by - June 15, 2015 5:24 pm
Agents across Sebastian County have sold 557 homes through the first five months of 2015, outpacing 2014 by 6.7%, according to MountData.com. But the real story in the this region…
by - June 15, 2015 5:13 pm
The cost of owning a home in Northwest Arkansas continues to rise as steady buyer demand outpaces the supply of properties for sale. Realtors in Benton and Washington counties sold…
by - June 15, 2015 11:25 am
Wal-Mart’s corporate reputation lags almost all of its competitors according to a new report published by Reputation Institute for U.S. retailers in 2015. The Bentonville-based retailer has never been in…
by - June 15, 2015 9:47 am
Whether a school board member has children in the local schools isn’t a prerequisite to run for a seat on a local school board and shouldn’t make a difference since…
by - June 14, 2015 2:19 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Arkansas may shop for another federal venue to challenge the president’s controversial Clean Power Plan after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia…
by - June 14, 2015 2:05 pm
The schedule in the nation’s capital this week was hectic as lawmakers dealt with national security, defense, trade and government waste among other issues. The following is a recap of…
by - June 11, 2015 6:57 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday (June 11) he has spent considerable time studying concerns expressed by lawmakers on ways to improve and review a growing list of “high-risk” state contracts…
by - June 11, 2015 5:39 pm
Not so fast on the move to end controversial PARCC testing in Arkansas. The Arkansas State Board of Education voted 7-1 Thursday (June 11) against allowing a state contract with…
by - June 11, 2015 4:44 pm
Clinging to the core operating principles of Sam Walton, but also retooling Wal-Mart Stores for the future is always on the mind of CEO Doug McMillon who has one foot…
by - June 11, 2015 3:40 pm
Access to 1.2 billion consumers nor the estimated $534 billion value of India’s retail market is enough to entice Wal-Mart to alter its wholesale-only strategy, according to Walmart International CEO…
by - June 11, 2015 3:13 pm
The swollen Arkansas River has forced Marty Shell to use his small trucking fleet to haul raw materials from Mississippi River ports to customers in the Fort Smith and Northwest…
by - June 11, 2015 2:02 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will depart Saturday for the world’s largest airshow in Paris and a side trip to Germany where he and a delegation of state economic development and business…
by - June 11, 2015 9:19 am
Anchor Dawson Meadows gets the news slightly screwed up on stories about military training at Fort Chaffee and discussion of a new committee to help oversee Fort Smith’s street tax…
by - June 11, 2015 9:10 am
On Oct. 1, the coding system used by Arkansas medical providers for billing insurance companies and the government will change. Many providers probably won’t be ready, and if they aren’t,…
by - June 10, 2015 7:03 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services is expected to start construction this summer on a seven-story office tower on its corporate headquarters campus in Lowell. Details on the construction project, expected to…
by - June 10, 2015 6:31 pm
Arkansas’ real gross domestic product (GDP) output lost momentum in 2014 as the Natural State’s economic growth fell well below the rest of the nation and surrounding states, according to…
by - June 10, 2015 6:26 pm
A recent statewide prescription drug Take Back effort cleared more than 20,000 pounds of drugs from medicine cabinets with the help of volunteers across the Natural State., Department of Drug…
by - June 10, 2015 12:43 pm
Michelle Gloeckler says Wal-Mart Stores remains focused on helping return manufacturing jobs to the U.S., with the number of success stories growing and the 2015 manufacturing summit being moved to…
by - June 10, 2015 11:00 am
The state’s congressional delegation – Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Reps. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, French Hill, R-Little Rock, Steve Womack, R-Rogers and Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs — on…
by - June 10, 2015 10:44 am
The combined value of building permits fell 26.8% during May in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren. However, permit values in the three cities are up more than 16% during…
