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…
by - August 13, 2013 3:54 pm
Leaders of Arvest Bank, First Bank Corp., Benefit Bank and reps from the Arkansas Bankers Association gathered Tuesday (Aug. 13) in Fort Smith with U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, to…
by - August 13, 2013 1:41 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) along with economic development officials from around Arkansas plan to attend a Wal-Mart-organized manufacturing summit later this month that is part of the retailer’s effort to…
by - August 13, 2013 1:08 pm
Christian Hofer, associate professor of supply chain management at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, has won the Journal of Operations Management Jack Meredith…
by - August 13, 2013 10:25 am
Gov. Mike Beebe along with economic development officials from around Arkansas plan to attend a Wal-Mart organized manufacturing summit later this month that is part of the retailer’s effort to…
by - August 13, 2013 12:06 am
What is a former journalist who has spent the last 15 years as an economic developer to do after successfully starting an economic development program in the small Delta town…
by - August 13, 2013 12:05 am
A new school choice law adopted this year by the state legislature ran into complications as the Arkansas Board of Education struggled to to apply it to 12 students seeking…
