by - October 1, 2015 9:02 am
The Video Wire: Squirrels, wrestling and tube socks
Dawson Meadows predicts that a recent story on The City Wire about the mascot controversy at Southside High School will be the last story on the issue. “The word is…
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by The City Wire staff - September 30, 2015 7:19 pm
Nation’s medical coding system makes big switch on Thursday
If you’re attacked by a turkey today, Arkansas medical providers will submit claims under one set of codes. If it happens tomorrow, they’ll use a different set – if they’re…
by The City Wire staff - September 30, 2015 7:02 pm
Fort Smith area jobless rate drops to 5.4% in August, jobs up year-over-year
The number of employed in the Fort Smith metro during August took a slight dip compared to July, but was up almost 2% compared to August 2014. Also, the number…
by The City Wire staff - September 30, 2015 6:57 pm
Northwest Arkansas jobless rate falls to 3.6% in August, jobs up more than 4%
The Northwest Arkansas job market in August fell back compared to July, but continues to show healthy year-over-year gains, with the number of employed up more than 4%. The jobless…
by The City Wire staff - September 30, 2015 5:30 pm
Trend still positive for Fort Smith sales tax revenue through August
After posting wide variations for the past three reporting months, city of Fort Smith sales tax revenue moderated in the August report to a 2.29% gain for city sales taxes…
by The City Wire staff - September 30, 2015 4:17 pm
The Supply Side: Core Brewery & Distillery gets its beer inside Walmart
Jesse Core has been on the fast track with his Springdale-based Core Brewery & Distillery. He took the beer-making hobby seriously and has turned it into a thriving business over…
by The City Wire staff - September 30, 2015 3:21 pm
More development planned for Pleasant Grove Road area of Rogers
Areas on both sides of Pleasant Grove Road have grown in recent months with the opening of Whataburger in August and the $3.6 million Burlington Coat Factory in the next…
by The City Wire staff - September 29, 2015 8:24 pm
Arkansas Governor visits Cuba, says state well-positioned for trade
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) and a delegation of nearly 50 Arkansas business leaders and state officials are in Cuba for a series of meetings with government officials. The communist island…
by The City Wire staff - September 29, 2015 8:13 pm
Arkansas ranks 42nd in U.S. national defense spending by state
Exactly a week after Gov. Asa Hutchinson unveiled a new initiative to woo more military jobs and spending to the state, the Pentagon on Monday (Sept. 28) released a comprehensive…
by The City Wire staff - September 29, 2015 7:44 pm
Northwest Arkansas real estate lots reach lowest level since 2008
The recent Skyline Report conducted by the University of Arkansas Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) found there were 27,850 lots available in the 381 active subdivisions identified by…
by The City Wire staff - September 29, 2015 6:00 pm
Major street work in Washington County are finished or near completion
Orange and white barrels and cones have become a way of life across Northwest Arkansas, including major street projects in Fayetteville and Springdale. While the Arkansas Highway and Transportation continues…
by The City Wire staff - September 29, 2015 5:20 pm
Wal-Mart tweaks store rules for better in-stocks, grocery pickup expanded
Wal-Mart has made several new changes to its in-store supply chain operations over recent weeks as the retailer gears up to rollout its grocery pickup option in more cities across…
by The City Wire staff - September 29, 2015 12:37 pm
Fort Smith metro bank deposits rise to $4.3 billion, up 4.7%
Consumers and businesses in the Fort Smith metro area socked away more than $4.312 billion in 20 area banks across the region as of June 30, 2015. This is up…
by The City Wire staff - September 29, 2015 12:27 pm
Bank deposits in Northwest Arkansas exceed $9 billion, up 5.85%
Consumers and businesses have socked away more than $9.053 billion in 38 banks in Northwest Arkansas as of June 30, according to the annual Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. summary of…
by The City Wire staff - September 28, 2015 10:39 pm
Fort Smith Public School Board votes to endorse charter school application
The Fort Smith Public School Board on Monday (Sept. 28) voted to endorse a public enrollment charter school planned for the district, with two new Board members likely playing a…
by The City Wire staff - September 28, 2015 9:58 pm
Unsuccessful effort made to reverse mascot change at Southside High School
In a surprise move that later was revealed to be a planned move, newly elected Fort Smith School Board member Wade Gilkey attempted Monday night (Sept. 28) to reverse course…
by The City Wire staff - September 28, 2015 8:36 pm
Retailers cite reverse supply chain woes, online returns as major hurdle
Moving toward various format (omnichannel) to market, sell and distribute goods, retailers across North America cite online returns as the biggest hurdle they face in transforming their supply chains, according…
by The City Wire staff - September 28, 2015 1:13 pm
Arkansas officials approve $6.7 million state tourism advertising budget
The Arkansas State Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission unanimously approved the 2016 Spring/Summer Advertising and Marketing Proposal presented by CJRW, the advertising agency of record for the Department of Parks…
by The City Wire staff - September 28, 2015 1:04 pm
Springdale-based NOWDiagnostics succeeding with new medical tests
A Northwest Arkansas-based company is developing blood tests it says will diagnose a range of medical conditions as accurately as current lab tests, but much more quickly and cheaply and…
by The City Wire staff - September 28, 2015 12:48 pm
Air travel slows in Arkansas through August, up in U.S. through second quarter
Air travel at Arkansas’ three largest commercial airports continued to slow in August, the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) the only airport to post a year-to-date gain. However, spending nationwide…