by - April 19, 2011 11:34 am
State jobless rate remains at 7.8%
Arkansas’ unemployment rate was 7.8% in March, the third consecutive month for the rate level, with the number of employed moving up to 1.263 million. The Arkansas jobless rate in…
by - April 19, 2011 11:34 am
Arkansas’ unemployment rate was 7.8% in March, the third consecutive month for the rate level, with the number of employed moving up to 1.263 million. The Arkansas jobless rate in…
by - April 19, 2011 8:51 am
The number of Fort Smith area properties in a foreclosure action during the first three months of 2011 totaled 407, down more than 20% compared to the 2010 period, according…
by - April 18, 2011 11:17 am
More than 17 hours of providing food service for events at Kay Rodgers Park (rodeo-fair grounds) was the reason Fort Smith City Director George Catsavis was the only director to…
by - April 18, 2011 8:30 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] We took a comprehensive look at the major highlights of the…
by - April 18, 2011 8:16 am
Fort Smith City Director Pam Weber is a horrible cook. City Director Don Hutchings’ first sermon was a disaster. Such were the revelations during a Fort Smith Board of Directors’…
by - April 16, 2011 6:45 pm
Ron Holifield conducted an almost 7-hour retreat Saturday (April 16) with the bottom-line purpose of encouraging the Fort Smith Board of Directors to make decisions that are vision driven, evidence…
by - April 15, 2011 6:16 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors could hire a new deputy city administrator as early as Tuesday (April 19). The position, with a salary in roughly in the $85,000 to…
by - April 15, 2011 4:41 pm
Team building, understanding expectations and discussing board operations are parts of the agenda for a Saturday (April 16) retreat by the Fort Smith Board of Directors. The retreat begins at…
by - April 15, 2011 11:45 am
Weather slowed regional tourism activity during February, but the tourism sector still shows signs — albeit modest — of recovery. February hospitality tax collections in Van Buren totaled $27,718, down…
by - April 15, 2011 11:23 am
Wal-Mart announced Friday (April 15) an “open invitation” to join their Internet affiliation, a response to the April 8 move by Overstock.com to drop its Arkansas affiliates in response to…
by - April 15, 2011 8:40 am
Just weeks into the U.S. government’s official summer driving season, Arkansans and U.S. motorists are already seeing pump prices at peak vacation levels when most Americans hit the road. Traditionally,…
by - April 15, 2011 7:57 am
The world’s largest retailer wants a say in Arkansas’ energy efficiency rulemaking, according to this report from Talk Business. In a Thursday filing at the state Public Service Commission, Walmart…
by - April 14, 2011 10:13 am
story by Michael Tilley [email protected] U.S. District Judge Robert Dawson was clear during a May 2010 conversation about the bullying case he was set to hear in Fayetteville. He…
by - April 14, 2011 9:07 am
story info submitted by the University of Arkansas Fort Smith businessman Mark Rumsey and his wife Vicki have donated $571,000 to a child study center at the University of Arkansas…
by - April 14, 2011 7:08 am
First-quarter earnings of $50.1 million for J.B. Hunt Transport Services best analyst estimates, with the company’s intermodal segment again leading the positive results. Also, Bank of the Ozarks reported lower…
by - April 13, 2011 6:16 pm
It’s not life and death, like his son David faces in Afghanistan, but Van Buren Mayor Bob Freeman said political and business leaders in the Fort Smith metro area must…
by - April 13, 2011 4:35 pm
A five-year funding and action plan for the Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA) was approved Wednesday (April 13), with much of the financial support coming from four area governments and…
by - April 13, 2011 10:37 am
Fort Smith City Clerk Sherri Gard will hold a public hearing April 20 on the “sufficiency of referendum petitions” that seek a public vote on the 1% prepared food tax….
by - April 13, 2011 8:49 am
Officials with Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System and those in the trucking industry closely watching a $750 million action by ABF against the Teamsters and trucking giant YRC must now…
by - April 12, 2011 5:34 pm
Now that it is becoming apparent the Fort Smith region will be diced up between the 3rd and 4th Congressional districts, area leaders are moving from angry resistance to less-than-angry…