by - March 21, 2011 2:14 pm
Developer Brandon Woodrome came out swinging during the March 15 Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting, saying that Fort Smith City Administrator Ray Gosack and other members of the city…
by - March 20, 2011 7:00 pm
More than two-thirds of Arkansans have access to high-speed Internet, a jump from less than 50% four years ago.
by - March 20, 2011 7:00 pm
Ethan Nobles with First Arkansas News reports that home sales in northwest Arkansas rose for the third consecutive month, a surprise considering February 2010’s home sales were boosted by federal government home-buying incentives.
by - March 20, 2011 7:00 pm
The nation’s largest wireless company is looking to get larger.
by - March 20, 2011 7:00 pm
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. has reworked a credit deal that will reduce the company’s debt in exchange for preferred equity and debt securities.
by - March 20, 2011 7:00 pm
Delek US Holdings, Inc. has acquired a greater stake in El Dorado-based Lion Oil Co.
by - March 18, 2011 7:00 pm
Two Springdale-based poultry firms inked a deal on Friday to sell assets in Virginia.
by - March 18, 2011 4:24 pm
The board of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce on Thursday (Mar. 17) approved a resolution asking the Arkansas General Assembly to keep Fort Smith and Sebastian County in…
by - March 18, 2011 9:55 am
The Fort Smith unemployment picture has gone from bad to worse, with the preliminary January unemployment rate rising to 9.2%, according to figures released Friday (Mar. 18) by the U.S….
by - March 18, 2011 8:13 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Ben Shipley has a simple message for business owners regarding involvement with union and small business legislation at the state and federal level: “If you’re…
by - March 17, 2011 8:45 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) agreed to a number of new land developments at Thursday afternoon’s meeting. Five measures passed unanimously following Committee Review…
by - March 17, 2011 7:00 pm
Metro area unemployment rose in all 8 major metropolitan areas in Arkansas from December 2010 to January 2011.
by - March 17, 2011 2:22 pm
Today (Mar. 17) begins the first test of COVER — the Communications of Vacancies Emergency Response. COVER is a website and data system jointly developed by the Arkansas Department of…
by - March 17, 2011 8:44 am
Rep. Keith Ingram, D-West Memphis, and Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, are pushing legislation that would give voters in cities and counties the ability to tax themselves to recruit at…
by - March 16, 2011 7:00 pm
There aren’t too many sweeter words to hear than "Spring is right around the corner."
by - March 16, 2011 7:00 pm
Arkansas tourism and emergency management officials have a game plan for anyone looking to spend spring break in the Natural State.
by - March 16, 2011 7:00 pm
Two bills that could impact unemployment benefits and employers in Arkansas have worked their way through half of the state legislature.
by - March 16, 2011 3:38 pm
The Compass Report is being expanded with the addition of a monthly report — presented electronically as a two-page PDF — on nine key sets of local, state and federal…
by - March 16, 2011 8:40 am
The death watch continues for a national trucking company that is a primary competitor with Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System. Overland Park, Kan.-based YRC noted in its 10K annual report…
by - March 15, 2011 7:00 pm
The death watch continues for a national trucking company that is a primary competitor with Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System.
