by - February 5, 2015 6:42 pm
A pair of bills involving the funding and operation of the state’s Private Option healthcare program for the poor and uninsured were approved by the House Thursday afternoon. The state…
by - February 5, 2015 6:25 pm
The City Wire and Things To Do In Fort Smith are working together to provide an entertaining way to deliver recent news and to provide the readers of both websites…
by - February 5, 2015 6:14 pm
Northwest Arkansas, a cradle of entrepreneurship, is well-versed on the importance of the small business community. The region helped birth three Fortune 500 companies that still call it home. “Small…
by - February 5, 2015 5:59 pm
John James left the comfort of a successful business to lead an intense $100 million venture fund in Northwest Arkansas. Why? Because James says he’s more interested in the journey…
by - February 5, 2015 3:01 pm
Those who have served in the U.S. military are likely familiar with the phrase “Hurry up and wait.” But the U.S. Air Force appears to be in a hurry-up-and-move-fast mode…
by - February 4, 2015 4:27 pm
AccuWeather.com is predicting more severe storms in and around Arkansas during the upcoming Spring weather cycle. The severe weather season will ramp up compared to the past three years, as…
by - February 4, 2015 3:18 pm
January building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren totaled $8.777 million, down 7.29% compared to January 2014. However, Fort Smith and Greenwood did see big value gains…
by - February 4, 2015 1:37 pm
Tool maker Marshalltown Company continues to invest in its growing manufacturing centers in Fayetteville. Jack Murders, vice president of the company’s Arkansas operations, told The City Wire that a 50,000…
by - February 4, 2015 1:03 pm
Retail veteran Judith McKenna took over as the chief operations officer for Walmart’s U.S. division just seven weeks ago and she’s wasting not a single minute in reaching out to…
by - February 4, 2015 12:44 pm
A major expansion to women’s health services at Washington Regional Medical Center is being planned with construction expected to begin later this month that will lead to 125 new jobs…
by - February 4, 2015 7:39 am
With 2014 net income up more than 190% and annual revenue up almost 14%, officials with Fort Smith-based ArcBest plans to spend $200 million during 2015 to modernize and expand…
by - February 3, 2015 10:54 pm
The majority of the Fort Smith Board of Directors voted to overturn Mayor Sanders’ veto of funding the Steel Horse Motorcycle Rally at the Feb. 3 regular meeting, but they…
by - February 3, 2015 5:30 pm
A bill that would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, sent a clear message to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, members of the…
by - February 3, 2015 4:51 pm
Retail behemoth Wal-Mart Stores may not admit it but retail experts don’t doubt there is already a team in Bentonville mulling the opportunities that may await just 90 miles off…
by - February 3, 2015 1:41 pm
Homeowners who purchased property near downtown Bentonville at the market peak have likely seen strong equity gains since 2006, but that is not the case for other areas across the…
by - February 3, 2015 12:15 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Arkansas will receive $21.5 million as a result of a $1.375 billion state-federal settlement involving Standard & Poor’s Financial Services. Arkansas, the U.S. Department…
by - February 3, 2015 12:10 pm
Arkansas tax collections for the first seven months of the fiscal year are up 3.8%, with sales and use tax collections – a measure of consumer spending and confidence –…
by - February 2, 2015 3:39 pm
The question for Arkansas’ home sales market going into 2014 was if the healthy pace of growth in 2013 could be maintained. It could, and it was. There were 21,447…
by - February 2, 2015 2:59 pm
The Kyya Chocolate story was born in 2012 when a nonprofit group traveled to a Uganda orphanage with the idea of building relationships and a chicken farm for a local…
by - February 2, 2015 2:29 pm
There have been few major changes in the physical retail supply chain that has served big box retailers for more than three decades. But as more consumers shift to online…
