by - May 4, 2016 5:18 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed to a $130,171 settlement with SureTec Insurance Company and Dixon Contracting, over the city’s terminated contract with Dixon on the West River Front…
by - May 3, 2016 7:19 pm
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by - May 3, 2016 5:45 pm
Jonesboro council members also approved a plan Tuesday (May 3) to allow a company to participate in a state economic incentive plan that supporters say will bring needed jobs to…
by - May 3, 2016 5:10 pm
When Fran Free started Oh Baby Foods in 2009 with $50,000 of her own money, she saw herself in an apron making baby food in her kitchen well into retirement….
by - May 3, 2016 4:33 pm
The residential building and commercial construction projects across the Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities continue to rally ahead of the building pace a year ago. Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville…
by - May 3, 2016 4:11 pm
The chairman of the state Republican Party said Arkansas should “take advantage of” federal money for health care as long as it’s offered and predicted that Donald Trump would win…
by - May 3, 2016 2:34 pm
The 2016 Compass Conference will be held in conjunction with the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce’s First Friday Breakfast, and will feature a panel discussion about the health and…
by - May 3, 2016 9:19 am
A busy April tax season pushed Arkansas collections well above forecast as net available revenue in state coffers topped $110 million with only two months left in the fiscal year….
by - May 2, 2016 5:44 pm
Fort Smith City Directors Mike Lorenz and André Good have decided to stick around for another term on the Fort Smith Board of Directors provided voters are willing to have…
by - May 2, 2016 5:31 pm
A recent Walton Family Foundation survey found that 72% of respondents rated their overall quality of life in Northwest Arkansas as “excellent” or “very good,” up from 59% in the…
by - May 2, 2016 5:09 pm
Officials with Keller announced Monday (May 2) that Hyatt hotels has officially approved the Hyatt Place Hotel and Convention Center project for Jonesboro. The 147-room Hyatt Place Hotel will be…
by - May 2, 2016 4:47 pm
It should be a large turnout next week as Jonesboro voters head to the polls to decide a city council race and on whether to repeal the city’s property maintenance…
by - May 2, 2016 4:06 pm
Business growth in Arkansas lost a step in April as a leading economic indicator for the region shows the state’s manufacturing, farming and energy sectors continue to shed jobs and…
by - May 2, 2016 2:21 pm
Communications Sales & Leasing Inc. (CSL) on Monday completed its $409 million acquisition of PEG Bandwidth LLC, a Lewisville, Texas-based operator of dark fiber and cell site backhaul assets for…
by - May 2, 2016 11:55 am
Michael Lamoureux, Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s chief of staff, is leaving his post at the end of May, the governor’s office announced Monday (May 2). In a press release from Hutchinson’s…
by - May 2, 2016 11:41 am
Act two of the Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) begins Tuesday (May 3) and organizers say the impact on Bentonville’s economy will be far greater than last year’s inaugural event. Trevor…
by - May 2, 2016 10:22 am
Jeremy Hudson is excited about the interest from other Northwest Arkansas developers, lenders and builders in establishing a local chapter of the Urban Land Institute, a national nonprofit that advocates…
by - May 2, 2016 8:39 am
International Paper entered into a definitive agreement to purchase rival Weyerhaeuser’s Cellulose Fiber pulp business that it first put up for sale following the acquisition of Plum Creek Timber Co….
by - May 2, 2016 5:20 am
Oilfield service giants Halliburton Co. and Baker Hughes Inc., both of which played key roles in providing technology to help drillers ramp up the Fayetteville Shale, announced Sunday (May 1)…
by - May 2, 2016 5:15 am
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