by - December 2, 2013 6:33 pm
Area building permit values up 40% year-to-date
Building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $5.944 million for the month of November, a drop of 64.82% from the same month last year when…
by - December 2, 2013 6:33 pm
Building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $5.944 million for the month of November, a drop of 64.82% from the same month last year when…
by - December 2, 2013 6:27 pm
The fight between Sebastian County Judge David Hudson and County Treasurer Judith Miller over financial software to be used in her office continues following a vote of the Quorum Court…
by - December 2, 2013 5:51 pm
As more Wal-Mart suppliers and third-party service firms are hanging shingles in Northwest Arkansas, real estate experts and retail insiders around Bentonville say the commercial office space market is tightening….
by - December 2, 2013 4:52 pm
Enplanements for the first 10 months of 2013 are up almost 3% at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) but are down almost 5% in Little Rock and down more…
by - December 2, 2013 3:30 pm
It’s been five years since the U.S. Treasury Department threw out a life line to banks as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program in an effort to stabilize the…
by - December 2, 2013 3:20 pm
Economic uncertainty combined with concerns about income growth have resulted in a lower Arkansas tax revenue estimate for fiscal year 2014 and a small projected increase for fiscal year 2015….
by - November 26, 2013 6:15 pm
A vote taken Monday night (Nov. 25) by the Sebastian County Quorum Court could leave one justice of the peace in violation of Arkansas law. Justice of the Peace Jim…
by - November 26, 2013 5:51 pm
Increases were posted for sales tax collections in Fort Smith and the city’s portion of the countywide sales tax, but the amounts collected year-to-date remain below budget estimates. Each of…
by - November 26, 2013 5:12 pm
What could be the final battle over the proposed FY14 budget is to take place Dec. 3 following a decision by the Fort Smith Board of Directors to bring the…
by - November 26, 2013 4:30 pm
The economy across Benton and Washington counties slumped in September, after a fairly robust spring and summer. The dip in consumer spending was evident in the 3% decline in sales…
by - November 26, 2013 2:07 pm
It’s been a good year for home builders across Northwest Arkansas, but the residential construction pace in the region’s four largest cities continues to taper with a 15% reduction in…
by - November 26, 2013 11:18 am
Shoppers venturing out on the evening of Thanksgiving (Nov. 28) and Black Friday (Nov. 29) may want to avoid the intersection of Rogers Avenue and Interstate 540 in Fort Smith….
by - November 26, 2013 8:55 am
That traditional Thanksgiving dinner will cost a little less year thanks to lower turkey and milk prices, according to the Arkansas Farm Bureau. But before the feast can be digested,…
by - November 26, 2013 6:19 am
There will be no beer sales in the near future at Ben Geren Regional Park’s golf course. The Sebastian County Quorum Court decided Monday (Nov. 25) to nix the idea…
by - November 25, 2013 5:08 pm
No one knows exactly what will happen to the city of Fort Smith's general fund budget once the Board of Directors meets for a third budget meeting on Tuesday (Nov….
by - November 25, 2013 2:40 pm
Retail analysts lined up Monday morning (Nov. 25) to assess what might be behind Wal-Mart’s decision to appoint Doug McMillon as its CEO and discuss their thoughts on what to…
by - November 25, 2013 1:57 pm
Downtown areas continue to attract investment across Northwest Arkansas. Springdale and Rogers are actively working to boost their downtown exposure as retail growth has moved westward toward to Interstate 540….
by - November 25, 2013 12:20 pm
November is a bittersweet month for fourth generation family banker Jon Harrell, who is the president of First Bank’s Northwest Arkansas region and new chairman of Harrell Bancshares of Hampton,…
by - November 25, 2013 8:33 am
The world’s largest retailer will have a changing of the guard early next year as CEO Mike Duke announces his retirement to be succeeded by 47-year-old Doug McMillon. The anticipated…
by - November 22, 2013 4:23 pm
Fort Smith City Director Keith Lau asked for scenarios to reduce $2.2 million from the city's 2014 proposed budget at Monday's (Nov. 18) and City Administrator Ray Gosack on Friday…