by - March 26, 2014 6:48 pm
It didn't take long for new Sebastian County Election Coordinator David Mansell to tender his resignation following the discovery of a mistake on the Republican primary ballots to be used…
by - March 26, 2014 6:22 pm
Republican gubernatorial candidate Curtis Coleman released a plan Wednesday (March 26) that would cut income taxes for two groups of Arkansas taxpayers, while also creating so-called "tax-free enterprise zones" across…
by - March 26, 2014 3:57 pm
Planning for the future of parks and recreation in the city of Van Buren is moving along with the expected approval in April of a contract with Bentonville-based CEI Engineering…
by - March 26, 2014 10:34 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. planted more seeds in Silicon Valley recently by opening a technology center in Sunnyvale, Calif., that is dedicated to growing the retailer’s digital sales. Located about 30…
by - March 25, 2014 6:56 pm
The Congressional delegations from Arkansas and Oklahoma released a letter Tuesday (March 26) requesting funding for a study that would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fix a…
by - March 25, 2014 6:20 pm
Sales tax collections for the city of Fort Smith were down in both city and county sales taxes for a period that included the typically busy Christmas shopping season. Each…
by - March 25, 2014 6:06 pm
Combined personal incomes in Arkansas during 2013 grew 2.2%, below the 2.6% U.S. average, with the state’s per capita average of $36,086 pushing the state’s national ranking from 45 in…
by - March 25, 2014 5:21 pm
A Disney World theme park vacation may be every kid’s dream, but with the escalating costs of a one-day ticket such a fairy tale trip could be out of reach…
by - March 25, 2014 3:05 pm
A journalist who sparked a wave of negative publicity for Bill and Hillary Clinton in the ’90′s shared his “cautionary tale” of fostering Clinton-hating and his conversion to supporting the…
by - March 25, 2014 12:59 pm
The past few months have been a blur of activity for execs at Silicon Solar Solutions/Picasolar and Overwatch, both tagged as startups to watch in 2014 by The City Wire….
by - March 25, 2014 12:40 pm
U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Westville, Okla., could be in hot water now that the House Committee on Ethics has received a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics regarding outside…
by - March 25, 2014 11:44 am
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry reported total sales growth of 1.5% in 2013, down from 2.8% in 2012 and lower than the 3.4% in 2011. Last year’s growth was…
by - March 24, 2014 6:49 pm
Tax filers the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas who have waited until the last few weeks of tax season do not have to go it alone. According to Susan…
by - March 24, 2014 5:30 pm
Ben Geren Aquatics Center has taken another step closer to reality with news that the final plans for the joint city-county water park have gone out to bid. According to…
by - March 24, 2014 4:47 pm
Simmons First National Corp. will acquire Little Rock-based Delta Trust & Banking Corp. for roughly $66 million. The Pine Bluff-based bank said it has entered into a definitive agreement and…
by - March 24, 2014 3:01 pm
Businesses across Benton and Washington counties collected 9.8% less in sales tax in January across the region’s four largest cities. Total sales tax revenue slid to $3.938 million in March,…
by - March 23, 2014 4:41 pm
The future leaders of the Arkansas House and State Senate – Rep. Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, and Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy – say they will be pragmatic in their approach to…
by - March 23, 2014 10:23 am
Wal-Mart execs keenly focused on improving comparable sales and driving top line revenue are testing a new “Savings Catcher” pricing tool as a way to drive in-store traffic and hammer…
by - March 21, 2014 1:27 pm
The final day of the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees meeting at the university's Fort Smith campus saw passage of several new degree programs and a renewal of…
by - March 21, 2014 11:03 am
Swings in the workforce size and number of employed — potentially related to winter weather impacts on reporting – pushed the January Fort Smith metro jobless rate to 7.8%, ahead…
