by - June 24, 2014 7:30 pm
Mosley Title to change name to Waco Title
On July 1, Mosley Title Company will officially change its name to Waco Title. In 2006, Mosley Title joined WACO and the name change completes the transition and helps to…
Fort Smith
by - June 24, 2014 7:29 pm
Young to join Cooper Clinic Foot Health Center
Dr. Evan Young will join Dr. Kent Magrini at the Cooper Clinic Foot Health Center and begin accepting patients on July 7. Young earned his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree…
by - June 24, 2014 6:59 pm
OK Foods denies allegation of interfering with a union vote
Fort Smith-based OK Foods has denied accusations leveled by the National Labor Relations Board that it interfered with a union vote at its Heavener, Okla., food processing plant. The accusations…
by - June 24, 2014 12:07 pm
Enplanements still positive at XNA and Fort Smith, down in Little Rock
Air travel is on the rebound in Northwest Arkansas and in the Fort Smith area, with both regional airports posting year-to-date gains above 6%. More passengers is not the case…
by - June 24, 2014 9:38 am
Whirlpool notes troubles with installing pollution monitors near Fort Smith plant
Whirlpool’s attempts to get vapor intrusion monitors installed in structures above the potentially cancer-causing plume of trichloroethylene (TCE) have not gone according to plan. The company recently disclosed to the…
by - June 23, 2014 7:57 pm
Teacher insurance ‘fix’ could cost Fort Smith schools $250,000 a year or more
Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Benny Gooden told the district's school board Monday (June 23) that should a special session take place to address teacher insurance costs, he fears…
by - June 23, 2014 6:49 pm
ATU economic report gives Fort Smith high marks, other data conflicts
Citing an improved labor market and sales tax collections, the city of Fort Smith was the top performing of 16 Arkansas cities measured by an economic index created by Arkansas…
by - June 23, 2014 5:32 pm
Higher on-shelf metrics a priority for Wal-Mart execs eager to boost sales
Keeping shelves better stocked to boost sales and top line revenue is a priority among Wal-Mart executives working to break the cycle of negative to flat comparable store sales that…
by - June 23, 2014 5:08 pm
Beebe optimistic about private option survival, open on workforce czar idea
Gov. Mike Beebe says math, not health, may eventually determine the fate of the Private Option. During an interview with Talk Business & Politics, Beebe said it would be difficult…
by - June 23, 2014 4:33 pm
Book Signing at Hastings Entertainment, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Author Russell Ferrell will be in Hastings to sign copies of his new book The one War of McCurtain County – a true story about the two men who discovered…
by - June 23, 2014 2:57 pm
OK Foods union vote could be thrown out, new union election proposed
A failed May 1 vote on whether to unionize workers at an OK Foods facility in Heavener, Okla., could be dismissed by the National Labor Relations Board after it claimed…
by - June 23, 2014 1:05 pm
Architect selected for Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education has selected Risley & Associates as the lead architectural firm for its proposed Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine to be built at Chaffee Crossing…
by - June 23, 2014 11:13 am
Crystal Bridges ushers in summer with Solstice Night at the Skyspace
Looking at the summer night sky is a favorite past-time for many families but an event at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Saturday (June 21) took that experience to…
by - June 22, 2014 8:53 pm
Walmart and lottery tickets
If I were a small convenience store owner enjoying the nuances of selling a plethora of Arkansas Lottery tickets, a pack of Marlboros, a Slim Jim or two, an occasional…
by - June 22, 2014 8:32 pm
Trust and city government
Trusting people has its risk as well as its reward. Business works best when you can trust your employees to show up to work and work hard and when you…
by - June 22, 2014 5:22 pm
Gov. Beebe leaves in July for third European trade mission in five years
Gov. Mike Beebe is heading overseas for his third European trade mission in five years. In a recent Talk Business & Politics interview, Beebe said he will travel to London,…
by - June 20, 2014 3:47 pm
Arkansas Legislative body reaffirms support of state’s gay marriage ban
The Arkansas Legislative Council passed on a voice vote an interim resolution by Faulkner County Republican Sen. Jason Rapert that affirms the council's support of Act 83, a constitutional amendment…
by - June 20, 2014 1:18 pm
Saudi prince visits NanoMech, Crystal Bridges and Gov. Beebe
Saudi Arabian Prince Saud bin Khalid Al-Faisal recently visited NanoMech and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Northwest Arkansas as part of a Eisenhower Fellowship trip to investigate…
by - June 20, 2014 10:41 am
UCP Night at Chuck E. Cheese
Chuck E. Cheese will host United Cerebral Palsy Fundraising Night on Friday, July 18th, from 3:00pm-9:00pm. Tell your server you are with UCP and Chuck E. Cheese will donate 15%…
by - June 20, 2014 10:00 am
Arkansas’ labor force size continues decline, jobless rate falls to 6.4% (Updated)
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 6.4% in May, but the state’s labor force continues to decline in size, and the number of employed during May was the lowest level of…