by - November 4, 2009 3:58 pm
A definitive agreement to sell Sparks Health System to Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates has been signed, according to a Wednesday (Nov. 4) statement by HMA. After a failed attempt…
by - November 4, 2009 3:07 pm
Members of the Federal Reserve said the national economy is improving and kept the federal funds rate at 0% to 0.25%. The key rate is essentially the interest rate at…
by - November 4, 2009 2:28 pm
Editor’s note: The following story was written for TBQ magazine, a quarterly publication produced by Little Rock-based journalist Roby Brock. Link here for more information about the magazine and its…
by - November 4, 2009 10:45 am
Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from CrawfoRoad, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….
by - November 4, 2009 8:17 am
Going green for Kevin Mounce and his two brothers is more about saving money and being smart rather than being part of a movement to save the planet. In June,…
by - November 3, 2009 9:22 pm
As of Sept. 30, 2009, Arkansas has been awarded $1.1 billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Of that amount, $322.8 million has been received and $112.5 million…
by - November 3, 2009 8:43 pm
The Fort Smith Department of Sanitation will gear up to provide trash service to about 4,700 households in south Fort Smith who now have their trash picked up by Altes…
by - November 3, 2009 8:12 pm
Fort Smith City Director Gary Campbell is proposing that the city can solve its future and certain convention center deficit by using the Arkansas Municipal Health Benefit plan to cover…
by - November 3, 2009 4:05 pm
The decline in Arkansas tax collections moderated somewhat in October, with the year-to-date dip moving from 7.2% in September to 7.3% in October. Total Arkansas tax collections for the first…
by - November 3, 2009 2:02 pm
Someone forgot to tell homebuilders in the Fort Smith area about the national recession and the woes of the national homebuilding sector. The city of Fort Smith in October issued…
by - November 3, 2009 12:07 pm
Part of what is dragging down the favorable ratings of U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., are the unfavorable ratings of Pres. Barack Obama. Obama’s favorable rating in Arkansas has declined…
by - November 3, 2009 11:33 am
Editor’s note: Story by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. A week after opening…
by - November 2, 2009 4:27 pm
Arkansas’ per capita personal income in 2008 ranked 46th in the U.S., the highest ranking since Alaska and Hawaii were admitted to the Union, according to research from Arkansas Policy…
by - November 2, 2009 3:44 pm
Arkansas’ economy saw “weak” signs of improvement and there were better signs of growth from a closely watched national manufacturing report. Overall, both reports provide reasons for economic hope for…
by - November 2, 2009 9:34 am
The poll numbers continue to slip for U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D.-Ark. Lincoln faces a tough election cycle in 2010. Several Republicans have stepped up to the challenge, including Stanley…
by - October 31, 2009 7:07 pm
Boosting Science, Engineering and Technology the focus of a robotics competition held at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.
by - October 30, 2009 5:19 pm
Arkansas’ two U.S. Senators are now picking up the coin cause began in June by U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Rogers. U.S. Sens. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and Mark Pryor, D-Ark., have…
by - October 30, 2009 4:25 pm
Appropriations of $300,000 for water system improvements at Fort Chaffee and $362,000 for land acquisition near the Fort Smith National Historic Site survived a conference report in Congress and should…
by - October 30, 2009 10:15 am
Rheem is in the process of calling back as many as 208 people to production at the company’s Fort Smith manufacturing plant, making it the second large manufacturing operation this…
by - October 30, 2009 8:45 am
Arkansans don’t like the direction of the overall economy, despite being more positive about their personal financial situations. In a Talk Business Quarterly Poll of 600 likely Arkansas voters conducted…
