by - April 2, 2014 1:08 pm
Overall Arkansas tax revenue is above forecast for the first nine months of the fiscal year, with sales and use tax collections – an indicator of consumer spending – continues…
by - April 1, 2014 8:30 pm
Fort Smith-based Beall Barclay & Company, PLC, CPAs – one of the state’s largest locally owned certified public accounting firms – have announced promotions in their Fort Smith and Rogers,…
by - April 1, 2014 8:18 pm
Finalists for the Giving Recognition in Tourism (GRIT) Awards were announced Tuesday (April 1). The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 24, at 6 p.m., at MovieLounge on…
by - April 1, 2014 8:14 pm
A Tuesday (April 1) meeting of the Sebastian County Election Commission provided information on complaints about the consolidation of polling sites in rural Sebastian County, as well as the look…
by - April 1, 2014 6:24 pm
by - April 1, 2014 5:12 pm
Much of Arkansas could face large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes on Wednesday and rain the rest of the week, with the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas almost at…
by - April 1, 2014 5:01 pm
The value of building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $24.913 million in March, up 203.96% compared to $8.196 million in March 2013. For the…
by - April 1, 2014 4:38 pm
Efforts by Wal-Mart to build the next generation of retail has resulted in investments of about $2 billion in tech startups since 2011, according to Leon Nicholas of Kantar Retail….
by - April 1, 2014 3:29 pm
A proposed $20 million development of the Fianna Hills Country Club is no more after developer Lance Beaty of Fort Smith-based FSM Redevelopment Partners pulled the project from consideration at…
by - April 1, 2014 11:19 am
There will be a rummage sale Saturday, April 5th, 2014, in honor of Fort Smith Native Leslie Creekmore. Leslie passed away on February 10th, 2014 after a month-long battle with…
by - March 31, 2014 9:39 pm
Just seven of the 17 publicly held companies based in Arkansas enjoyed a share price gain during the first quarter of 2014, a reversal from the 13 of the 16…
by - March 31, 2014 7:04 pm
A question at a Fort Smith town hall meeting and court hearings in Maryland normally do not intersect, but the topic raised by Fort Smith resident David Harris at a…
by - March 31, 2014 6:38 pm
A vote on unionization at one of OK Foods' local facilities will move forward on May 1. According to Anthony Elmo of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local…
by - March 31, 2014 3:33 pm
Most Walmart suppliers probably measure their bottom line in regards to profit margins and the number of SKUs (products) available in the stores. For Humankind Water, the measurement of success…
by - March 31, 2014 9:58 am
The University of Arkansas alumnus Robert H. Biggadike has made an estate gift commitment of $7.8 million to benefit the UA College of Engineering. The future gift will be used…
by - March 30, 2014 5:55 pm
There were hundreds of soundbites at Wal-Mart’s recent Year Beginning Meetings held in Orlando. But one that resonated with potential suppliers came from Michelle Gloeckler, senior vice president of the…
by - March 30, 2014 5:42 pm
Simmons First National Corp. CEO George Makris said recent moves have put his bank in a stronger position to serve customers and he sees significant growth for the Pine Bluff-based…
by - March 30, 2014 4:54 pm
Hey, neighbor, how are you doing? Hi, neighbor, I’m doing fine. Well, as long as the warm weather holds. Yeah, it’s been an awful winter. Said that right, brother. What…
by - March 30, 2014 4:38 pm
If ever there was a candidates’ self-made trap of destruction during a campaign, it is when an over confident, swaggering candidate rolls out a proposed tax cut during the pre-Federal…
by - March 29, 2014 11:30 am
For the second time in as many months Tyson Foods Inc. was ranked among the most outstanding companies in the nation. Forbes selects “America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies” each year….
