by - August 3, 2011 1:01 pm
All eight metro areas in or connected to Arkansas saw June jobless rate increases compared to May and compared to June 2010, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
by - August 3, 2011 9:19 am
story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Students arriving on the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith campus at the start of the fall semester on Aug….
by - August 2, 2011 9:00 pm
story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted to approve the fluoridation of the city’s water supply in Tuesday’s (August 2) regular meeting. Act 197 of…
by - August 2, 2011 3:52 pm
Fort Smith officials, food relief agencies and utilities are just a few of the organizations scrambling to react to a heat wave that has seen the Fort Smith area suffer…
by - August 2, 2011 1:55 pm
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Monday night (Aug.1) on a debt ceiling agreement that was supported by Arkansas’ three Republican Congressman and the state’s lone Democratic rep. That vote…
by - August 2, 2011 1:44 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Nearly a month has passed since the Republican Party of Arkansas…
by - August 2, 2011 11:23 am
A Republican primary is already shaping up for the Arkansas House of Representatives seat (District 76) representing Fort Smith. Fort Smith businessman and former educator Mat Pitsch announced Tuesday (Aug….
by - August 2, 2011 10:14 am
Arkansas’ 2012 fiscal year is off to a good start with July tax collections reaching $434.8 million, up 2.1% over July 2010. However, the revenue during the quarter was 0.8%…
by - August 2, 2011 9:38 am
Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. blew past the consensus earnings estimate of Wall Street analysts to post second quarter net income of $5.298 million, a significant improvement over the loss…
by - August 1, 2011 4:16 pm
Editor’s note: Updates throughout the story. St. Edward Mercy CEO Jeff Johnston is leaving the Fort Smith hospital to lead St. John’s Mercy in St. Louis — the largest hospital…
by - August 1, 2011 8:15 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Current and former Fayetteville Shale leaders Southwestern Energy and BHP Billiton…
by - August 1, 2011 8:10 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] With re-election to Congress no longer on the horizon, U.S. Rep….
by - July 29, 2011 7:21 pm
That didn’t take long. On Friday (July 29), the three-member Board of Apportionment (BOA) — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and Secretary of State Mark Martin —…
by - July 29, 2011 3:10 pm
Six of the nation’s leading broadband providers on Friday (July 29) submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) a proposal to speed broadband deployment to more than 4 million Americans…
by - July 29, 2011 9:31 am
The Northwest Arkansas Council has hired Michael Harvey to help lead the group’s effort to work with area chambers and communities to push an aggressive economic development plan approved in…
by - July 28, 2011 2:18 pm
Supporters of the 1% prepared food tax are ready to push a campaign now that a special election has been set for Nov. 8. The tax was originally approved by…
by - July 28, 2011 12:51 pm
story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] In a special meeting on Thursday (July 28), the Fort Smith Board of Directors voted unanimously to repeal the 1% prepared food tax, reenact the…
by - July 28, 2011 12:39 pm
Of the 211 metro markets monitored by RealtyTrac, the Northwest Arkansas metro area ranked 21st with respect to the highest number of foreclosures per households during the first half of…
by - July 28, 2011 11:50 am
The American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage Index — a key measure of health in the national trucking industry — rose 2.8% in June following a revised 2% decline in May….
by - July 27, 2011 6:43 pm
A proposed restructuring of the Fort Smith Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) includes a “hybrid” incubator/advanced business support center that would be housed at Chaffee Crossing and directed by a…
