by - March 28, 2012 2:40 pm
BENTONVILLE— Downtown Bentonville is growing and anyone who has visited the city square in the last five months has undoubtedly noticed. Much of that growth is attributed to Crystal Bridges…
by - March 28, 2012 1:43 pm
5NEWS (KFSM TV 5 and KXNW TV 34) and The City Wire have teamed up to produce a weekly one-hour news show designed to provide more indepth information about business,…
by - March 28, 2012 12:51 pm
The 2011 holiday sales in Fort Smith were up almost 10% compared to the 2010 period, according to collections of city sales taxes. In the January and February 2012 reports…
by - March 28, 2012 12:20 pm
Experts say a new ruling by the Federal Housing Administration is likely to rule out thousands of potential buyers from securing a government-backed mortgage when it comes into force next…
by - March 27, 2012 9:19 pm
Delta Airlines will add a round trip flight from Fort Smith to Atlanta, Ga., starting June 7, 2012, according to Airport Commissioners, who made the announcement on Tuesday (March 27)…
by - March 27, 2012 8:55 pm
Timothy Seeberg has been selected as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Fort Smith Convention Center. Fort Smith Advertising and Promotion (A&P) Commissioners came out of executive session…
by - March 27, 2012 6:07 pm
The health of the U.S. economy is improving but remains fragile according to three reports that track the activity of the national trucking industry. The American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted…
by - March 27, 2012 4:46 pm
Fort Smith Director Steve Tyler announced at Tuesday’s (March 27) Board of Directors Study Session that he would not seek reelection to a second, four-year term for Ward 1. In…
by - March 27, 2012 4:26 pm
The urbanized area of Northwest Arkansas was the 15th fastest growing region in the nation and is now qualified as a “Transportation Management Area,” according to a recent U.S. Census…
by - March 27, 2012 2:35 pm
Barack Obama’s Presidential approval rating in Arkansas has barely budged since last fall. In the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll, conducted Monday night (March 26) among 759 likely state voters,…
by - March 27, 2012 11:28 am
Arkansas' 4th Congressional District picked up all or part of 8 counties in the western part of the state under new redistricting boundaries and the analogy of frontier territory couldn't…
by - March 27, 2012 9:20 am
Lean finely textured beef is likely to be a thing of the past, as more retailers and food service chains opt out of the product because of the “pink slime”…
by - March 26, 2012 6:08 pm
The Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3), presented by the American Cancer Society (ACS), is coming to the Fort Smith Region. A deeply involved 20-30-year long continuation of two previous studies,…
by - March 26, 2012 5:07 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Marilyn Heifner will keep her job as executive director of the Fayetteville Advertising & Promotion Commission after pleading no contest earlier this month to violating the Freedom of Information…
by - March 26, 2012 4:49 pm
The number of employed in the Fort Smith region fell to an estimated 115,893 during January, a low not seen since January 1998. Fort Smith’s metro area jobless rate jumped…
by - March 26, 2012 4:30 pm
Despite the metro jobless rate jumping to 6.2% during January, the number of employed in Northwest Arkansas rose to 217,133, a high not seen since November 2008, according to recent…
by - March 26, 2012 11:10 am
O.K. Foods is part of new animal welfare standards recently announced by Dublin, Ohio-based Wendy’s that are designed to “significantly improve the humane treatment of chickens and pigs.” Wendy’s, the…
by - March 23, 2012 12:17 pm
February saw big enplanement increases at the Fort Smith Regional Airport and the Northwest Arkansas Airport (XNA), but only Fort Smith has a year-to-date increase. February enplanements at the Fort…
by - March 23, 2012 10:31 am
Gov. Mike Beebe is headed to China in April on a trade mission that will involve meeting with business and political dignitaries, recruiting potential companies to Arkansas, and laying more framework…
by - March 23, 2012 10:22 am
Area retail venues were busier in January posting a healthy 16.32% increase in sales tax collections among the region’s five largest retail markets. The revenue boost from the prior year…
