by - April 4, 2012 5:23 pm
The falling price of natural gas may be tough on energy companies, but it’s providing a source of cheaper energy for customers of Fort Smith-based Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. Also,…
by - April 4, 2012 2:19 pm
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed its 'BBB-' corporate credit rating and other ratings on Richfield, Minn.-based Best Buy Co. Inc. on CreditWatch with negative implications. This rating is one…
by - April 4, 2012 1:24 pm
The team behind SpatiaLink Solutions must wait another week before finding out their final placement at the Governor's Cup academic investment competition in Little Rock, but they're not sweating the…
by - April 4, 2012 12:16 pm
Regions Financial Corp. announced today that it has completed its repurchase of $3.5 billion of Series A Preferred Stock issued under the U.S. Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program’s Capital Purchase…
by - April 4, 2012 11:27 am
Greg Riley is the new director of Streets and Traffic Control for the city of Fort Smith. On Tuesday (April 3), the Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a recommendation…
by - April 4, 2012 10:44 am
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd president of the United States, will visit the University of Arkansas as the inaugural speaker…
by - April 4, 2012 10:14 am
Fort Smith City Director Andre Good said Wednesday (April 4) he will seek a second term as the director for Ward 2. No other candidate has announced for the post….
by - April 3, 2012 9:19 pm
If any place is to be called the “motherland” of mountain biking in Northwest Arkansas, it’s Devil’s Den State Park. That’s the testimony of Dave Renko, an avid biker and…
by - April 3, 2012 6:31 pm
Boosted by strong tax collections in all major revenue categories and lower-than-expected income tax refunds, Arkansas’ March revenue report reflected a strong month of economic activity. Net available general revenues…
by - April 3, 2012 6:25 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe’s upcoming trade mission to China may be a long-term investment for jobs in Arkansas, but the Governor said he hopes for near-term results. Beebe also touched on…
by - April 3, 2012 4:13 pm
Beef U.S. beef packers lost $97.99 per head processed, versus 38 cents lost a year ago. Cattle slaughter was down 5.9%, while beef production fell 2.7% from a year ago….
by - April 3, 2012 12:00 pm
Announcements of a new flight, the near opening of the airport’s first sit-down restaurant and work on the runway projects has made life busy at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. Starting…
by - April 3, 2012 11:32 am
Avery Lanning is a typical third grader who loves the color lime green, puppies and horses “a little bit.” But unlike other 8-year olds, Avery began a fundraising campaign —…
by - April 3, 2012 10:25 am
Historically low natural gas prices have pushed the state’s rig count to its lowest level in more than six years and have substantially stalled production and hiring in the Fayetteville…
by - April 3, 2012 10:05 am
FORT SMITH — Each year, the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Chamber's Education and Quality of Place Division's formal Education Committee honors students graduating from Northside and Southside High Schools and…
by - April 3, 2012 9:57 am
Democrats have it and Republicans want it. We're talking control of the Arkansas General Assembly. In 2010 after a tidal wave of Republican gains, the Arkansas legislature was reshaped with…
by - April 2, 2012 10:47 pm
The American Meat Institute recently acknowledged more than 100 meat and poultry plants for outstanding worker safety records in 2011. A few Arkansas plants made the grade. Butterball came up…
by - April 2, 2012 10:16 pm
Warmer than usual weather and adequate rain fall has helped Arkansas farmers get a jump on spring planting. They had on average had 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork last week…
by - April 2, 2012 8:58 pm
On Monday (April 2), the Park at West End in downtown Fort Smith went blue, the official color of child abuse awareness and prevention. The Noon Exchange Club of Fort…
by - April 2, 2012 7:11 pm
HIGHFILL — An eatery called a “gastropub” seems the last place you’d want to visit before getting on an airplane. Yet the Smokewood American Grill, coming soon to the Northwest Arkansas…
