by April 2, 2015 8:26 am
-The Video Wire: Band justice and The Compass Conference
The Video Wire anchor Dawson Meadows offers a less than factual take on Fort Smith area news and events including info on a “grown up prom” with “tons of roses.”…
by April 2, 2015 8:26 am
-The Video Wire anchor Dawson Meadows offers a less than factual take on Fort Smith area news and events including info on a “grown up prom” with “tons of roses.”…
by April 1, 2015 9:42 pm
-Legislators from the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas give Gov. Asa Hutchinson high marks on his first legislative session. Most who responded to questions from The City Wire were…
by April 1, 2015 8:54 pm
-The bank concentration in Benton and Washington counties is one of the highest in the nation, with 180 branches operated by 31 different banks in the growing region of 500,000…
by April 1, 2015 8:40 pm
-Criticism of Walmart U.S. stores was pointed during a conference Wednesday in New York City. The company needs to improve shopper experiences, fresh food quality, check-out speed, store in-stock levels,…
by April 1, 2015 1:35 pm
-Former U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt, the long-time and popular Congressman of Arkansas’ 3rd Congressional District and one of only two Republicans to defeat Bill Clinton in an election, has…
by April 1, 2015 11:46 am
-Amidst a national backlash and pressure from corporations and special interest groups, Gov. Asa Hutchinson offered a compromise on HB 1228 – a bill that some championed as supportive of…
by March 31, 2015 10:48 pm
-On a day when renewed opposition from the state’s business community implored Gov. Asa Hutchinson to stop HB 1228, a bill dubbed the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act,” the Arkansas House…
by March 31, 2015 10:33 pm
-A standing room only audience of more than 100 residents crowded into the Elm Springs City Hall Tuesday (March 31) to hear more about a proposed $100 million wind farm…
by March 31, 2015 5:02 pm
-Home sales in Arkansas’ four largest markets were up 5.78% in February after falling 2.5% in January, and the number of homes sold during the first two months of 2015…
by March 31, 2015 3:46 pm
-Four charities, a “Thunder Through The Valley” parade in downtown Fort Smith and potentially 5,000 motorcyclists are expected to be part of the inaugural Steel Horse Rally now just a…
by March 31, 2015 3:08 pm
-Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs has found a home in a business application for a company called Holistic Product Group, which prides itself in nurturing a concept or idea through…
by March 31, 2015 2:33 pm
-Jeff Amerine describes himself as a startup junkie, hence the name of his consulting firm on the square in Fayetteville – Startup Junkie Consulting. Simply put, the business, which includes…
by March 30, 2015 8:21 pm
-A nearly $5.2 billion proposed state budget was unveiled Monday morning as lawmakers and state officials begin the arduous task for negotiations this week. The Joint Budget Committee turned in…
by March 30, 2015 8:13 pm
-Arkansas lawmakers and Gov. Asa Hutchinson are on track – as were their counterparts in Indiana – to go against concerns of large employers and influential businesses like Wal-Mart Stores,…
by March 30, 2015 7:42 pm
-Amendments to a bill that would prevent state actions that “substantially burden a person’s right to exercise of religion” passed the House Judiciary Committee Monday despite a heavy presence of…
by March 30, 2015 6:00 pm
-The man who stole more than $272,000 from Southside High School band students and their parents and caused the cancellation of a 2012 band trip to Hawaii was sentenced Monday…
by March 30, 2015 5:07 pm
-The discovery of a human bone and continued erosion at a mound in Fort Smith built by Native Americans has caused The Archaeological Conservancy to expedite its plans to stabilize…
by March 30, 2015 2:50 pm
-Whether online or in-store, 82% of U.S. consumers say they expect a retailer’s prices to be the same when they are shopping, according to a survey of shoppers and 32…
by March 29, 2015 2:07 pm
-The likely last week of this year’s regular legislative session starts Monday with lawmakers facing a boatload of issues and negotiations involving the state’s budget and national pressure over a…
by March 29, 2015 2:04 pm
-On Thursday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson officially named Mike Preston as the new executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, the state agency charged with recruiting and retaining jobs. Preston…