Regions

Its Official: Walton Interests Buy Emma Avenue Buildings for $1.22M

Combined, the vacant buildings represent 29,616 SF of commercial space in downtown Springdale.

Wal-Mart to expand Savings Catcher, focus on capturing customers

Three months after Wal-Mart first announced the testing of a new savings tool to help drive more in-store traffic, the retailer said it’s expanding the guidelines and rolling out its…

Fort Smith Administrator: Law firm ‘hasn’t improperly billed the city’

A Tuesday (June 3) letter from the city of Fort Smith's attorney disputes allegations made by attorney and blogger Matt Campbell against the city. Campbell had claimed the law firm billed…

College student perspective

Now that May has ended thousands of newly minted college graduates in Arkansas will join the workforce – or at least they will try to join the workforce. Two recent…

Wal-Mart offers the media a peak inside its Bentonville innovation lab

Wal-Mart Stores has made no secret of its need to innovate. By some outside estimates the retailer has spent around $2 billion on 10 tech startups since 2011. But the…

Fort Smith tax collections up 3.38% in April report, down year-to-date

Sales tax revenues for the city of Fort Smith were up in April, with the revenue gap narrowing in the city for the first four months of the year. The…

Marijuana ballot title approved by Attorney General McDaniel

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approved the popular name and ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment that would decriminalize marijuana. The measure is one of two marijuana related initiatives…

New Veterinarian joins St. Francis Animal Hospital

Veterinarian Emily Hickman is joining St. Francis Animal Hospital in Springdale, and the facility will now also open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to Noon. The facility, located at 121…

Van Buren municipal employees may face higher insurance premiums

Van Buren municipal employees, including police officers and firefighters, could face increasing costs associated with health insurance for spouses and dependents when next year's city budget is created following a…

Get some String Cheese and ‘filthy’ stuff from Bassnectar at Wakarusa

Saturday at Wakarusa delivers Black Cadillacs, some Magnetic Zeroes and something about an incident with String Cheese. A good way to end the night is with some sweet and “filthy…

Inaugural Class Named for Arkansas Fellowship Program

Local companies Acumen Brands, Collective Bias, DataRank and MoxyOx are among the 11 host companies who will employ a recent college graduate for the next two years.

Report Highlights Springdale Job Creation

According to the Arkansas Tech Business Index, Springdale leads all cities with a labor market rating of 109.49.

St. Francis Animal Hospital Open House

St. Francis Animal Hospital is celebrating the arrival of a new Veterinarian, Dr. Emily Hickman. The clinic is also introducing new Saturday hours. Saturday hours will be from 8:00am –…

Sam’s Club to offer cash back credit card, chip-enabled technology

Sam’s Club, in the midst of trying to generate more traffic and raise sagging sales, announced Tuesday (June 3) a new cash back credit card program with its co-branded MasterCard,…

Fort Smith Board discusses legal billing issue, library millage election

The Fort Smith Board of Directors will hear the city's side of recent allegations by attorney Matt Campbell that the city was billed for legal services never provided in its…

2015 Marshals Museum budget to cover architecture, exhibit design work

The U.S. Marshals Museum's Finance Committee advanced a proposed $3.176 million budget Tuesday (June 3) that includes funding for architecture and exhibit design for the museum. According to Marshals Museum…

Tyson Foods to soon be out of Syntroleum/Dynamic Fuels deal

Tulsa-based Syntroleum will cease trading shares on Friday (June 6) as the company’s stakeholders approved the sale of its assets to Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group in a deal worth an…

Shareholder week brings an effort to oust Wal-Mart Chairman Rob Walton

Wal-Mart is often in the center of a battle between the Wal-Mart insiders and any number of outside groups seeking change from and within the insiders, and shareholder week usually…

Friday at Wakarusa brings Dr. Dog, STS9 and The Flaming Lips

Your agenda on Day 2 of Wakarusa could begin with Rusty Shackle and end with The Flaming Lips. And if you’re smart, you may also catch some Lettuce and Treetop…

Wiggle and Giggle Fishing Derby

The Van Buren Rotary Club will host the "Wiggle & Giggle" Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 7. The derby will be held at Lake Cap Bedell, located within the Van Buren…