by - May 27, 2011 4:25 pm
Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge Michael Fitzhugh on Friday granted an injunction stopping collection of the 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith. The Citizens for Responsible Taxation on May…
by - May 27, 2011 11:58 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] After months of reports on questionable state legislative reimbursements and expenditures…
by - May 27, 2011 10:15 am
Editor’s note: The following is a note from Dr. Kevin Kitka, an emergency room physician who was on duty the night St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., took…
by - May 27, 2011 8:58 am
It could be as early as mid- to late-June when Arkansas Supreme Court appoints a special judge to consider the petition for removal of Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins….
by - May 27, 2011 8:15 am
If there was a dark cloud in the highlights for America’s Car-Mart’s fourth quarter results, it would have to be invisible. The Bentonville-based "buy here, pay here" used car dealer…
by - May 26, 2011 5:29 pm
Editor’s note: This is the final of four stories in the “Seven to see (72C)” series profiling the musical acts appearing at the Wakarusa Music Festival (June 2-5). Last year…
by - May 26, 2011 2:03 pm
story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Students enrolled in a Business in China class at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith now view China in…
by - May 26, 2011 10:53 am
The April tonnage report from the American Trucking Associations’ indicates that the pace of business in the national trucking industry is improving but inconsistent. And an economic forecast report from…
by - May 26, 2011 9:52 am
A relaxing vacation getaway may be a misnomer this Memorial Day weekend with crowded highways, high pump prices and spikes in airfares, hotel and car rental rates. In addition, several…
by - May 26, 2011 9:41 am
Capital spending in the U.S. fell dramatically in 2009, reaching a five-year low with the manufacturing and information sectors seeing the largest declines, according to a recent report from the…
by - May 25, 2011 7:01 pm
Editor’s note: This is the third of four stories in the “Seven to see (72C)” series profiling the musical acts appearing at the Wakarusa Music Festival (June 2-5). Last year…
by - May 25, 2011 6:50 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Kraft Foods and Planters Peanuts celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Fort Smith plant on Wednesday at an onsite, invitation-only event. Taking center stage were…
by - May 25, 2011 9:45 am
First quarter 2011 economic conditions were mostly unchanged compared to the 2010 period, but sales tax gains and improving employment figures indicate improving momentum. According to The Compass Report, economic…
by - May 25, 2011 9:27 am
Jim Dunn believes it reasonable that 165,000 people will visit the U.S. Marshals Museum during its first full year of operation. Dunn, the director of the U.S. Marshals Museum, said…
by - May 25, 2011 8:32 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] After 4 regional meetings to visit with its membership, the Arkansas…
by - May 24, 2011 7:06 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Fort Smith Regional Airport Commissioners chose not to take any chances regarding the weather at May’s monthly meeting. Memories of crowding into the airport bathrooms…
by - May 24, 2011 5:02 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of four stories in the “Seven to see (72C)” series profiling the musical acts appearing at the Wakarusa Music Festival (June 2-5). Last year…
by - May 24, 2011 4:15 pm
The Citizens for Responsible Taxation on Tuesday (May 24) filed a lawsuit asking to stop collection of a 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith until a jury trial can…
by - May 24, 2011 3:14 pm
The more than 11-year saga with the former Mallalieu Methodist Church in north Fort Smith took another twist Tuesday (May 24) when University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Chancellor Paul…
by - May 24, 2011 1:53 pm
FDIC-insured banks in Arkansas during the first quarter of 2011 made more money, employed fewer people and were fewer in number than the first quarter of 2010. The 127 banks…
