by - July 1, 2014 12:32 pm
Independence Day vacationers looking to hit the crowded highways during the long Fourth of July weekend will have to shell out a little more of their hard-earned dollars for fuel…
by - July 1, 2014 9:32 am
After a rough start to 2014, all but six of the 17 publicly held companies in Arkansas posted higher stock prices through the second quarter ending June 30. The biggest…
by - July 1, 2014 1:25 am
With a touch of fanfare, Arkansas lawmakers made quick work of the first day of the 89th General Assembly’s second extraordinary session. The House of Representatives met in the Old…
by - June 30, 2014 8:24 pm
The Sebastian County Election Commission on Monday (June 30) voted to hire former County Election Coordinator Jerry Huff as a consultant to work on elections through the end of this…
by - June 30, 2014 6:55 pm
Dan McKay, who has worked for five years as the CEO of Northwest Health System, has been named CEO of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith. McKay is the fourth…
by - June 30, 2014 5:36 pm
Suppliers for Wal-Mart Stores were notified Friday (June 27) that the retailer is making two major changes – including raising the automatic deduction from a supplier’s account to $100,000 –…
by - June 30, 2014 4:46 pm
As the argument over whether the city or Fort Smith should hire an outside auditor to review legal billings following claims of invoices submitted for work never completed continues, the…
by - June 30, 2014 4:18 pm
Sales tax revenues for the city of Fort Smith were down in May, with what appeared to be a narrowing of the revenue gap from the previous month's report evaporating….
by - June 30, 2014 3:44 pm
Springdale, a town of 70,000, has been underserved by Wal-Mart Stores but that’s about to change as the retail giant continues to blanket Northwest Arkansas with new stores. Wal-Mart announced…
by - June 29, 2014 6:24 pm
A co-chair of a task force on teacher health insurance says after this week’s special session, his group plans to study privatizing the troubled school benefits program. Appearing on this…
by - June 28, 2014 12:41 pm
Noble Impact brought its mission of engaging students to pursue public service as entrepreneurs to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith this week, culminating with a Friday afternoon (June…
by - June 28, 2014 12:19 pm
Sondra LaMar, long-time public relations director at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, is leaving UAFS at the end of June, marking almost 42 years working in higher education….
by - June 26, 2014 10:52 pm
Health care changes in the U.S. are dramatically impacting businesses and communities as more consumers gain access to care. This dynamic is a constant challenge for providers like Mercy Health,…
by - June 26, 2014 6:24 pm
It is a story of recovery and growth at Riverbend Industries in Fort Smith, according to CEO Ron Embree. It was just last year that Embree said the company had…
by - June 26, 2014 5:57 pm
Business leaders calling for the state’s public schools to connect to a university-based high-speed network hope to have cost estimates by mid-July and would like Gov. Mike Beebe to call…
by - June 26, 2014 5:48 pm
With the primaries over for state and county offices, focus in Arkansas is shifting to the general election this fall. But locals are likely to start seeing action in municipal…
by - June 26, 2014 5:28 pm
Wal-Mart and many other retailers are wrestling with inventory levels growing faster than sales. In April, Wal-Mart acknowledged during its Year Beginning Meetings that the retailer lost about $3 billion…
by - June 26, 2014 11:43 am
It happened again. Fort Smith City Director Philip Merry's attempt to get an up or down vote on whether the city should hire an auditor to look into legal billings…
by - June 25, 2014 6:28 pm
There was no shortage of new building projects taking shape in May among the region’s four largest cities. Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville issues new construction — commercial and residential…
by - June 25, 2014 3:34 pm
A representative of the state’s largest electric utility on Wednesday compared the Environmental Protection Agency’s new far-reaching guidelines to reduce carbon emissions in Arkansas to Dante’s journey through hell in…
