by - February 23, 2012 11:32 am
Welspun continues to grow its large manufacturing operation in Little Rock, with company and state officials announced Thursday (Feb. 23) a $100 million expansion that will add 200 jobs. Based…
by - February 23, 2012 11:10 am
A big fourth quarter propelled mall and online retailer Dillard’s, Inc. to a stellar year of profits. The Little Rock-based retailer reported fourth quarter net income of $141.5 million boosted…
by - February 23, 2012 10:29 am
In March of 2010, UAFS students at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith launched the first student publication in eight years. The Lions' Chronicle, which began as a monthly…
by - February 22, 2012 6:24 pm
Windstream Corp. produced fourth quarter and full-year financials that resembled the Clint Eastwood classic — “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.” The results were only slightly better for El…
by - February 22, 2012 3:00 pm
Information in the inaugural The City Wire’s Arkansas Home Sales Report indicates that Arkansas’ housing market continues on a slow pace toward recovery, with low interest rates and economic uncertainty…
by - February 22, 2012 2:59 pm
Forecasting what will happen in the airline industry is about as unpredictable as forecasting the weather. “Going forward, it looks like there’s good news and bad news,” said Steve Lott,…
by - February 22, 2012 11:35 am
Ryan Gehrig, a former student of Subiaco Academy, has been named the new president of St. Edward Mercy Health in Fort Smith. His first official day on the job is…
by - February 21, 2012 11:29 pm
On Tuesday night (Feb. 21), Fort Smith City Directors voted to move 240 residents from Ward 1 to Ward 4 in order to correct a precinct split that was not addressed…
by - February 21, 2012 10:21 pm
The Sebastian County Quorum Court will not act on complaints from county resident Jamie Mitchell regarding the discharge of firearms in an unincorporated area of the county. Mitchell brought the…
by - February 21, 2012 7:04 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas officials are toying with the idea of retrofitting its 1930s men’s gymnasium — former home of the University Museum and now being used by the…
by - February 21, 2012 3:59 pm
A troubled nine-story condo and retail building on Fayetteville’s Dickson Street and adjacent to the University of Arkansas campus has a new marketing and management plan that could help Arvest…
by - February 21, 2012 3:23 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) offered on Tuesday (Feb. 21) a detailed impact of how Republican proposed budget cuts would affect certain state agencies. The Governor has proposed a $4.72 billion…
by - February 21, 2012 12:54 pm
Wal-Mart investors spot more than one reason to sell Tuesday (Feb. 22) as the retail giant’s fourth quarter profits slid 14.7% to $5.163 billion for what is typically the busiest…
by - February 21, 2012 12:05 pm
It's back to work at the Fort Smith Juniors Volleyball club. Just weeks after hosting its most successful nationally ranked tournament in "Arvest Bank's 2012 Battle at the Fort," at…
by - February 21, 2012 10:57 am
Building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren combined to total $13.275 million in January, down 67% compared to the $40.175 million in January 2011. The January loss…
by - February 20, 2012 10:14 pm
The newest Bentonville behemoth, America’s Car-Mart, hit the road at full speed this year and the company’s stock is expected to continue its rally. Car-Mart shares (NASDAQ:CRMT) have risen 104%…
by - February 20, 2012 6:20 pm
About 50 Arkansas Best employees will in a few months move into the former Best Buy building fronting Interstate 540 in Fort Smith as part of a move to create…
by - February 20, 2012 4:05 pm
Fort Smith businessman Wayne King is running for office for the first time as he seeks a seat on the Sebastian County Quorum Court. King, a Republican, is running for…
by - February 20, 2012 2:25 pm
Nano means small. But the word, nor the science is anything new. In recent years the nano revolution has unlocked billions of dollars in commercial applications. The science of reducing…
by - February 18, 2012 4:21 pm
The group opposing former gas executive Sheffield Nelson’s severance tax proposal, Arkansans for Jobs & Affordable Energy, has gotten very serious, very fast. In its January monthly report filed a…
