by - November 30, 2011 7:35 pm
Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck left Tuesday night’s Sebastian County quorum court budget meeting feeling “saddened” by what he saw. An overwhelming majority of court members voted down his request…
by - November 30, 2011 6:17 pm
At least two meetings were held Wednesday (Nov. 30) morning in Fort Smith during which business, political and military leaders began to form a game plan for protecting the 188th…
by - November 30, 2011 4:55 pm
A slow economic recovery, flatline revenue growth, and potential federal funding cuts have Gov. Mike Beebe (D) convinced that he won’t try to reduce the state’s grocery tax in his…
by - November 30, 2011 8:32 am
In the latest installment of “The CEO’s,” by Talk Business, Delta Trust and Bank CEO French Hill visits with Bennie Westphal, CEO of The Westphal Group, a Fort Smith-based oil…
by - November 30, 2011 8:22 am
The announced increases in Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday shopping are welcome news to a national trucking industry still struggling to emerge from a freight recession that some say…
by - November 29, 2011 7:29 pm
The Fort Smith Convention Center will continue to operate under the Advertising and Promotion Commission under a new lease agreement. Tuesday afternoon city leaders approved a three month lease extension…
by - November 29, 2011 5:05 pm
The formal process to move mail processing operations from Fayetteville to Little Rock has begun, with a public hearing on the matter set for 6 p.m., Dec. 14, at the…
by - November 29, 2011 3:56 pm
Sign and print companies, rejoice. St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith will adopt a new name and logo beginning in April 2012 as part of a move by…
by - November 29, 2011 11:21 am
Tuesday’s (Nov. 29) announcement by American Airlines that it will seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization is not expected to change service at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport or the Fort…
by - November 29, 2011 8:48 am
Editor’s note: This is another story in an ongoing series about the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Previous stories covered the opening of the museum, the connections…
by - November 28, 2011 9:10 am
Fort Smith sales tax collections in the October report were up 5.19%, with overall collections on track to end two consecutive years of collection declines. The city’s portion of the…
by - November 28, 2011 8:02 am
One of the nation’s top trucking economists says continued growth in tonnage hauled by the industry is becoming a clear sign that the U.S. economy is not headed back into…
by - November 28, 2011 7:58 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] House Revenue and Tax Committee Chairman Davy Carter (R-Cabot) wants to…
by - November 23, 2011 4:19 pm
A Nov. 21 letter from Van Buren Municipal Utilities Commission Chairman C.E. Dougan provides a different take on the water rate “true-up” issue between the commission and the city of…
by - November 23, 2011 7:15 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] The Fort Smith Board of Directors reached an agreement Tuesday night on spending cuts from the general fund in order to keep the Fort Smith…
by - November 22, 2011 7:32 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] The end of the year always brings with it budget discussion and approvals for the 365 days ahead, and both were on display at Tuesday…
by - November 22, 2011 5:38 pm
story by Michael Tilley [email protected] The 188th Fighter Wing based in Fort Smith may be one of the many military cuts possibly to result from Congressional failure to reach a…
by - November 22, 2011 4:02 pm
“It’s been a long time, folks,” Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge Jim Spears said Tuesday (Nov. 22) in announcing to the Fort Smith Board of Directors that a statue of…
by - November 22, 2011 10:51 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 8.2% during October, with the number of employed increasing an estimated 7,424 from the September report, according to figures released Tuesday (Nov. 22) by the…
by - November 22, 2011 8:46 am
Announcing the placement of a Hardwood Tree Museum at Chaffee Crossing is a move to begin preserving the artifacts and other history related to the numerous economies built around the…
