Fort Smith

The Supply Side: Suppliers near Wal-Mart 30% rule to see more pressure

Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon’s renewed focus on the “every day low price” model and away from promotional pricing may result in pressure on large and small suppliers near the boundaries…

Another view of the ‘Hanging Judge’ heritage

Fort Smith embraced selling its frontier heritage to tourists in 1955 when Mayor H. R. “Happy” Hestand appointed Judge Paul Wolfe to lead a committee to restore the Parker courtroom…

Fort Smith: A great place to die

I recently had an “Aha!” moment. I’ve worried about the Greater Fort Smith Region’s lack of economic growth, the loss of our youth to other cities and states in order…

Fort Smith to enjoy Wine & Roses, inaugural Steel Horse Rally and more

It is a busy spring for the Fort Smith region, as the area is set to host a number of special celebrations, fundraisers, and awareness events. The coming weeks will…

Wal-Mart restructures store management hierarchy, closes five stores

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores confirmed Friday (April 17) plans to eliminate the role of zone managers in its U.S. stores in the coming weeks. This impacts 14,000 workers who were…

Gilcrease on Wheels

Whirlpool settles on most claims related to TCE pollution at Fort Smith plant

Whirlpool officials said Friday (April 17) they have paid more than $3 million to property owners harmed by pollution around the company’s former manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, and have…

Waller named interim dean of Sam M. Walton College of Business

Matthew Waller was named interim dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and will assume the duties of dean Eli Jones who is…

UA Chancellor Gearhart, wife to donate $1 million to the university

University of Arkansas Chancellor David Gearhart and his wife Jane, announced plans to make a $1 million donation to the college’s upcoming campaign efforts. The campaign, known as Campaign Arkansas,…

Student design portfolios get a critical look from professionals

As thousands of college seniors prepare to receive their degrees next month and then head out into the job market, a group of students from the University of Arkansas, University…

Committees raise more money for city, county tax renewal campaigns

The group seeking renewal of Fort Smith’s 1% sales tax for street work and a 5% cut of that tax for trail and greenway work raised $5,000 in March to…

Bentonville entrepreneurs put Junk Brands on the national retail map

In just under three years Kourtney and Beau Barrett have disrupted the fitness headband segment with Junk Brands, a growing custom headband manufacturing operation based in their hometown of Bentonville….

8th Annual Kids Safety Fair

Mike Duke joins Carlyle Group private equity

Mike Duke, the former CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has joined the global consumer and retail group of private equity firm The Carlyle Group. He will began work at Carlyle…

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Legal arguments begin on EPA rules for coal plants, carbon emissions

Oral arguments in the case of State of West Virginia vs. Federal Environmental Protection Agency began Thursday morning (April 16) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of…

The Video Wire: Things you don’t want to see, and dead people

A lament about a Clinton Bush appearance in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the unfortunate allegation that the Fort Smith Police Department attempted to hack an attorney’s computer, and the…

U.S. foreclosures lowest in eight years, Arkansas filings down 4.12%

Arkansas foreclosure activity continues to slow and are part of a national trend in which first quarter foreclosures were their lowest rate in 8 years, according to Irvine, Calif.,-based RealtyTrac.com….