by - July 5, 2012 2:28 pm
Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, a Republican, said Thursday he questions the motives of those pushing a proposed ethics reform ballot initiative. Speaking during the taping of The City Wire Show,…
by - July 5, 2012 1:24 pm
Labor unions formed in the United States during the 1870s. Close to 150 years later, the Democratic Party has been credited as the political party that champions their cause. But…
by - July 5, 2012 8:49 am
Walgreen Co. announced Thursday (July 5) that it has entered into an agreement to purchase USA Drug Stores, a regional drugstore chain in the mid-South owned by Stephen L. LaFrance…
by - July 4, 2012 3:15 pm
As Americans pause this Fourth of July to reflect on their independence, it’s worth casting a thought across the Atlantic. One story from America’s founding era, in particular, keeps reminding…
by - July 3, 2012 5:07 pm
Beef U.S. beef packer margins averaged $77 per head last week, but had fallen to $60 by Tuesday (July 3), according to Hedgers Edge. Cattle prices have weakened as drought…
by - July 3, 2012 4:09 pm
Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc. has been recognized by Anheuser-Busch as its Truckload Carrier of the Year (high volume) award for 2011. USA Truck transported more than 22,000 loads for…
by - July 3, 2012 3:35 pm
Arkansans are doing their part to spur on auto sales in 2012. Through the first half of this year there were 58,494 new auto registrations logged with the Arkansas Office…
by - July 3, 2012 2:11 pm
BLOOMBERG — The U.S. Commerce Department awarded a new contract to the nonprofit managing the Internet’s address system four months after saying the group hadn’t met revised requirements that include…
by - July 3, 2012 2:00 pm
BLOOMBERG — The U.S. economy will grow by 2% this year and about 2.25 percent in 2013 amid a “tepid” recovery and the European debt crisis, the International Monetary Fund…
by - July 3, 2012 1:37 pm
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this…
by - July 3, 2012 1:28 pm
Cabela’s will officially open the doors to its Rogers store – its first retail location in Arkansas – at 9 a.m., Aug. 30. A ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by Cabela’s executives…
by - July 3, 2012 1:13 pm
Arkansas ends its fiscal year with a $145.6 million surplus from gross revenues totaling $5.924 billion, or 4.4% higher than fiscal year 2011 and 2.2% above forecast. June also marked…
by - July 3, 2012 10:26 am
FAYETTEVILLE — When people think about the Fourth of July, they think about tending to the grill outside with family and friends. But some prefer the cool and dark of…
by - July 3, 2012 1:40 am
Approximately 275 Airmen with the Fort Smith-based 188th Fighter Wing deployed on Monday (July 2) for Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Airmen will be deployed approximately three…
by - July 3, 2012 1:28 am
Supporters of automated solid waste collection met at Sweet Bay by Creekmore Park on Monday (July 2) to sign the petition for a November ballot initiative that would move Fort…
by - July 2, 2012 5:20 pm
Fort Smith officials announced Monday (July 2) that the sewer rate will decline 12 cents per ccf per month beginning in July — or a little more than $14 a…
by - July 2, 2012 4:19 pm
Herraka will begin seeing patients July 9 at Sparks Gastroenterology Center on the second floor of the Ambulatory Surgery Center at 1001 Towson Ave. in Fort Smith. In addition to…
by - July 2, 2012 3:30 pm
Wal-Mart has come a long way since Sam Walton opened store No.1 in Rogers exactly 50 years ago Monday (July 2). No one dreamed at the time the venture would…
by - July 2, 2012 2:48 pm
BLOOMBERG — Manufacturing in the U.S. unexpectedly shrank in June for the first time since the economy emerged from the recession three years ago, indicating a mainstay of the expansion…
by - July 2, 2012 2:32 pm
Arkansas’ Medicaid program will receive $7.65 million in an agreement with drug maker GlaxoSmithKline, according to a statement released Monday (July 2) by Attorney General Dustin McDaniel. Several states and…
