by - March 26, 2013 4:27 pm
The standard and rate of success is a continuously moving target, according to Matt Kistler, senior vice president of dry grocery for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Kistler addressed several hundred business…
by - March 26, 2013 2:48 pm
An Arkansas House panel approved a change to the state’s income tax brackets, a move that could deplete state revenues by $57 million a year. HB 1585 by Rep. Charlie…
by - March 26, 2013 11:02 am
Since Interstate 540 through Van Buren and the north side of Fort Smith was reduced to one lane in both directions, many drivers will tell you traffic has often slowed…
by - March 25, 2013 6:45 pm
Banks across Northwest Arkansas and their improving balance sheets are another indication of local economic recovery. A report released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Monday (March 25) shows…
by - March 25, 2013 6:21 pm
An increase of almost 1,300 in the number of unemployed in the Fort Smith metro countered sizeable increases in the workforce and number of employed to push the region’s jobless…
by - March 25, 2013 5:01 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) issued his third veto of the 89th General Assembly rejecting a divisive voter ID bill that would require photo proof at the polls to cast a…
by - March 25, 2013 4:01 pm
Businesses across the four largest cities in Northwest Arkansas collected 10.7% more sales tax in January, which is reflected in a nice revenue boost for three of the four cities…
by - March 25, 2013 3:07 pm
Shopping events like Black Friday are known for great prices but crazy crowds. A rapidly growing trend offers the same great prices (if not better) for families but without the…
by - March 25, 2013 2:50 pm
Fort Smith’s historic Clayton House invited guests to learn about the region’s more than 100 year-old natural gas industry at its “Clayton Conversations” series on Sunday (March 24) afternoon. Mike…
by - March 25, 2013 2:21 pm
Mulberry, Ark., may be a small town, but it knows beans about beans. Situated just off Interstate 40 in Crawford County, Mulberry is a farming and ranching community with a…
by - March 25, 2013 10:21 am
Republican candidate and frontrunner for Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson says Arkansas is much different since his last run for the state’s top elective post and that he has what it…
by - March 24, 2013 1:17 pm
Medicaid expansion “is dead,” Rep. Charlie Collins (R-Fayetteville) told a hometown audience on Friday (March 22), but the framework for a phoenix plan is alive, under construction, and receiving a…
by - March 22, 2013 9:51 pm
State Rep. Charlie Collins, R-Fayetteville, may have been the last one to speak at the Fayetteville Chamber’s Legislative Forum held Friday afternoon. But he didn’t mince any words. “Medicaid extension…
by - March 21, 2013 5:36 pm
The House Public Transportation Committee shot down HB 1418, which would shift sales and use tax revenues tied to cars and vehicles from state general revenue to a designated highway fund….
by - March 21, 2013 5:21 pm
A legislative report on the Big River Steel mill project offers a second opinion on the state’s $1.1 billion superproject questioning an initial report from Arkansas’ economic development agency. The…
by - March 21, 2013 5:13 pm
A new poll shows former U.S. Rep. Mike Ross with a sizable lead over former Lt. Gov. Bill Halter and highway commissioner John Burkhalter among Democratic primary voters in the…
by - March 21, 2013 3:52 pm
Atlanta-based Phoenix Metals Company plans to invest $12 million in a new 65,000-square-foot metal processing operation at Chaffee Crossing that could employ up to 40 with an average wage of…
by - March 21, 2013 10:32 am
When consumer advocate Erin Brockovich visits Fort Smith next week, she and her staff will not just speak to Fort Smith residents about Whirlpool contamination and leave town. According to…
by - March 21, 2013 7:23 am
Nucor Steel is ratcheting up its objections to the Big River Steel superproject, including questions concerning steel capacity, its impact on Nucor’s state tax contributions, and the possibility of moving…
by - March 20, 2013 10:24 pm
Hispanic or Latino shoppers across the United States wield more than $1.2 trillion of buying power annually with projections of $1.5 trillion by 2015, according to Nielsen. It comes as…
