by - March 27, 2009 5:03 pm
The River Valley Primary Care Services facility in Ratcliff (Franklin County) will receive $171,806 from the more than $3.09 million granted to Arkansas community health centers from the federal stimulus…
by - March 27, 2009 4:51 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officials said Friday they will close an optical lab in Ohio and move some of the jobs to Fayetteville and Crawfordsville, Ind. The optical lab in Lockbourne,…
by - March 27, 2009 4:33 pm
The City Wire economic review for the week of Mar. 23 – March 27: REGIONAL/STATE• The executive committee of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce interviewed five candidates for…
by - March 27, 2009 3:17 pm
Although many banks based in the Fort Smith area saw declines in 2008 net income, the financial health of regional banks continues to be stable relative to their counterparts in…
by - March 27, 2009 3:02 pm
An action sought by Fort Smith-based Arkansas-Oklahoma Gas Corp. would lower the average residential summer natural gas bill by $1.74, and the average small commercial summer gas bill by $11.93….
by - March 27, 2009 10:06 am
Arkansas’ February unemployment rate increased to 6.6%, up over the 6.4% rate in January, and up significantly over the 4.8% rate in February 2009. The striking figure is that Arkansas’…
by - March 26, 2009 7:33 am
An energy-saving program between St. Edward Mercy Medical Center and OG&E reportedly saves enough electricity to annually power more than 1,350 Arkansas homes. Officials with Oklahoma City-based OG&E are scheduled…
by - March 25, 2009 8:41 pm
Genteel readers can follow their Peter and go with pasta, pizza and Prince.
by - March 25, 2009 8:10 pm
A February tonnage index reported by the American Trucking Associations’ notes two consecutive months of increases — good news for a sector facing more than two years of freight volume…
by - March 25, 2009 4:00 pm
Newspaper photographer called it the “Haircut heard round the world.”
by - March 25, 2009 2:59 pm
The largest shareholder of the company that owns the KHBS-KHOG 40/29 television station operating in the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas markets announced Wednesday it will seek to acquire 100%…
by - March 25, 2009 10:52 am
ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva says the future of a $100 million joint energy venture with Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. is in doubt. ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods announced in 2007 a…
by - March 25, 2009 10:44 am
Gatorade and Zyrtec were the most popular 2008 new food brands and non-food brands, respectively, according to Chicago-based Information Resources (IRI). Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. broke into the top 10…
by - March 25, 2009 9:31 am
Final part of a three-part series from a recent Allan Meltzer lecture.
by - March 24, 2009 5:49 pm
Editor’s note: This story is part of an effort by The City Wire to provide information about The Employee Free Choice Act. The proposed federal act seeks to make unionization…
by - March 24, 2009 1:10 pm
The Cherokee Casino in Sallisaw is hosting a Chili Cook-off on Friday, April 17th from 11:00am until 1:00pm. $5.00 admission gets you a taster kit and scorecard, plus hot dogs…
by - March 24, 2009 12:42 pm
And a good time was had by all … except maybe for Peter’s liver.
by - March 24, 2009 9:26 am
Average and median prices of new and existing homes in the Fort Smith/Van Buren markets dropped 7.2% and 2.7%, respectively, between Aug. 4 and Mar. 23, according to figures from…
by - March 24, 2009 9:22 am
It’s your intellectual property. Protect it with a little help from the federal government.
by - March 24, 2009 9:15 am
It’s important to respect the reach of the long arm of the IRS.
