by - September 9, 2014 8:13 pm
The amount of land to be purchased for a voter-approved, bond-financed $20 million county jail facility in Crawford County could be growing in size if a plan discussed at Tuesday…
by - September 9, 2014 5:42 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors received an update on the effort to update the city's comprehensive plan that has been underway since last year. Senior Associate Silvia Vargas of…
by - September 9, 2014 4:51 pm
Ground was broken on a fourth Centennial Bank location at 5801 Rogers Ave. on Tuesday (Sept. 9), bringing an investment of more than $1 million to the local economy. The…
by - September 9, 2014 4:08 pm
Executives with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. gathered Tuesday (Sept. 10) for a meeting designed to reinforce efforts to empower women like 20-year-old Avani Bhadra of India, and Veronica Moreno, a tortilla…
by - September 9, 2014 4:04 pm
There’s a major shift underway in how health insurance costs will be covered as corporations are transferring more of the burden toward employees. Higher deductibles, spousal surcharges and reduced availability…
by - September 9, 2014 2:41 pm
Dried rice, soy protein, vitamins and minerals fed through a funnel collected in a plastic bag, weighed and sealed by volunteers might seem like an easy task. But it’s also…
by - September 8, 2014 9:39 pm
Mel Redman was the early face of the much-publicized effort by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to return manufacturing jobs on the U.S., but his company faces a troubling hitch in plans…
by - September 8, 2014 7:50 pm
Whirlpool submitted a proposed supplement to its Final Remedy Work Plan on Monday (Sept. 8) to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality that would add additional injections of chemical oxidant…
by - September 8, 2014 6:20 pm
The rash of earthquakes plaguing the state of Oklahoma have the state's governor and insurance head pushing for new regulations for insurance agents, but at least one local agent said…
by - September 8, 2014 5:40 pm
The local economy is showing signs of strength but area bankers said the competition for new loans is as fierce as ever as they also continue to face regulatory-related expenses…
by - September 8, 2014 5:22 pm
Mary Beth Brooks, president and CEO of Bank of Fayetteville, has been appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe as a member of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, the 16-member panel that…
by - September 7, 2014 9:44 pm
Rick Webb is tasked with helping solve big problems and improving global processes at the world’s largest retailer. He leads a team of other engineers dispersed around the planet who…
by - September 7, 2014 9:03 pm
If you’re tired of Republicans and Democrats, there may be an alternative for you in the November election. In the Governor’s race, the focus has been on major party candidates…
by - September 5, 2014 8:01 am
The proposed Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine announced the formation of an atypical construction management partnership at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Breakfast this morning (Sept….
by - September 4, 2014 8:52 pm
Food insecurity is a problem that has only grown in severity since the financial crisis of 2008, according to a local food bank executive. Arvest Bank is teaming up with…
by - September 4, 2014 7:32 pm
Voters in the Greenwood School District will go to the polls on Sept. 16 to decide whether to increase the district's millage rate by 1.9 mils and generate an estimated…
by - September 4, 2014 6:17 pm
Jeff Amerine says there is no cure for serial entrepreneurs whether they are age 17 or 37 or 97. Even if launching a startup venture and seeing it through two…
by - September 4, 2014 4:35 pm
No one told Keith Scheffler that moving his plastics manufacturing business from Asia to Lowell, Ark., would be easy, even if Wal-Mart Stores is the company’s largest customer. Scheffler, owner…
by - September 4, 2014 1:00 pm
A recent study released by the website Nerd Wallet lists Fort Smith as one of the cities in America "that are borrowing the least smart," but according to a Walton…
by - September 3, 2014 7:03 pm
Arkansas may have just had its coldest July on record, according to an Aug. 12 report from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, but it does not mean the state is…
