by - June 12, 2012 11:47 pm
Banks across the Natural State are posting the best profits in three years and Northwest Arkansas’ market is no exception, though it’s still working through an overhang of problem real…
by - June 12, 2012 5:53 pm
It looks like Arkansas banks are off to their best start in three years, despite lackluster loan demand and looming regulatory costs. With the downturn in the economy in late…
by - June 12, 2012 5:26 pm
A new lobbying group is hoping to make in-roads in Arkansas. According to a press release distributed Tuesday (June 12), the Secular Coalition for America will begin organizing efforts in…
by - June 12, 2012 5:13 pm
With the trash collection issue settled (for now), the Fort Smith Board of Directors turned its attention to the parks, police, and fire departments at the Tuesday (June 12) study…
by - June 12, 2012 4:15 pm
Kirkpatrick also added to board.
by - June 12, 2012 3:42 pm
FORT SMITH — Former 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Keet and Democrat Brent Bumpers, visited Fort Smith on Tuesday (June 12) with a common goal, despite their political differences: ethics…
by - June 12, 2012 3:03 pm
If only banking were boring again, as it was from the end of World War II to about 1980, our financial system and economy would be in much better shape,…
by - June 12, 2012 2:53 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s efforts to acquire Latin American assets from Carrefour SA are slowing as the French retailer focuses on turning around its European business, said people familiar with the…
by - June 12, 2012 2:49 pm
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday (June 12) announced the following appointments to boards and commissions. Josh Blevins, Little Rock, to the State Board of Private Career Education. Appointment expires…
by - June 12, 2012 2:24 pm
A stable part of the Fort Smith regional economy continues to be the hospitality sector, with April collections in Van Buren and Fort Smith up 7.2% and 5%, respectively. Hospitality…
by - June 12, 2012 2:04 pm
Join us at the Mercy YMCA with your children (ages 8 years and older) for a fun night of music and dancing! Carl Ballou has been a dance leader of…
by - June 12, 2012 2:03 pm
Join us at the Mercy YMCA with your children (ages 8 years and older) for a fun night of music and dancing! Carl Ballou has been a dance leader of programs…
by - June 12, 2012 12:49 pm
Building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren, combined to total $13.577 million in May, up significantly from the $8.492 million April total. The increase also represents a…
by - June 12, 2012 12:11 pm
EUREKA SPRINGS — Last year, fist-sized hail heavily damaged the roof of Thorncrown Chapel, an architectural masterpiece that had withstood other deadly forces of nature since it was finished June 12,…
by - June 12, 2012 9:16 am
FAYETTEVILLE — Mike Shirkey favors music that tells stories. So, he really likes singer-songwriters, and he also prefers pared-down, nonenhanced instrumentation. In other words, folk and bluegrass are his favorites….
by - June 12, 2012 9:07 am
Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently teamed up with its long-time supplier Proctor & Gamble in hopes of boosting P&G product sales through Walmart's online business. According to the Cincinnati Business…
by - June 12, 2012 8:21 am
SPRINGDALE — Dr. Carlos Alberto Suarez, F.A.A.M.A board certified in both family medicine and medical acupuncture, recently joined the medical staff of Northwest Health System, practicing at Springdale Health. The…
by - June 12, 2012 12:04 am
BENTONVILLE — Full-time faculty members at NorthWest Arkansas Community College can look forward to receiving a pay raise when they return to school this year. The 4% raise is just…
by - June 11, 2012 10:48 pm
Bella Vista residents had plenty to say about why they do not want to see a 6.22 acre tract of residential land rezoned commercial at Monday’s (June 11) public meeting….
by - June 11, 2012 10:08 pm
BLOOMBERG — The U.S. cattle herd has shrunk to the smallest since three years before Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s Corp. hamburger stand, reducing supply and raising prices even…
