42 am
Sales grew and so did profits, but Bentonville-based Wal-Mart had a rocky quarter as same-store sales struggled and the retail giant warned of a challenging environment.
by - August 15, 2013 6:24 am
Sentiment out of Bentonville on Thursday (Aug. 15) was one of caution by Wal-Mart executives who slashed the company’s growth projections for this fiscal year by 50%, on the heels…
by - August 14, 2013 11:56 pm
Dress for Success Northwest Arkansas will hold a grand opening of the nonprofit's boutique at 11:15 a.m., on Saturday, Aug. 17 at Frisco Station Mall, 100 N. Dixieland Road in…
by - August 14, 2013 11:10 pm
Arkansas was one of 29 states to see an increase in foreclosure activity in July, as lenders continue to work through a backlog of properties held up by federal litigation…
by - August 14, 2013 5:34 pm
Lower revenue didn’t impair Dillard’s bottom line as the Little Rock-based retailer reported second quarter net income of $36.5 million, up from $31 million one year ago. Sales slipped from…
by - August 14, 2013 5:20 pm
Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries, Inc. announced that its chemical business subsidiary has entered into an agreement to build a $250-$300 million ammonia plant in El Dorado, Arkansas. LSB will contract…
by - August 14, 2013 5:10 pm
From our content partner, Fox 16 News: Little Rock-based Acxiom Corp. says it has laid off 20 people working in the database giant’s U.S. marketing department. The layoffs occurred on…
by - August 14, 2013 4:20 pm
Arkansans Against Big Government, a group formed to push for a repeal of the legislature’s recent private option health insurance plan, failed to get the 46,880 signatures needed to qualify…
by - August 14, 2013 3:51 pm
Agents and brokers across Northwest Arkansas are back in business as the residential market continues to rally with more sales and higher home prices despite the recent uptick in interest…
by - August 14, 2013 3:33 pm
Statistics released by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (DWS) show that while hourly manufacturing wages are rising, the number of hours worked is on the decline. As a result,…
by - August 14, 2013 2:58 pm
Statistics released by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (DWS) show that while hourly manufacturing wages are rising, the number of hours worked is on the decline. As a result,…
by - August 14, 2013 10:41 am
Washington Regional Medical Center again recently achieved full accreditation as a “Chest Pain Center with PCI” (percutaneous coronary intervention). The hospital first earned the PCI accreditation in 2010, which…
by - August 14, 2013 9:31 am
Enplanements turned positive during July at the Fort Smith Regional Airport, and the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) saw its year-to-date traffic growth expand to 3.7%. During the first quarter…
by - August 14, 2013 8:30 am
On April 17, participating school bus drivers across Arkansas counted 589 drivers illegally passing from the front or the rear while the bus was stopped and the red lights were…
by - August 14, 2013 12:36 am
Northwest Arkansas’ hospitality sector continues to register robust growth posting revenue of $2.799 million through the first half of 2013. Taxes collected on prepared food and lodging revenue in the…
by - August 13, 2013 4:04 pm
Mercy in Fort Smith now has three new primary care clinic locations in the Fort Smith region. Mercy Convenient Care-Zero Street is now open. Mercy Clinic invested $2.6 million in…
