by - September 4, 2012 10:41 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved the Vote for Automated ballot initiative Tuesday night (Sept. 4) at its regularly scheduled meeting, and showed solidarity in opposing a multi-family development…
by - September 4, 2012 8:41 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. investors’ lawsuits over the retailer’s handling of allegations that it paid bribes in Mexico will be led by three pension funds, Delaware court filings show. Pension funds…
by - September 4, 2012 8:10 pm
BENTONVILLE – Thirteen years with a 100% pass rate is the latest milestone for one health program at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. National, state, and overall averages for 2012 won’t…
by - September 4, 2012 6:30 pm
VAUGHN — When children come through the front doors at the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter, it’s often at odd hours of the night and they are hungry, tired and scared….
by - September 4, 2012 6:04 pm
Care Improvement Plus is hosting a hands-on educational event in Fort Smith, AR as part of National Medicare Education Week (Sept. 15 – 22, 2012). The event is designed to…
by - September 4, 2012 4:52 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Board of REALTORS is hosting "The Hall to The Mall". This event is a 10K point-to-point race from the Fayetteville City Hall to the Northwest Arkansas Mall,…
by - September 4, 2012 4:46 pm
On September 29, the Northwest Arkansas Board of REALTORS will host a pancake breakfast at Applebee's in Fayetteville. Tickets are $5 and breakfast is served from 8-10 a.m. Proceeds from…
by - September 4, 2012 2:45 pm
SPRINGDALE — A comedy in the tradition of the hilarious Harvey Korman and Tim Conway sketches from the old Carol Burnett show is coming to the Arts Center of the Ozarks…
by - September 4, 2012 1:58 pm
Roughly three out of four community banks across Northwest Arkansas posted their best earnings in three years through June 30. The quarterly financial filings of 16 banks, either locally based…
by - September 4, 2012 1:13 pm
We keep hearing that the U.S. presidential election is all about jobs. So why aren’t we getting more concrete ideas from the candidates about how to create more of them?…
by - September 4, 2012 1:03 pm
U.S. manufacturing shrank for a third month in August in the longest decline since the recession ended in 2009, threatening to deprive the world’s largest economy of a driver of…
by - September 4, 2012 12:54 pm
The state’s economic chief says if there are further cuts beyond Gov. Mike Beebe’s grocery tax reduction, they should be focused on targeted pro-business efforts and not undermine current economic…
by - September 4, 2012 12:12 pm
Second quarter 2012 economic conditions in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway (central Arkansas) metro area saw a minor decline in economic conditions compared to the second quarter of 2011. The…
by - September 4, 2012 11:41 am
Second quarter 2012 economic conditions in the Northwest Arkansas metro area were slightly improved compared to the second quarter of 2011. Ongoing job growth and consistent gains in area sales…
by - September 4, 2012 11:26 am
Second quarter 2012 economic conditions dipped slightly compared to the 2011 period, with continued declines in overall employment weighing negatively on the regional economy. Unfortunately, it’s a pattern similar to…
by - September 4, 2012 11:10 am
Arkansas MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) West Central Section meets the first Saturday of each month to discuss and share insights and experiences with the mysterious UFO phenomenon happening around the…
by - September 4, 2012 8:38 am
FAYETTEVILLE – Local design projects Fayetteville and Farmington, produced by the Fay Jones School of Architecture faculty and staff have, been recognized with 2012 American Architecture Awards. A third was…
by - September 3, 2012 7:14 pm
FORT SMITH — The weekend’s hot and steamy weather made it all the more appropriate for hundreds of who attended the Fort Smith Museum of History’s fifth annual ice cream social,…
by - September 3, 2012 4:12 pm
Online shopping is a left-brained activity that expects quick and concise search results and perhaps no one understands that better than San Bruno,Calif.-based @WalmartLabs. Late last week Walmart.com announced it…
by - September 3, 2012 4:01 pm
A series of Gallup polls finds no sign yet that the Republican National Convention provided a bounce in support for presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The contest between President Barack Obama…
