by - March 12, 2014 8:50 pm
Even though the economy has been slow to recover since the start of the Great Recession in 2008, it has not stopped Arkansas’ budding entrepreneurs from not only having dreams…
by - March 12, 2014 7:58 pm
Much of Arkansas is in the area of “greatest risk” for severe weather that may include a spike in tornadoes and damaging thunderstorms and is expected to begin in early…
by - March 12, 2014 5:57 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum, a more than $50 million museum to be built along the banks of the Arkansas River, will still have a September groundbreaking, but the opening of…
by - March 12, 2014 4:58 pm
Real estate is a local business, but two global marketers Trulia and Zillow have been hard at it transforming aggregated local data into booming businesses and brands of their own….
by - March 12, 2014 3:05 pm
Sparks Health System is again looking for a CEO following the resignation this week of Charles Stewart, himself the second CEO to resign from the hospital since May 2013. In…
by - March 11, 2014 9:16 pm
The Fort Smith Planning Commission passed a set of planned zoning districts Tuesday (March 11), both of which faced opposition from residents in neighborhoods surrounding the proposed districts. The PZDs,…
by - March 11, 2014 5:25 pm
Fort Smith city directors spent much of a noon Board of Directors study session debating and discussing what they would like to see a board governance policy. The idea of…
by - March 11, 2014 5:11 pm
Commuters using Interstate 540 in Fort Smith and Van Buren should prepare for lane shifts starting Wednesday (March 12), a sign that the more than $78 million rehabilitation project is…
by - March 11, 2014 4:44 pm
Wal-Mart Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley said Tuesday (March 11) that the retailer failed in three of its five main operating objectives last year — sales growth, leveraging its expenses…
by - March 11, 2014 1:50 pm
Bell Buckle, Tenn., doesn’t sound like the launching pad for the career path of a CEO for the world’s largest protein company and one of Arkansas’ largest employers. However, it…
by - March 11, 2014 1:25 pm
Wal-Mart Stores has made no secret that it would like to build a Neighborhood Market in Bella Vista, just five miles from retailer’s home office in Bentonville, and also home…
by - March 11, 2014 10:46 am
Residents often have a few minutes to take action and seek shelter once a tornado warning has been issued. But a piece of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives…
by - March 10, 2014 6:23 pm
The May 20 primary is little more than seven weeks away and the area's first political debate of the 2014 political season took place Monday afternoon (March 10). Republicans Bobby…
by - March 10, 2014 4:32 pm
Jobs continue to be the catalyst that drives Northwest Arkansas' regional economy and for the first time since 2009 the small business sector is more optimistic about future hiring, according…
by - March 10, 2014 3:43 pm
Fielding more candidates and having more contested primaries has the Arkansas GOP in new territory in modern history and experts argue if the trend could be short-lived or permanent as…
by - March 10, 2014 11:32 am
If she'd had a career goal starting out two decades ago, Laura Jacobs met it a month ago. Earning a double major in English and communications at the University of…
by - March 10, 2014 11:12 am
A vote on unionization at O.K. Foods that was expected to take place in late 2013 is now likely to take place later this year, according to a union that…
by - March 10, 2014 10:28 am
Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Peco Foods will invest $165 million in the construction of a new fully integrated processing operation near Pocahontas in northeast Arkansas. The operation is expected to employ about…
by - March 10, 2014 7:48 am
Private investment is beginning to trickle back into the commercial real estate sectors in Benton and Washington counties. Several announcements and other pending deals have prompted real estate professionals David…
by - March 8, 2014 6:15 pm
Democratic gubernatorial front-runner Mike Ross received the endorsement of the statewide teachers’ union on Saturday and his probable Republican challenger wasted no time tagging Ross with a “liberal” label. Ross…
