by - October 17, 2017 6:07 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services will invest $500 million into technology over five years, and some of the money is being used to invest into a cloud-based system for its data….
by - October 17, 2017 5:38 pm
A downtown Fort Smith building once a repair place for brakes, tires and alignments may soon be a recreation place with beer, tequila and atmosphere. Or alignments. The former C&H…
by - October 17, 2017 4:03 pm
Plans for the coming Gateway Park were announced at Tuesday’s (Oct. 17) meeting of the Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID). The park will join 1300 Garrison Ave. and…
by - October 17, 2017 2:47 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Oct. 17) sought to lay aside rising fears that President Donald Trump’s decision last week to end federal cost-sharing reduction payments to insurance carriers would…
by - October 17, 2017 8:54 am
U.S. coal production rose to 192 million short tons per quarter in the first half of 2017, from the same period in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by - October 17, 2017 7:28 am
Nearly a month after the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission received a rush of last-minute applications for pot-growing cultivation facilities and dispensaries, the five-person panel on Monday (Oct. 16) pushed back…
by - October 16, 2017 8:28 pm
About half the state’s cotton acres have been harvested and the rest could be out of the ground by Nov. 1. Arkansas cotton acreage leaped when compared to 2016 as…
by - October 16, 2017 8:27 pm
By this stage in the growing season, the Arkansas’ Soybean Association’s contest “Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge,” would be settled, but the state’s soybean farmers continue to over…
by - October 16, 2017 8:12 pm
Annexation and “lip dubs” were front-and-center at the Future Fort Smith committee meeting on Monday (Oct. 17) from the Creekmore Park Community Center. In news likely to have a significant…
by - October 16, 2017 7:39 pm
Women make up almost 51% of the population but still struggle to get and stay in tech careers. Corporate giants like Wal-Mart Stores and IBM have made gains in adding…
by - October 16, 2017 7:25 pm
Gender diversity in tech was a key topic of the Northwest Arkansas Women in Technology Conference on Monday (Oct. 16) at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers. The…
by - October 16, 2017 4:21 pm
Share prices fell for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and ArcBest as trucking/transportation analyst Jason Seidl of Cowen and Co. lowered stock ratings for the companies to hold, from buy. He…
by - October 16, 2017 3:04 pm
Fresh out of the University of Arkansas two years ago, Omar Kasim made an impact on the Northwest Arkansas startup scene with his first venture, a fast-casual fusion taco restaurant…
by - October 16, 2017 2:10 pm
John Furner, CEO of Sam’s Club, told the Wall Street investment community last week he understood their questions about whether his new leadership team will move the needle in a…
by - October 16, 2017 12:17 pm
U.S. crude oil production is expected to rise 340,000 barrels per day to 9.4 million barrels per day in the second half of 2017, from the first half of the…
by - October 16, 2017 9:58 am
Subway Restaurants in Fort Smith and Fayetteville raised $10,000 in September for Arkansas Children’s Northwest. The restaurants gave 6% of all Turkey foot long sales in September to the 233,613-square-foot…
by - October 16, 2017 8:09 am
The Iowa-based carrier that had owned a trailer involved in the death of 10 Mexican immigrants was put out of service and no longer allowed to operate as of Oct….
by - October 15, 2017 9:35 am
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, wants to see a broader tax base as part of federal tax reform, and with few exceptions, he’s open to a review of many…
by - October 13, 2017 10:27 pm
First National Bank of Fort Smith announced a $100,000 donation in support of a combination bike and skate park in downtown Fort Smith on Friday (Oct. 13). The park will…
by - October 13, 2017 3:42 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is reviewing President Donald Trump’s decision to end federal cost-sharing reduction payments to insurance companies. He’s also waiting on a decision with a long-sought after Medicaid waiver…
