by - June 16, 2025 10:13 am
Lowering energy use in public facilities, enhancing curbside recycling, and tree planting are some areas city residents support in an energy and environment plan, according to Joshua Robertson, Fort Smith’s…
by - June 10, 2025 4:41 pm
The international benchmark Brent crude oil price is expected to fall to about $60 per barrel by the end of the year and average about $59 per barrel in 2026,…
by - June 2, 2025 10:50 am
Large-scale solar power facilities are on about 0.2% of Arkansas agricultural land, with utility-scale solar ranging in land use between 445 acres for a 50-megawatt site to 2,670 acres for…
by - May 30, 2025 7:48 am
OG&E Community Affairs Manager Eddie Lee Herndon will receive the 2025 Jack White Community Leadership Award. Herndon is the first OG&E employee to receive the award since it was renamed…
by - May 29, 2025 11:52 am
Arkansas’ severance tax revenue will need a major boost in the final two months of fiscal year 2025 if it is to rebound above the $16.41 million in fiscal year…
by - May 28, 2025 4:59 pm
State officials on Wednesday (May 28) approved a lithium compensation plan as part of an application from Standard Lithium subsidiary SWA Lithium for its planned mining in the Smackover Formation…
by - May 19, 2025 2:45 pm
The Fort Smith Boys and Girls Club (FSBGC) is set to officially flip the switch Tuesday (May 20) on a solar facility near its Evans unit that is expected to…
by - May 15, 2025 5:38 pm
Lowell-based utility Beaver Water District will invest about $10 million into a 4.99-megawatt solar array adjacent to the district’s administrative center. Area officials gathered Thursday (May 15) for a ceremony…
by - May 14, 2025 3:05 pm
The Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation (AAEF) has hired Jonathon Rasburry as administrator for the Commercial Property Assessed Capital Expenditures (C-PACE) program. C-PACE is designed to finance projects centered on “energy…
by - May 7, 2025 5:38 pm
Murphy USA reported lower quarterly revenues and income compared to a year ago primarily due to lower petroleum prices and seasonal storms. The El Dorado-based convenience store chain reported financial…
by - May 1, 2025 11:08 am
An almost completed “solar garden” adjacent to the First National Bank of Fort Smith Phoenix bank branch in Fort Smith is also a pause point with just under $1 million…
by - April 20, 2025 7:35 pm
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, shared his thoughts on the response to flooding and storms across his expansive 4th Congressional District of Arkansas. In a recent Talk Business &…
by - April 17, 2025 12:30 pm
Walmart has in recent years quietly invested in smaller convenience stores with fuel that are linked to supercenters and grocery formats. The retailer has tweaked the format size based on…
by - April 15, 2025 3:02 pm
While it has had a decline in employment from the days when it was Baldor’s corporate headquarters, the ABB operation in Fort Smith remains the global base of the company’s…
by - April 10, 2025 4:04 pm
Recent changess in global trade policy and oil production may result in lower global demand growth for petroleum products through 2026, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The…
by - March 28, 2025 4:17 pm
The preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) and personal income report for the 50 states has Arkansas ranked first for GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2024, and ranked 47th…
by - March 26, 2025 6:13 pm
Craighead Electric Cooperative Corporation Board President Terry Rorex announced Wednesday (March 26) that Justin Etter of Jonesboro has been named as the next CEO of Craighead Electric. Etter was promoted…
by - March 25, 2025 6:45 pm
In testimony before Congress on Tuesday (March 25), Southwest Power Pool COO Lanny Nickell said his regional transmission organization’s planners predict electricity needs in its footprint may grow by 50%…
by - March 18, 2025 7:04 pm
Repeating the notion that she wants to be known as the education governor, Gov. Sarah Sanders signed her higher education overhaul bill into law at an economic forum in Little…
by - March 17, 2025 8:53 pm
Fort Smith Mayor George McGill said Monday (March 17) during his annual State of the City address that the city is seeing economic and cultural growth because of its workforce,…
