by - November 16, 2012 6:29 am
The 2013 city budget hearings took a combative tone Thursday night (Nov. 15). The meeting, which was held at the Bartlett Community Room in the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD),…
by - November 15, 2012 10:39 pm
Fayetteville-based Olive Loom is the winner of the first NWA Startup Cup, organizers announced Thursday (Nov. 15). The honor is the finale of a months-long competition designed to foster new…
by - November 15, 2012 7:20 pm
A local couple has launched Global Orphan Initiative to recruit companies to help orphans in countries where they do business. Matt Fifer and his wife Tanya saw underserved children first-hand…
by - November 15, 2012 2:54 pm
Rep. Davy Carter, R-Cabot, pulled off an upset against Rep. Terry Rice, R-Waldron, to capture the post of Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives. Those who will be House…
by - November 15, 2012 1:01 pm
Governor Mike Beebe’s balanced budget proposal calls for a near-elimination of the food tax based on a trigger mechanism tied to revenue growth. The Governor’s $4.937 billion proposal for FY…
by - November 15, 2012 12:31 pm
Rising home prices are a welcome economic sign in the Fort Smith metro area as unemployment woes have dominated the headlines for the past couple of years. In the month…
by - November 15, 2012 7:03 am
Wal-Mart investors saw recent profits crash Thursday (Nov. 15) as the retailer narrowly missed revenue estimates and alerted of more investigations into foreign corruption in China, India and Brazil –…
by - November 15, 2012 12:20 am
One year ago the foreclosure pipeline in Arkansas was slammed shut for out-of-state lenders because of federal litigation. The months that followed were tough for some businesses like newspapers that…
by - November 14, 2012 10:55 pm
Local real estate agents possibly put 17.13% more money in their pockets in October, thanks to active buyers and higher home prices from the same month in 2011. Agents across…
by - November 14, 2012 8:19 pm
Fort Smith Directors Steve Tyler and Pam Weber called a special meeting with City Administrator Ray Gosack on Wednesday (Nov. 14) to discuss beautification concerns raised by the Beautify Fort…
by - November 14, 2012 4:27 pm
Northwest Arkansas has been a popular destination this year and hospitality taxes collected through September indicate visitors are more spending money in this region, a tell-tale sign the economy has…
by - November 14, 2012 3:41 pm
The Fort Smith-based 188th Fighter Wing will lose its 20 A-10 Thunderbolt fighter planes and move to an unmanned mission if Air Force leadership sticks to its guns. The unwanted…
by - November 14, 2012 11:36 am
Hospitality tax collections in the two largest cities in the Fort Smith region are up more than 6% year-to-date, but tourism officials are unsure what the 2013 economy will bring….
by - November 14, 2012 9:01 am
A Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll exploring voter attitudes for and against a recently defeated medical marijuana initiative indicates that changes to the measure could influence the future outcome of another…
by - November 14, 2012 6:50 am
Budget hearings for 2013 launched Tuesday night (Nov. 13) at the Bartlett Community Room inside the Fort Smith Police Department. The focus was on streets and traffic control, sanitation and…
by - November 13, 2012 10:46 pm
The world’s largest retailer has been busy for months installing GPS geofencing at all of its Wal-Mart Stores from shore to shore. Analysts say this savvy move has a double…
by - November 13, 2012 9:35 pm
HIGHFILL — Ongoing construction on the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport runway is not expected to negatively impact Thanksgiving travel, airport officials agreed. Barbara Busiek,airport construction project manager, said the current…
by - November 13, 2012 9:22 pm
It’s been three years of vigorous defense but Wal-Mart Stores Inc. agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit involving more than 13,500 employees who alleged the retailer’s interference in how…
by - November 13, 2012 7:38 pm
The ascendancy of Rep. Terry Rice, R-Waldron, to the post of Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives following historic GOP control of the House is no longer a certainty….
by - November 13, 2012 7:04 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors listened to Outside Agency Review Panel recommendations and revisited available land use for sexually oriented businesses at the Tuesday (Nov. 13) study session. The…
