by - December 6, 2013 12:44 pm
Small year-over-year gains in the Fort Smith metro workforce and the number of employed saw the October metro jobless rate fall to 7.3% compared to 7.5% in October 2012. However,…
by - December 6, 2013 6:42 am
A Fort Smith budget battle, technology tussle, fuzzy trucking math and more notes on a U.S. manufacturing renaissance are part of the Nov. 8 Friday Wire for the Fort Smith…
by - December 6, 2013 6:34 am
Badgered Wal-Mart Board members, concerns about consumer confidence, and more notes on a U.S. manufacturing renaissance are part of the Northwest Arkansas Friday Wire for Dec. 6. NOTES & ANALYSIS…
by - December 5, 2013 5:34 pm
A special joint meeting of the Fort Smith Board of Directors and the Sebastian County Quorum Court will be held Monday (Dec. 9) at 6 p.m. at the Elm Grove…
by - December 5, 2013 4:53 pm
Former Fort Smith Parks Commission Chairman Bobby Aldridge resigned from his volunteer position in September in order to pursue contract work with the city of Fort Smith and it has…
by - December 5, 2013 11:11 am
They say necessity is the mother of invention and that’s certainly the case for ARROWSigns founder Rhonda Pieracci. The southern California entrepreneur has invested more than two years into developing…
by - December 4, 2013 4:49 pm
A move announced Wednesday (Dec. 4) by the Northwest Arkansas Council is geared to build upon the past several years of renewed interest in developing downtown areas in Northwest Arkansas….
by - December 4, 2013 3:26 pm
While the battle of the fiscal year 2014 operating budget is now concluded, it does not mean the city of Fort Smith's finance department can sit back and relax. The…
by - December 4, 2013 2:39 pm
As a fifth generation Arkansas family farmer, Fran Free set off to the University of Arkansas to study agriculture so she could learn the latest innovation to keep the farm…
by - December 4, 2013 10:36 am
A legislative delay of new hours-of-service rules is being sought by the U.S. trucking industry, but the head of Arkansas’ trucking industry says the legislative effort will not work and…
by - December 4, 2013 10:10 am
It’s hard to travel anywhere in Northwest Arkansas and not see evidence of many ongoing road construction projects—and officials say the orange barrel phenomenon is going to be a steady…
by - December 4, 2013 9:49 am
Most people would not believe it if someone told them they made a living selling used items on eBay. But for one Northwest Arkansas company, selling merchandise on the popular…
by - December 3, 2013 9:24 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed a Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget at its regularly scheduled Tuesday (Dec. 3) meeting without much of the fanfare and disagreements seen during…
by - December 3, 2013 5:27 pm
Voters in Arkansas House District 77 now know the name of at least one candidate running to replace term-limited Rep. Stephanie Malone, R-Fort Smith. In statement issued Tuesday (Dec. 3),…
by - December 3, 2013 5:18 pm
The ambitious effort to expand broadband capability in Arkansas public schools moved forward on Tuesday (Dec. 3) as two working groups accepted an engineering report and recommended the state proceed…
by - December 3, 2013 5:03 pm
An expected mix of Arctic air and wintry precipitation has regional and local power companies making preparations as the National Weather Service in Tulsa has placed Northwest Arkansas and the…
by - December 3, 2013 1:54 pm
The sale of “distressed” real estate produces different results in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith area. In the hot Benton County market, 15% of homes sales in October were…
by - December 3, 2013 1:07 pm
Serving on the Wal-Mart Stores Board of Directors pays a handsome amount, but it’s not without some hazards as the retail giant is regularly a target for protestors from various…
by - December 3, 2013 12:43 pm
Year-to-date tax collections in Arkansas continue to trend higher, but an unusual corporate income tax swing helped push collections in the November report below budget estimates. Year-to-date gross revenue (July…
by - December 2, 2013 7:00 pm
From a weather perspective, it may soon get nasty in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith area – with possible “utility interruptions” part of a National Weather Service warning. AccuWeather.com…
