by - September 15, 2015 9:59 pm
You win some, you lose some. For Steve Parke, director of utilities for the city of Fort Smith, the losses are starting to pile up. Parke has faced a firing…
by - September 15, 2015 9:44 pm
A light turnout of voters was recorded Tuesday in the annual school elections with only three contested races on ballots in Fayetteville, Rogers and Bentonville. Uncontested races were recorded elsewhere,…
by - September 15, 2015 7:22 pm
Just over a week after the Department of Energy (DOE) staff provided an update on the status of the controversial Plains & Eastern Clean Line Transmission development, Arkansas’ congressional delegation…
by - September 15, 2015 7:10 pm
Wal-Mart is rolling out grocery pickup options at several of its Northwest Arkansas stores beginning Sept. 23. The retailer said it’s expanding the grocery pickup test in its home market…
by - September 15, 2015 4:29 pm
Agents in the Fort Smith metro area sold 182 homes in August valued at more than $24.772 million. Unit sales in Sebastian and Crawford counties fell slightly from 189 sold…
by - September 15, 2015 1:41 pm
Total employment and the impact of that employment for the Fort Smith-based Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) is greater than original estimates, and the college also has been granted…
by - September 14, 2015 10:14 pm
Real estate agents sold 812 homes in August in Benton and Washington counties worth a cumulative $162.153 million, a robust unit gain of 8.12%, while sales volume increased 10.42% from…
by - September 14, 2015 9:50 pm
Deanie Mehl, president of the Fort Smith School Board, admitted Monday night (Sept. 14) that many on the Board are “hung up on the money” that could be lost by…
by - September 14, 2015 4:56 pm
Tyson Foods is under fire for the animal cruelty claims as well as harboring hazardous working conditions in its Carthage, Texas, poultry processing plant, according to an undercover video released…
by - September 14, 2015 2:45 pm
As the Republican primary for the 2016 Presidential nomination heats up, area GOP lawmakers are weighing in on their party’s candidates with picks, odds, and what the eventual nominee can…
by - September 13, 2015 5:47 pm
Challenger Bill Hanesworth and incumbent Fort Smith School Board member Rick Wade will square off in one of two contested races on Tuesday (Sept. 15). One issue that isn’t ready…
by - September 13, 2015 5:14 pm
President Barack Obama’s legislative victory last week to advance his U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement is far from over, according to U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, who says new benchmarks and an…
by - September 13, 2015 4:45 pm
Union Pacific Corp. said Friday afternoon that it is furloughing employees across the nation, but did not have details on how many Arkansas workers may be affected as the railroad…
by - September 10, 2015 9:54 pm
Retooling, river traffic, regulations and refrigerator manufacturers were part of the discussion Thursday (Sept. 10) when Rheem Air Conditioning’s General Manager Mike Branson met with the media as part of…
by - September 10, 2015 7:43 pm
It’s been nearly three months since retail giant Wal-Mart Stores began sending out modified supplier contracts requesting warehousing fees or shared supply-chain costs and extended payment terms on items that…
by - September 10, 2015 7:26 pm
TVW anchor Dawson Meadows, who must have been stoned when he dressed himself prior to taping, airs a complaint about himself and a local attorney not being selected for a…
by - September 10, 2015 4:13 pm
Gas prices have dipped well below the $2 mark in most areas of state, and a number of locations in several isolated urban areas in Central Arkansas, Texarkana, Fort Smith…
by - September 10, 2015 4:07 pm
President Obama’s unpopularity in Arkansas will make 2016 election wins difficult for Democrats in Arkansas even though Obama is not going to be on the ticket. That’s not good news…
by - September 10, 2015 3:21 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods is serious about its 2.0 version update now one-year following the $8.55 billion acquisition of Hillshire Brands. Tyson Foods executive Tom Hayes recently told analysts that the…
by - September 9, 2015 5:18 pm
CardHub reports consumers racked up $32.1 billion in new credit card balances during the second quarter ending June 30. Not only is this the largest second-quarter binge since the study began…
