by - March 25, 2014 5:21 pm
Disney vacation costs outpace middle-class income growth
A Disney World theme park vacation may be every kid’s dream, but with the escalating costs of a one-day ticket such a fairy tale trip could be out of reach…
Fort Smith
by - March 25, 2014 3:53 pm
Senior Arkansas Best officer to retire in March
Jim Keenan, senior vice president of Enterprise Customer Solutions for Arkansas Best Corporation, will retire March 31, 2014, after 33 years of service with the company. "Jim's many years of…
by - March 25, 2014 3:05 pm
Journalist talks about culture of Clinton-hating he helped create
A journalist who sparked a wave of negative publicity for Bill and Hillary Clinton in the ’90′s shared his “cautionary tale” of fostering Clinton-hating and his conversion to supporting the…
by - March 25, 2014 12:40 pm
Rep. Mullin faces ethics investigation over his plumbing business income
U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Westville, Okla., could be in hot water now that the House Committee on Ethics has received a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics regarding outside…
by - March 24, 2014 6:49 pm
Group has worked more than 2,100 tax filings in NWA, Fort Smith area
Tax filers the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas who have waited until the last few weeks of tax season do not have to go it alone. According to Susan…
by - March 24, 2014 5:30 pm
Ben Geren Aquatics Park ready for bid, new concept drawings released
Ben Geren Aquatics Center has taken another step closer to reality with news that the final plans for the joint city-county water park have gone out to bid. According to…
by - March 24, 2014 4:47 pm
Simmons First to buy Delta Trust for $66 million
Simmons First National Corp. will acquire Little Rock-based Delta Trust & Banking Corp. for roughly $66 million. The Pine Bluff-based bank said it has entered into a definitive agreement and…
by - March 24, 2014 4:13 pm
A vision mystery
Fort Smith is a great place to live, today, but as with any living thing, today’s actions affect tomorrow’s outcome. Individually we set goals to achieve a designed future for…
by - March 24, 2014 1:40 pm
Betsy Garrison named director of UA Environmental Sciences school
Betsy Garrison, who has held various positions at Louisiana State University since 1993, has been named director of the School of Human Environmental Sciences in the Dale Bumpers College of…
by - March 23, 2014 4:41 pm
Gillam, Dismang talk governing style, issues for 2015 Arkansas Legislature
The future leaders of the Arkansas House and State Senate – Rep. Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, and Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy – say they will be pragmatic in their approach to…
by - March 23, 2014 4:09 pm
The boring gubernatorial race
With a little less than 60 days until the May 20 preferential primaries, the contest for who will be the next choices for Governor of Arkansas is a rather boring…
by - March 23, 2014 10:23 am
Walmart tests ‘savings catcher’ in bid to boost comp sales
Wal-Mart execs keenly focused on improving comparable sales and driving top line revenue are testing a new “Savings Catcher” pricing tool as a way to drive in-store traffic and hammer…
by - March 21, 2014 5:53 pm
Arvest Equipment Finance grows loans, leases 8.1% in 2013
Arvest Equipment Finance, a division of Arvest Bank, tallied $132.3 million in loans and leases during 2013, up 8.1% from the prior year. The equipment finance division has grown its…
by - March 21, 2014 1:27 pm
UA system bans guns on campuses, approves new degree programs
The final day of the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees meeting at the university's Fort Smith campus saw passage of several new degree programs and a renewal of…
by - March 21, 2014 11:03 am
Fort Smith area jobless rate ticks higher in January
Swings in the workforce size and number of employed — potentially related to winter weather impacts on reporting – pushed the January Fort Smith metro jobless rate to 7.8%, ahead…
by - March 21, 2014 10:44 am
Pheasant Press Trunk Show
HAMMONS + BECK will be proudly hosting a Pheasant Press trunk show! Pheasant Press will be bringing their spring line of wall prints, cards, coasters and more. Pheasant Press products…
by - March 21, 2014 9:02 am
Resurrection Run
by - March 21, 2014 6:20 am
The Friday Wire: The long manufacturing road and a nursing home controversy
Manufacturing jobs, controversy surrounding a nursing home company owner, campaign money, more Clinton disclosures and a talking baby are part of the March 21 Friday Wire for the Fort Smith…
by - March 20, 2014 6:49 pm
188th to get $12.5 million for new ‘first of its kind’ mission facility
The 188th Fighter Wing, which is in the process of converting to an intelligence and recon unit, has received approval to spend $12.5 million to build a 40,000-square-foot facility that…
by - March 20, 2014 6:20 pm
University of Arkansas system board approves new online university
The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees took one giant leap forward Thursday (March 20) when it approved the creation of a new online university, becoming the 18th school…