by - April 24, 2012 2:38 pm
Cardenas to run for Fort Smith Board post
Fort Smith’s Ward 3 City Director position is not without a candidate. Alex Cardenas, a small business owner and native of east Oklahoma, has announced he will seek what will…
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by - April 24, 2012 2:16 pm
Truck tonnage slows from 2011 pace
Increases continued for tonnage hauled by the U.S. trucking industry during the first quarter of 2012, but it was slower than the pace seen during 2011. The American Trucking Associations’…
by - April 24, 2012 1:45 pm
Deltic Timber remains in the black
Deltic Timber squeaked out a small first quarter profit of $97,000 despite a tough, but improving, real estate environment. The El Dorado-based real estate and timber group posted the first…
by - April 24, 2012 10:47 am
Tennille takes long path to Arkansas jobs chief
As a kid and young adult, Grant Tennille lived in a lot of different places, but for the better part of the last decade, he's called Arkansas home. Tennille, 43,…
by - April 24, 2012 7:11 am
New Fort Smith trash service again stirs debate
The debate over the City of Fort Smith’s Automated Refuse Collection Program (ARCP) isn’t over. Not by a long shot. Baridi Nkokheli, Director of the Fort Smith Department of Sanitation…
by - April 23, 2012 10:07 pm
HMA posts lower earnings on accounting charges
First quarter 2012 net income of $37.69 million for Health Management Systems fell below the $55.524 million earned in the 2011 period. Naples, Fla.-based HMA, the parent company of Sparks…
by - April 23, 2012 9:40 pm
John Phifer Marrs: Head of the interior
HARRISON — If beauty captures the attention, personality captures the heart. Interior designer John Phifer Marrs is blessed with the talent to envision and transform spaces into works of art. He’s…
by - April 23, 2012 9:37 pm
Hog hire: Best decision in a bad situation
When the news broke this afternoon that Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long had hired Bobby Petrino’s replacement, the initial reaction I had was, “What?!?!” People who know me know how…
by - April 23, 2012 9:29 pm
BancorpSouth sees first-quarter earnings boost
Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth announced first-quarter net income of $22.9 million, a wide swing from a $500,000 loss during the first quarter of 2011. The bank said the earnings were boosted…
by - April 23, 2012 7:24 pm
UA names new head Hog football coach
Less than two weeks after Head Razorback Football Coach Bobby Petrino was fired for lying to a lot of people about a lot of things, the University of Arkansas has…
by - April 23, 2012 6:35 pm
Altes, Pitsch share views at forum
The future of the Lavaca Slackwater Harbor project and tax issues were the only points of contention for Rep. Denny Altes, R-Fort Smith, and Mat Pitsch at Monday’s (April 23)…
by - April 23, 2012 6:27 pm
Fort Smith Symphony proves rock is ageless, timeless
FORT SMITH — Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news: The Fort Smith Symphony rocked the house Saturday (April 21) at Arkansas Best Corp. Performing Arts Center. The History of…
by - April 23, 2012 6:21 pm
Fort Smith Director candidate reverses course
Salvatore Salamone was in and is now out before he was ever officially in. The Ward 3 Fort Smith City Director post is now without an announced candidate less than…
by - April 23, 2012 4:21 pm
Wal-Mart shares fall, analysts predict management changes
Allegations of bribery, international corruption and a sloppy corporate cover-up at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hammered the retail giant’s share price on Monday (April 23). Wal-Mart shares lost nearly 5% of…
by - April 23, 2012 3:20 pm
AEDC Director: Follow-up from China trip underway
Grant Tennille, director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, says he's already building on Gov. Mike Beebe's trade trip to China. Tennille, appointed to the AEDC post in late March,…
by - April 23, 2012 10:13 am
Arkansas home sales up during first quarter 2012
First quarter 2012 home sales and the value of homes sold in Arkansas’ four largest metro areas are up 4.37% and 9.7%, respectively, compared to the 2011 period thanks to…
by - April 22, 2012 7:01 am
Recycled memory
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it. — H.L. Mencken Recently toured several of the fine museums in Chicago. The city…
by - April 22, 2012 6:55 am
Pryor moves
Most observers are well aware the so-called Buffett rule has approximately zero chance of winning approval anytime soon in our plainly partisan, seemingly rudderless U.S. Senate, especially during this presidential…
by - April 22, 2012 6:48 am
Busyness
Busyness in a small business can be the enemy of its success. I'm an expert in busyness. I own a CPA firm where preparation of income tax returns is a…
by - April 21, 2012 10:17 pm
Wal-Mart de Mexico bribery scandal revealed
Unlike other previous scandals faced by the world’s largest retailer, allegations that widespread bribery was conducted by a senior level Wal-Mart executive could reach the retailer’s board room. The New…