by - February 23, 2015 7:10 pm
Cold, wintry weather didn’t freeze legislators from taking action on Monday. The House approved a bill that was voted down last week, while $10 million in funding for state inmates…
by - February 23, 2015 6:06 pm
More than 80 ships sitting in the harbor and hundreds of containers stacked in empty parking areas at most of the western ports will take months to sort through now…
by - February 23, 2015 5:30 pm
Memphis native Jennifer McCullough – aka, Chef Jenn – is reeling with excitement as her signature seafood entrees have found their way into 800 Wal-Mart stores just seven months after…
by - February 23, 2015 4:41 pm
The Plains and Eastern Clean Line transmission project will reportedly deliver more than 3,500 megawatts “of low-cost wind power from the Oklahoma Panhandle region to utilities and customers in Tennessee,…
by - February 23, 2015 4:11 pm
Mall and online retailer Dillard’s capped off a healthy year with a mighty fourth quarter as the Little Rock-based company reported rising sales, profits, and gross margins. Dillard’s also reported…
by - February 23, 2015 3:57 pm
An effort by Fort Smith city officials to update mobile food vendor regulations that one city official says are “antiquated” and “too restrictive” is welcomed by such vendors and a…
by - February 22, 2015 6:38 pm
On Wednesday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson unveiled his plan to reform the state’s prison, parole and probation programs in a holistic, comprehensive effort to reduce crime, stem repeat offenders and curtail…
by - February 20, 2015 2:31 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., joined a tourism and travel roundtable on Friday to learn about problems facing public and private officials in one of Arkansas’ largest – and growing…
by - February 19, 2015 8:58 pm
A bill that would take $2.8 billion from general revenues over 10 years and dedicate the money to highways passed the House Committee on Public Transportation on a voice vote…
by - February 19, 2015 7:06 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) on Thursday (Feb. 19) approved the sale of more than 50 acres that could within the next few years be the location of a…
by - February 19, 2015 12:56 pm
This week Dawson Meadows updates us on a Mars Petcare expansion that could add up to 95 good-paying manufacturing jobs, insuring more than $240 million in Fort Smith city assets,…
by - February 19, 2015 12:15 pm
Primary rules of thumb for any partnership is to know your partner and avoid unequally yoked arrangements. That was case for Rogers-based Redman & Associates founder Mel Redman who has…
by - February 19, 2015 11:43 am
Less than a year after promising to address worker pay, Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon has made what he calls a bold move to invest $1 billion in corporate revenue…
by - February 19, 2015 8:23 am
It may have not been a stellar financial year for Wal-Mart Stores, but the global retailer ended its fiscal year with income and revenue numbers heading in the right direction…
by - February 18, 2015 7:19 pm
New restaurants in downtown Bentonville, a new murals festival in downtown Fort Smith and other tourism products that “creates a buzz” are what will help Arkansas’ tourism industry in 2015…
by - February 18, 2015 6:15 pm
Strong car and truck sales along with more on-time payments at America’s Car-Mart helped to push third quarter net profits to $7.461 million, up 407.5% from the lackluster $1.47 million…
by - February 18, 2015 4:49 pm
Community Health Systems plans to invest $10 million in an emergency room expansion at Summit Medical Center in Van Buren, and is also changing the name of Summit to Sparks…
by - February 18, 2015 3:09 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced a prison reform plan Wednesday that will spend $64 million, including $32 million this biennium, to create an additional 790 beds – 288 of them leased…
by - February 18, 2015 2:24 pm
The next U.S. presidential election may come and go before consumers no longer have to choose between buying a few steaks or making a car payment. Multiple metrics are at…
by - February 18, 2015 5:41 am
City directors appeared frustrated with Fort Smith management at the Feb. 17 Board of Directors meeting as part of a discussion to renew insurance for an estimated $240 million in…
