by - June 28, 2012 9:44 am
BLOOMBERG — The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the core of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, giving him an election-year triumph and preserving a law that would expand insurance to millions…
by - June 28, 2012 12:34 am
Springdale-based S.A. Concepts has a business model built around sustainability. They retrofit big rigs with AeroSmart trailer skirting panels made from recycled aluminum trailers that in turn increase fuel efficiency…
by - June 27, 2012 11:07 pm
FORT SMITH — While we can’t see things like sound, gravity, and air molecules, their effects can be seen. Demonstrating these in a way kids can understand – and entertaining them…
by - June 27, 2012 6:15 pm
An estimated decline of more than 1,000 employed in the Northwest Arkansas during May raised the region’s jobless rate to 5.7%, just ahead of the April rate of 5.3% but…
by - June 27, 2012 3:53 pm
Beef U.S. beef packer margins averaged nearly $45 per head last week, but had risen to $85 by Wednesday (June 27) on lower cattle prices, according to Hedgers Edge. Beef…
by - June 27, 2012 3:41 pm
Northwest Arkansas continues to be the most active regional market for home sales in the state, with the Fort Smith and Jonesboro regions seeing home sales fall behind what was…
by - June 27, 2012 2:14 pm
Stagnant personal income, modest improvements in the housing and job markets and a curtain of uncertainty hanging over the U.S. economy will keep domestic growth muted in the back half…
by - June 26, 2012 8:33 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Summer vacation for a high school student typically involves a healthy diet of sleep and video games. However, a group of entrepreneurial-minded teens are ditching the lethargic lifestyle…
by - June 26, 2012 6:27 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Last Saturday’s (June 23) Starry Starry Night … almost Van Gogh Masterpiece Art Challenge and Auction raised almost $45,000 for Youth Bridge, double what the same event made last fall….
by - June 26, 2012 5:34 pm
Arvest Bank said its mortgage subsidiary posted the best six months in history hitting $1.2 billion in mortgages since January of this year. This is the tenth consecutive year Arvest…
by - June 26, 2012 5:06 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — As the city’s Mayoral race heats up, the parking garage planned for the “entertainment district” of Fayetteville continues to come to the forefront as a key issue. It…
by - June 26, 2012 5:05 pm
Several counties and communities in the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas are set to receive funding from various historic preservation and revitalization related grants. The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program,…
by - June 26, 2012 4:38 pm
Mitt Romney’s running mate is going to rank very low on the list of what’s on voters’ minds in November. Political journalists are obsessing about whom he’ll pick anyway, because…
by - June 26, 2012 12:33 pm
Retail gasoline in the U.S. dropped by the most in 13 months this week, dragged down by crude futures trading below $80 a barrel, the Energy Department said. The average…
by - June 26, 2012 12:15 pm
BLOOMBERG — Confidence among U.S. consumers dropped in June for a fourth consecutive month as mounting concern over jobs and incomes dimmed the outlook for spending. The Conference Board’s sentiment…
by - June 26, 2012 11:29 am
Shawn Villines, part owner of Tim’s Auto Body in Van Buren, Ark., started ASAP Towing as a response to an accident he worked “several months ago.” “The whole thing started…
by - June 26, 2012 11:01 am
Kansas City branch network increases to 18.
by - June 26, 2012 10:46 am
ROGERS — A few weeks ago, I took the greatest risk yet for this column. I invited my mother-in-law out to lunch. What I had going for me: I have provided…
by - June 26, 2012 8:37 am
The Gulf States Region of the American Institute of Architects awarded two 2012 Honor Awards to Marlon Blackwell Architect, of Fayetteville, for the Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion at the Indianapolis…
by - June 25, 2012 11:31 pm
For more than one hour Bella Vista residents poured out their hearts begging their city council members to take more time to consider traffic, safety and convenience issues regarding a…
