by - September 29, 2010 10:27 am
And someone forgot to tell employers that the recession is over. With the exception of Memphis-West Memphis, all Arkansas metro areas posted no reduction or gains in August unemployment. Also,…
by - September 28, 2010 10:44 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] At Tuesday’s (Sept. 28) The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission approved a resolution to pursue refinancing the remainder of the 1999 $5.29 million revenue bonds…
by - September 28, 2010 4:48 pm
OG&E seeks a $17.7 million rate increase for its Arkansas customers to help pay for more than $475 million invested in wind energy and other recent and planned expenses for…
by - September 28, 2010 3:00 pm
Someone forgot to tell shippers that the recession is over. The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) truck tonnage Index fell 2.7% in August, the largest month-to-month decrease since…
by - September 28, 2010 2:24 pm
August marked another decline in home sales in the Fort Smith region and statewide, with about the only bright spot being a year-over-year increase in the combined value of homes…
by - September 28, 2010 7:30 am
There are stories of entrepreneurial inspiration even in the midst of what may or may not be a recession.
by - September 27, 2010 4:55 pm
Arkansas will receive $7.79 million to improve broadband connectivity and use in the state, adding to the more than $104 million in broadband expansion funding announced for the state since…
by - September 27, 2010 2:14 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] For three years the residents of Alma have been watching while a building, made of old wood and new metal, inched its way toward completion….
by - September 27, 2010 8:44 am
Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made a $4.25 billion offer to buy Johannesburg, South Africa-based Massmart Holdings, a retailer with 290 stores in 13 African countries. The non-binding deal is…
by - September 26, 2010 7:30 pm
Consumers were unable to keep up the pace through the hot summer, with July sales tax collections in Fort Smith ending three consecutive months of year-over-year gains. Each of the…
by - September 24, 2010 8:27 pm
The U.S. Postal Service has decided to close its South Fort Smith Station on South 32nd St., according to this report from KFSM 5 News. "Given the extraordinary decline in…
by - September 23, 2010 6:00 pm
Ben Quintana says a young professionals group will best boost a region’s economic development program by working effectively and through many partnerships to recruit and retain professional talent. Quintana, head…
by - September 23, 2010 2:29 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Jayne Hughes has proposed a family-friendly “splash pad” in downtown Fort Smith similar to a park concept in Nashville, Tenn. Hughes, downtown development coordinator for…
by - September 23, 2010 2:24 pm
The thought of a corporate behemoth settling in Arkansas with the size, breadth and market-moving influence of Wal-Mart would undoubtedly be big news. Yet unbeknownst to most, oil giant ExxonMobil…
by - September 23, 2010 7:20 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] “It’s not a job; it’s your life.” That was the message Ben Shipley delivered Wednesday morning (Sept. 22) to attendees of the fall quarterly breakfast…
by - September 23, 2010 6:58 am
Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….
by - September 22, 2010 9:05 am
Home sales in Crawford and Sebastian counties totaled 133 in August, down 20.8% compared to August 2009, with the now-expired federal stimulus effort to promote homebuying appearing to have moved…
by - September 21, 2010 4:26 pm
June and July are the first consecutive months for hospitality tax gains in Fort Smith and Van Buren, with at least one area tourism official hopeful that the sector has…
by - September 21, 2010 1:31 pm
Arkansas jobless rate during August increased to 7.5% from a July rate of 7.4%, and marks the 18th consecutive month the unemployment rate has been above 7%. Oklahoma’s jobless rate…
by - September 21, 2010 8:20 am
Stockman says too few business owners seek qualified mentors to help a business begin and grow.
