by - December 29, 2014 3:55 pm
Tyson Foods Inc. announced Monday that it has completed a $3 million line expansion at its prepared foods plant in Emporia, Kansas, which will add about 16 jobs.
by - December 29, 2014 3:14 pm
I am not sure how many people noticed, but there has been something of a trend forming over the past year in which state attorneys general refuse to defend laws…
by - December 29, 2014 2:37 pm
Politics certainly dominated the headlines in Arkansas during 2014, with the GOP sweep in Arkansas likely to be noted by future historians as a pivotal event in the state’s history….
by - December 29, 2014 2:31 pm
A more than $30 million medical college with a reserve of more than $100 million, a significant expansion of a large employer with a global footprint and an unsettling settlement…
by - December 29, 2014 2:27 pm
It was a busy year in Northwest Arkansas during 2014. Possibly more so than usual. Several changes at the top levels of Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores, along with changes in how…
by - December 29, 2014 12:02 pm
Volunteers are needed on Saturday (Jan. 3) to pick up and return to storage the more than 15,000 wreaths on headstones at the Fort Smith National Cemetery. The wreaths were…
by - December 29, 2014 7:24 am
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by - December 28, 2014 9:29 pm
The new state constitutional Amendment 94 – Issue 3 on the ballot – has many moving parts. Perhaps the most high profile feature is the change to term limits for…
by - December 28, 2014 6:44 pm
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or one of them, anyway. Wall-to-wall college football bowl games for a full month. Of course, we get stuck with some stinkers…
by - December 28, 2014 6:40 pm
We talk a lot about how Arkansas’s Payment Improvement Initiative and the Private Option have advanced and are stabilizing our health-care infrastructure. However, it was just six years ago that…
by - December 28, 2014 6:30 pm
It came as no surprise this week that the soon-to-be Attorney General of Arkansas, Leslie Rutledge, has not changed her mind or her campaign mantra. Her personal and legal steadfastness…
by - December 28, 2014 12:15 am
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by - December 27, 2014 6:44 pm
A wide range of economic data was released prior to the holiday break, with some figures showing a gain in Arkansas’ combined personal income during the third quarter and a healthy increase in third quarter U.S. GDP.
by - December 26, 2014 10:49 pm
Outgoing Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced on Tuesday his intent to appeal a federal judge in Little Rock’s decision striking down Arkansas’s ban on same-sex marriage. McDaniel said he had…
by - December 26, 2014 10:46 pm
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of The City Wire focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side is…
by - December 26, 2014 9:55 pm
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality issued on Dec. 19 a revised plan for addressing pollution in and around Whirlpool’s Fort Smith plant that says pollution has reached the Fort…
by - December 26, 2014 9:43 pm
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or one of them, anyway. Wall-to-wall college football bowl games for a full month. Dale Nicholson III highlights how much money is flowing from the bowl bonanza.
by - December 26, 2014 9:42 pm
As the holidays and the year wind down, we explore some of the mystery questions of the season.
by - December 24, 2014 7:10 am
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. On the 27th Dec at 10 am at the corner of Rogers Ave. And Waldron Road we will gather to say THANK YOU to Police, Fire,…
by - December 23, 2014 11:10 pm
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