by - February 3, 2010 6:42 pm
John Bell’s latest commissioned work for First National Bank of Fort Smith is the latest project for the popular local artist who will be featured in a documentary about War…
by - February 3, 2010 2:01 pm
Wal-Mart officials said Wednesday (Feb. 3) they will cut 300 jobs at the headquarters in Bentonville. The news follows a Jan. 29 announcement from the company of broad structural changes…
by - February 2, 2010 6:54 pm
There is a growing regional organization responsible for bringing millions of dollars annually into the Fort Smith area and it’s not the Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau — although…
by - February 2, 2010 3:33 pm
Total tax collections in Arkansas continued to decline in January, but the rate of decline moderated compared to December. Year-to-date (July 2009-January 2010) gross revenues totaled $3.102 billion, down 2.4%…
by - February 2, 2010 2:23 pm
The preliminary unemployment rate in the Fort Smith metro area moved higher in December and ended the year at 7.9% — the highest monthly rate for all of 2009 if…
by - February 2, 2010 6:49 am
Stockman says providing a good experience for customers should be part of your business evaluation.
by - January 29, 2010 2:45 pm
Two U.S. Postal Service offices in Fort Smith remain on the federal agency’s closure list as part of a consolidation initiative that would close 162 offices nationwide. The Postal Service…
by - January 29, 2010 10:28 am
story and photos by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Four years ago, Leah Carter and her mother Janean Saunders sat in their antique store on Main Street in Van Buren and decided…
by - January 28, 2010 4:28 pm
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 - January 28, 2010 10:41 am
The ongoing national freight recession continues to pummel Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc., which reported a 2009 net income loss of $7.177 million compared to a gain of $3.14 million…
by - January 28, 2010 9:28 am
It’s a certainty that the national trucking sector is in bad economic shape when one of the most financially stable trucking companies reduces employee benefit contributions and cuts its quarterly…
by - January 27, 2010 3:55 pm
Kirkham says its a game changer, going so far as to say it may be lights out for the Kindle.
by - January 26, 2010 7:04 am
Stockman forwards a few notes on common mistakes made by those starting a business.
by - January 25, 2010 11:39 pm
Just a few weeks into the first year, more manufacturing jobs are leaving the Fort Smith area, according to this report from KFSM 5 News. Union officials were notified Monday…
by - January 25, 2010 2:47 pm
A positive sign for the still struggling national economy is that the American Trucking Associations’ reports that December marks the second consecutive month of an uptick in its national trucking…
by - January 22, 2010 5:39 pm
Fort Smith Chamber officials celebrate struggles of a year that began without a chamber president.
by - January 22, 2010 3:05 pm
It’s not the way to end a year, economically speaking. Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose to 7.7% in December, a preliminary figure that will be the highest monthly rate of the…
by - January 22, 2010 9:16 am
While it sounds like a lot of money to lose, a $64 million write-off for the “impairment of the value of goodwill” by Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. is an…
by - January 22, 2010 9:00 am
Logan County will receive a portion of a more than $4.86 million “green jobs training” grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, according to an announcement from U.S. Sen. Blanche…
by - January 21, 2010 7:04 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority budget for 2010 almost doubled from 2009, based on numbers released at the January board meeting held Thursday (Jan. 21)….
