by - March 26, 2014 10:47 am
30th Anniversary Open House
Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Benton County is celebrating 30 years of student success! We want you to help us celebrate! We are opening our doors and inviting members of…
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by - March 26, 2014 10:34 am
Wal-Mart presence grows in Silicon Valley with new tech center
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. planted more seeds in Silicon Valley recently by opening a technology center in Sunnyvale, Calif., that is dedicated to growing the retailer’s digital sales. Located about 30…
by - March 26, 2014 10:13 am
Wal-Mart recalls dolls due to burn hazard
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. issued an immediate recall of the My Sweet Love / My Sweet Baby Cuddle Care Dolls sold exclusively at its store since August 2012. The dolls were…
by - March 25, 2014 6:56 pm
Arkansas River study requested; River operator says real fix needed
The Congressional delegations from Arkansas and Oklahoma released a letter Tuesday (March 26) requesting funding for a study that would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fix a…
by - March 25, 2014 6:47 pm
Student fee increase to fund new UAFS fitness facility
A new online university and many new degree programs were approved at last week's meeting of the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees meeting. But not much discussed was…
by - March 25, 2014 6:45 pm
Arkansas Supreme Court pulls docket from Judge Mike Maggio
The fallout from the investigation into the online activities of Faulkner County Circuit Judge Mike Maggio continues, as the Conway judge's current docket has been reassigned. Maggio, who until early…
by - March 25, 2014 6:20 pm
Fort Smith sales tax collections indicate a slow Christmas
Sales tax collections for the city of Fort Smith were down in both city and county sales taxes for a period that included the typically busy Christmas shopping season. Each…
by - March 25, 2014 6:06 pm
Growth in 2013 Arkansas personal income falls below U.S. average
Combined personal incomes in Arkansas during 2013 grew 2.2%, below the 2.6% U.S. average, with the state’s per capita average of $36,086 pushing the state’s national ranking from 45 in…
by - March 25, 2014 5:21 pm
Disney vacation costs outpace middle-class income growth
A Disney World theme park vacation may be every kid’s dream, but with the escalating costs of a one-day ticket such a fairy tale trip could be out of reach…
by - March 25, 2014 4:03 pm
NWACC to offer online credit courses for high school students
High school students can meet Arkansas’ new digital learning requirement and earn college credit at the same time through an offering of NorthWest Arkansas Community College. NWACC was one of…
by - March 25, 2014 3:53 pm
Senior Arkansas Best officer to retire in March
Jim Keenan, senior vice president of Enterprise Customer Solutions for Arkansas Best Corporation, will retire March 31, 2014, after 33 years of service with the company. "Jim's many years of…
by - March 25, 2014 3:05 pm
Journalist talks about culture of Clinton-hating he helped create
A journalist who sparked a wave of negative publicity for Bill and Hillary Clinton in the ’90′s shared his “cautionary tale” of fostering Clinton-hating and his conversion to supporting the…
by - March 25, 2014 12:59 pm
Startups to Watch: Picasolar, Overwatch plan for production
The past few months have been a blur of activity for execs at Silicon Solar Solutions/Picasolar and Overwatch, both tagged as startups to watch in 2014 by The City Wire….
by - March 25, 2014 12:40 pm
Rep. Mullin faces ethics investigation over his plumbing business income
U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Westville, Okla., could be in hot water now that the House Committee on Ethics has received a referral from the Office of Congressional Ethics regarding outside…
by - March 25, 2014 11:44 am
The Supply Side: CPG growth shifts to smaller companies
The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry reported total sales growth of 1.5% in 2013, down from 2.8% in 2012 and lower than the 3.4% in 2011. Last year’s growth was…
by - March 24, 2014 6:49 pm
Group has worked more than 2,100 tax filings in NWA, Fort Smith area
Tax filers the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas who have waited until the last few weeks of tax season do not have to go it alone. According to Susan…
by - March 24, 2014 5:30 pm
Ben Geren Aquatics Park ready for bid, new concept drawings released
Ben Geren Aquatics Center has taken another step closer to reality with news that the final plans for the joint city-county water park have gone out to bid. According to…
by - March 24, 2014 4:47 pm
Simmons First to buy Delta Trust for $66 million
Simmons First National Corp. will acquire Little Rock-based Delta Trust & Banking Corp. for roughly $66 million. The Pine Bluff-based bank said it has entered into a definitive agreement and…
by - March 24, 2014 4:13 pm
A vision mystery
Fort Smith is a great place to live, today, but as with any living thing, today’s actions affect tomorrow’s outcome. Individually we set goals to achieve a designed future for…
by - March 24, 2014 3:01 pm
January weather hurts NWA March sales tax revenue reports
Businesses across Benton and Washington counties collected 9.8% less in sales tax in January across the region’s four largest cities. Total sales tax revenue slid to $3.938 million in March,…