by - August 10, 2009 9:50 am
Management at the Fort Smith-based companies of Littlefield Oil Convenience Stores and Glidewell Distributing have added mobile computers to their operations to better control product ordering and inventory. CipherLab, based…
by - August 7, 2009 3:05 pm
Editor’s note: With the days, weeks and months seemingly passing faster than ever, it can be difficult to remember what happened yesterday much less the past six months. To that…
by - August 7, 2009 2:55 pm
The proposed federal cap and trade legislation could raise some annual utility bills in Arkansas by as much as $870 a year by 2030. Several Arkansas-based utilities reported Friday to…
by - August 7, 2009 12:48 pm
June hospitality tax collections in Fort Smith and Van Buren reflect recessionary impacts and an “anomaly” of increased hotel and restaurant activity in both cities during the summer of 2008….
by - August 7, 2009 11:34 am
Paul Harvel told a crowd of more than 200 members of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce that the organization will soon be more involved in the world around…
by - August 7, 2009 7:01 am
With natural gas exploration, production and commodity management important to the the Fort Smith regional economy, a July 31 report from the American Gas Association and a recent report from…
by - August 6, 2009 6:02 pm
Business, political and academic leaders gathered Thursday afternoon (Aug. 6) to sign documents creating the Western Arkansas Regional Intermodal Transit Authority — an event U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Rogers, called…
by - August 6, 2009 2:42 pm
If you are a member of Congress facing re-election in 2010, new survey results from TalkBusiness.net suggest a tough election cycle. According to the survey, 69% of Arkansans “somewhat disapprove”…
by - August 6, 2009 2:26 pm
Editor’s note: With the days, weeks and months seemingly passing faster than ever, it can be difficult to remember what happened yesterday much less the past six months. To that…
by - August 5, 2009 5:43 pm
story by Michael Tilley If the board of directors of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce hired Paul Harvel to maintain the status quo, they may have picked the…
by - August 5, 2009 4:36 pm
Arkansans are almost split on their opinion of global warming, but they are clearly opposed to the proposed cap and trade legislation that was approved in the U.S. House of…
by - August 5, 2009 3:09 pm
The good news is that the percentage decline in enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport is slowing for the monthly and annual comparisons. July saw 7,564 boardings out of…
by - August 5, 2009 1:55 pm
Editor’s note: With the days, weeks and months seemingly passing faster than ever, it can be difficult to remember what happened yesterday much less the past six months. To that…
by - August 5, 2009 1:45 pm
A large piece of art amidst the extensive renovation at Southside High School in Fort Smith is part of an effort to change the appearance of the “factory-like” main building…
by - August 5, 2009 8:57 am
The Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center in Booneville could receive more than $2.36 million from the Fiscal Year 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies…
by - August 4, 2009 9:27 pm
In somewhat of a surprise move, the Fort Smith Board of Directors overturned the Fort Smith Planning Commission’s approval of a plan by Peachtree Hospice to build a 11,500-square-foot 12-bed…
by - August 4, 2009 4:05 pm
A committee created to investigate the possibility of merging the management of the Fort Smith Convention Center and the Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) agreed Tuesday (Aug. 4)…
by - August 4, 2009 3:32 pm
Editor’s note: With the days, weeks and months seemingly passing faster than ever, it can be difficult to remember what happened yesterday much less the past six months. To that…
by - August 4, 2009 12:08 pm
Randy Zook is hopeful that job losses in Arkansas’ manufacturing sector will soon abate, but said there are too many complex factors to predict with certainty a timeframe for improvements…
by - August 4, 2009 11:07 am
The state’s July revenue report continues to reflect the recessionary environment, with gross general revenues totaling $406.3 million, a 3.9% dip from July 2008, according to a report issued Tuesday…
