by - April 27, 2015 5:01 pm
Wal-Mart Stores has licenses to sell beer and wine at 546 locations across Texas, but the retail giant wants more and recently filed suit against the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission…
by - April 26, 2015 5:15 pm
More than 35 tech professionals volunteered their expertise and talents to help 10 local nonprofits with website design and functionality at the third annual Northwest Arkansas GiveCamp. The event was…
by - April 26, 2015 4:56 pm
Gay rights, the White House Correspondents Dinner, and a potential scandal involving Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton were among the topics discussed Sunday on a national television news show by…
by - April 24, 2015 1:14 pm
The 16-member Governor’s Council on Common Core Review will need more specifics, particularly about the testing process, Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin, the committee’s chair, said at the conclusion of a…
by - April 24, 2015 2:09 am
Fresh is an important word at Wal-Mart Stores these days as the retail giant’s U.S. CEO Greg Foran believes the retailer can and will do a better job in this…
by - April 23, 2015 2:23 pm
The four largest cities in Northwest Arkansas reported $4.388 million in sales tax revenue last month, inching up just 1.82% from the year ago results. Sales taxes received in April…
by - April 23, 2015 12:53 pm
“Think big, looking forward” was the agenda at J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. annual shareholder meeting Thursday (April 23), and has been the focus of this logistics giant since it’s…
by - April 23, 2015 12:39 pm
Hospitality tax collections are off to a mixed start in the Fort Smith region, but revenue from Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax is off to a record start following a record…
by - April 23, 2015 12:13 pm
As spring rolls into the Ozarks, farmers markets are opening across Benton and Washington counties as if to announce the arrival of a new season. Locally grown fruits, vegetables and…
by - April 23, 2015 7:05 am
Political commentary on taking a middle-of-the-road stance, a criticism of the term “cord cutters,” and a note about a local university professor who doesn’t buy into Fort Smith’s western heritage…
by - April 22, 2015 11:07 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had a profitable 2015 to the tune of $16.182 billion in net profits companywide on gross revenue of $485.651 billion. But that performance was not enough to…
by - April 22, 2015 8:54 pm
Alleged violations of the Foreign Corruption Practices Act by Wal-Mart has cost the retailer more than $612 million in legal fees and compliance restructuring costs over the past three years….
by - April 22, 2015 6:03 pm
College students from the University of Arkansas and John Brown University were among those rolling in the dough at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock on Wednesday. The 2015…
by - April 22, 2015 5:44 pm
Tontitown-based P.A.M. Transportation Services is off to a record start in 2015 reporting net profits of $5.369 million, rallying 296% from the $1.356 million net income reported in the first…
by - April 22, 2015 12:33 pm
Oil and gas giant ExxonMobil Corp. will pay nearly $5 million in state and federal civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and state environmental laws…
by - April 22, 2015 12:12 pm
The U.S. freight sector ended the first quarter on a high note, but authors of closely watched reports say the gains could be shaved in the remainder of 2015 by…
by - April 21, 2015 10:50 pm
Ron Loveless, the first CEO of Sam’s Club, met Sam Walton as a child when Loveless’ mom became Walton’s housekeeper. A friend and one-time executive of Walton and Jack Shewmaker…
by - April 21, 2015 7:18 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services began as a small carrier of rice hulls from eastern Arkansas across the state to the burgeoning poultry industry in Northwest Arkansas in the late 1960s….
by - April 21, 2015 10:51 am
Relatively stable growth in the labor force size and the number of employed held Arkansas’ jobless rate at 5.6% in March. It is the ninth consecutive month the jobless rate…
by - April 21, 2015 10:01 am
Most members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors were hesitant to speculate about funding a trail plan if an upcoming 5% diversion tax fails to gain voter approval, but…
