by - January 22, 2013 3:37 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is expanding its retail footprint across Canada this year by adding 1.4 million square feet, or 37 supercenters and several distribution centers, to counter Target’s recent move…
by - January 22, 2013 3:05 pm
A national trucking association report indicates the year ended on a positive note for the industry, but a broader index of the U.S. freight industry continues to indicate a weak…
by - January 21, 2013 6:48 pm
Medicaid expansion in Arkansas was recently debated via guest commentaries by Joe Thompson, Arkansas’ Surgeon General and Director of the Arkansas Center of Health Improvement, and Dan Greenberg, a lawyer,…
by - January 21, 2013 5:31 pm
Coming off the 50th anniversary of Wal-Mart, the Walmart Visitor Center in Bentonville, Ark., saw an increase in visitors and will continue to add new features to its museum. The…
by - January 21, 2013 3:14 pm
Persistant drought for more than two years sent U.S. hay production down nearly 18% to 120 million tons last year producing the lowest stock level since 1974, according to Derrell…
by - January 21, 2013 1:10 pm
• Senate Report: Week 1 review If pomp and circumstance is appealing to you, then the first couple of days of the Session would be quite exciting. There are grand gestures…
by - January 21, 2013 11:50 am
Blythe Beck, a popular Dallas-based chef who stars in a “Naughty” national television show, is soon coming to Fort Smith to provide “creative direction” for the culinary crew at The…
by - January 21, 2013 11:34 am
State Sen. David Sanders, R-Little Rock, and State Rep. Warwick Sabin, D-Little Rock, say they are committed to bringing “civility to politics” in the 89th General Assembly, which is Republican-controlled…
by - January 20, 2013 6:36 pm
An obstacle to small business growth beginning in 2014 is the provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires businesses with more than 50 full-time equivalent employees to provide their…
by - January 20, 2013 11:33 am
Fort Smith welcomed its new Regional Art Museum (RAM) with open arms on Saturday evening (Jan. 19) as the organization celebrated its grand opening with an inaugural gala. More than…
by - January 19, 2013 12:36 pm
After the Friday (Jan. 18) visit to the 188th Fighter Wing by Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Mark Welsh III, Major Heath Allen with the 188th issued…
by - January 18, 2013 5:13 pm
Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Mark Welsh III, left little room for doubt Friday (Jan. 18) as to the future of the A-10 mission with the Fort…
by - January 18, 2013 10:25 am
by - January 18, 2013 9:47 am
Small percentage declines in Arkansas’ workforce numbers and the number of employed pushed Arkansas’ December unemployment rate to 7.1%, up from 7% in November, but below the 7.8% in December…
by - January 18, 2013 8:07 am
Gov. Mike Beebe and his director of economic development, Grant Tennille, have both discussed publicly the state’s candidacy for a business investment superproject. Beebe calls the business prospect “one of…
by - January 18, 2013 8:03 am
Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System continues to expand its global reach with ocean transport services now reaching Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay. “ABF Global is providing a single…
by - January 17, 2013 10:25 pm
If you think you know the Mona Lisa, you had better think again. Think of her as la Joconde, as the French do, or as la Gioconda, as they do…
by - January 17, 2013 9:57 pm
Michael Smith, a record-setting receiver at Kansas State who went on to earn a reputation as one of the best recruiters in college football, has been named Arkansas’ wide receivers…
by - January 17, 2013 9:42 pm
The Fort Smith metro area had its share of challenges in 2012 with the closing of Whirlpool and other manufacturing job losses, but the local housing market held up well,…
by - January 17, 2013 8:09 pm
Expansion plans are moving forward for the Walton Arts Center and officials still expect to have the Fayetteville portion of the project finished by 2015. Last fall, the WAC announced…
