by - February 17, 2011 4:16 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Another chapter in the saga of prison reform was written today…
by - February 17, 2011 1:47 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The most controversial of the multitude of tax cut proposals working…
by - February 17, 2011 10:42 am
The economic impact of 600 jobs coming to Fort Smith when Sykes opens an inbound call at the former Phoenix Village Mall could result in another 106 jobs created that…
by - February 17, 2011 10:35 am
Crawford and Sebastian county homes sales continued to decline and home inventory continued to grow, according to the January Weichert Realtors-King Realty Group Real Estate Report. Figures from the report…
by - February 16, 2011 4:05 pm
Health Management Associates missed a fourth-quarter earnings estimate, but did post an 8.6% gain in 2010 net income. Naples, Fla.-based HMA, the parent company of Sparks Regional Medical Center in…
by - February 16, 2011 2:46 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A measure to ease Arkansas’ prison overcrowding passed a House committee…
by - February 16, 2011 2:17 pm
Legal troubles continue to mount for YRC Worldwide, making the going even tougher for the the nation’s largest trucking — and the primary competitor of Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System…
by - February 16, 2011 8:16 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas House members passed three tax cutting measures out of committee…
by - February 16, 2011 7:14 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] The Emergency Operation Center (EOC) was the talk of Tuesday night’s meeting of the Sebastian County Quorum Court as they discussed the $1 million facility,…
by - February 15, 2011 9:35 pm
What a difference a week makes. On Feb. 8, the Fort Smith Board of Directors appeared ready to push a municipal election on a 1% prepared food tax to support…
by - February 15, 2011 4:06 pm
Lee Ortega, who has spent more than 14 years with art museums and art education institutions on the east coast, is the new director of the Fort Smith Regional Art…
by - February 15, 2011 11:00 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Little Rock, filed a bill Tuesday (Feb….
by - February 15, 2011 9:06 am
Prior to Feb. 8, a majority of the vocal sentiment appeared to be against the Fort Smith Board of Directors simply passing an ordinance to enact a 1% prepared food…
by - February 15, 2011 9:03 am
A recent report from Fitch Ratings suggests a lawsuit filed by Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System holds the potential to bankrupt financially-troubled YRCW — the largest less-than-truckload carrier in the…
by - February 14, 2011 4:57 pm
One of the oft repeated arguments against tax support or other funding support for the Fort Smith Convention Center is that two privately-owned convention centers in Rogers and Springdale are…
by - February 14, 2011 4:24 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Rep. Kathy Webb, D-Little Rock, certainly has influence over where the…
by - February 14, 2011 12:54 pm
A relative decline in Fort Smith population is likely to reduce the city’s annual tax and turnback revenue by at least $340,000 beginning in fiscal year 2012. The calculation, from…
by - February 14, 2011 8:34 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Rep. Jonathan Barnett, R-Siloam Springs has been charged with a daunting…
by - February 14, 2011 8:10 am
Editor’s note: Rep. Leslee Milam-Post, D-Ozark, provided the following commentary on the previous week of the 88th Arkansas General Assembly. A monumental vote took place this week in the House…
by - February 12, 2011 3:27 pm
story info submitted by the Fort Smith Noon Exchange Club Fort Smith business Richard Griffin was honored Friday night as the 2010 Recipient of the Golden Deeds Award at Fianna…
