by - September 10, 2012 11:56 am
Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF) announced Monday (Sept. 10) that $9.6 million in grants were awarded to Arkansas nonprofits to support charitable projects between July 2011 and June 2012. The fiscal year…
by - September 10, 2012 11:06 am
FAYETTEVILLE — Goodwill will open a second Fayetteville store and employment training center Thursday (Sept. 13) at 705 E. Appleby Rd.. The new store – 14,600 square feet – is…
by - September 9, 2012 10:16 pm
The many memorials this week were as painfully sobering as they were respectfully appropriate. It has been one year since that day. What fell from the sky one year ago…
by - September 9, 2012 9:33 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — “If you see the ball coming into the audience at you, please duck,” said 2012 Polo in the Ozarks emcee Jonathan Martinez, co-anchorman for KNWA-TV. Galloping down a bright…
by - September 9, 2012 7:42 pm
Lots at Beaver lake, high-end condos just off Dickson, storage buildings on Joyce Ave., a strip center in Prairie Grove and a slew of lots scattered from Gravette to Goshen…
by - September 9, 2012 6:17 pm
With David Rice missing and Dale Cullins last seen incoherently weeping amidst the rubbish on a War Memorial golf course green, I reluctantly agreed to share some thoughts and impressions…
by - September 9, 2012 4:45 pm
On a recent Thursday night in Charlotte, N.C., President Barack Obama told an adoring Democratic National Convention that the nation’s problems can be solved with “common effort, shared responsibility,” and…
by - September 9, 2012 4:36 pm
I wonder what the word count would be if you took all the negative and discouraging words spoken in, about, and around the Republican and Democratic National Conventions the past…
by - September 8, 2012 4:09 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — More than two-thirds of the money to fund the 7 Hills Homeless Center budget comes from community events and fundraisers like Friday’s (Sept. 7) Chill with the Hills at…
by - September 7, 2012 5:30 pm
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees gave the go-ahead Friday (Sept. 7) to renovate a 1930s field house into a 650-plus-seat performing arts center and to name…
by - September 7, 2012 11:20 am
Sears Holdings Corp. is the latest retailer to roll-back or eliminate fees associated with layaway ahead of the holiday shopping season. The retailer operates both Sears and Kmart stores says…
by - September 7, 2012 11:04 am
Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was ranked the second best company for career opportunity among Latino women for 2012, according to Latina Style 50. The list was released Thursday and only…
by - September 7, 2012 10:53 am
America’s Car-Mart is on the fast track to profitability with an aggressive growth strategy again this year. The company continues to post strong earnings which boosted it’s share price to…
by - September 7, 2012 10:09 am
Payrolls rose less than projected in August and the unemployment rate was unexpectedly driven down by Americans leaving the labor force, boosting the odds of additional Federal Reserve easing to…
by - September 7, 2012 7:04 am
“That whole thing,” I said, “will be jammed with people; fifty thousand or so, and most of them staggering drunk. It's a fantastic scene — thousands of people fainting, crying,…
by - September 6, 2012 9:15 pm
In a time of shrinking budgets and growing needs, institutions of higher learning actively work toward diversifying their revenue streams. A major component of these efforts is aggressively seeking out…
by - September 6, 2012 7:17 pm
Sen. Bruce Holland, R-Greenwood, says the Arkansas Legislature should focus first on creating jobs before addressing tax rate changes — a stance that is a slight departure from his peers…
by - September 6, 2012 6:06 pm
Claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in a month and American companies added more workers than forecast, easing concern the labor market may be stagnating. Jobless claims…
by - September 6, 2012 5:29 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Tensie Whelan, president of the Rainforest Alliance, spoke at the University of Arkansas Wednesday night (Sept. 5) about how sustainability is becoming mainstream at a global level. The lecture took place at…
by - September 6, 2012 4:36 pm
The federal courts again ruled in favor of Tyson Foods Inc. who was being sued by its employees in Lexington, Neb., for the time they spend putting on and taking…
