by - January 21, 2010 12:45 pm
Editor’s note on corrections: The Arkansas Realtors Association issued a correction this afternoon to the numbers listed in their report for Crawford County. This story and graphic contain the corrected…
by - January 21, 2010 10:09 am
The El Dorado Promise has served to increase enrollment in the south Arkansas school district by 4% in the past three years, ending more than a decade of declining student…
by - January 21, 2010 8:27 am
The more than 400 jobs created with a second shift of production at Whirlpool’s Fort Smith plant will be lost when the shift ends Aug. 31, according to sources close…
by - January 20, 2010 4:59 pm
The Fort Smith Convention Center Commission on Wednesday approved a plan to merge the operations and management of the Fort Smith Convention Center and the Fort Smith Advertising and Promotion…
by - January 20, 2010 2:29 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 19, 2010 4:44 pm
Despite the 2008 hangover from a federal audit and public trouble getting a new development approved, The Fort Smith Housing Authority was able to outline a list of “significant accomplishments”…
by - January 19, 2010 3:03 pm
It’s official. Sort of. The American Trucking Associations’ notes that in 2009 “the motor carrier industry has potentially endured the most severe drop in volumes ever.” Lane Kidd, director of…
by - January 19, 2010 6:18 am
Stockman says buying a business is just as difficult as starting a new business.
by - January 18, 2010 3:17 pm
With one big exception, the Arkansas-based banks among the 447 U.S. banks analyzed by SMR Research Corp. scored well with respect to commercial mortgage holdings. The big exception is Little…
by - January 15, 2010 2:05 pm
Add Heber Springs to the recent and pleasantly surprising trend of new job announcements in Arkansas. Gov. Mike Beebe was in the north central Arkansas town Friday to help announce…
by - January 14, 2010 6:23 pm
Not all banks are in trouble, especially when they unload millions in securities and physical assets. Little Rock-based Bank of the Ozarks on Thursday (Jan. 14) announced net income of…
by - January 14, 2010 7:59 am
The Fort Smith metro area saw a 23.1% jump in foreclosures in 2009 compared to 2008, according to a report from Irvine, Calif.-RealtyTrac. There was a 21% jump nationwide in…
by - January 13, 2010 4:38 pm
Electronic games of skill (EGS) wagers at Southland and Oaklawn dipped in December compared to the previous month, but once again, posted large gains over the previous year’s comparable periods….
by - January 13, 2010 1:58 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 12, 2010 6:51 pm
The numbers make a strong case for 2009 being an exception to the consistent claim that the Fort Smith regional construction sector experiences minor ups and downs. And unfortunately, the…
by - January 12, 2010 2:07 pm
feature story and photos by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Ad man Fred Williams drives across three cattle guards, one low-water bridge and a herd of cows just to get to his…
by - January 12, 2010 10:41 am
Barring a December report full of miracles, the November financial reports indicate 2009 will prove unremarkable — if not slightly painful — for the Fort Smith/Van Buren hospitality sector. November…
by - January 12, 2010 7:12 am
Stockman says efficient and nimble companies can’t afford a status quo team.
by - January 10, 2010 7:40 pm
Maybe it’s just best to forget about 2009. There were bright spots — movement on the Marshals Museum, announcement of new companies/jobs, the Christmas Honors project and most of us…
by - January 9, 2010 9:43 am
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled in favor of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in a complaint filed by General Electric against Mitsubishi. The GE complaint was first filed Feb. 7,…
