by - May 14, 2012 2:46 pm
PFI Hospitality Files for Chapter 11 Reorganization
Excessive debt, low sales cited as reasons for filing.
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by - May 14, 2012 1:51 pm
Walmart private label reaches new highs
Walmart recently promised to lower your food bill, but an independent analysis found prices of its private-label products at an all-time high. In March, Reuters reported Walmart would provide financial…
by - May 14, 2012 11:33 am
First quarter tourism tax revenue up in Fort Smith, Van Buren
The first quarter 2012 numbers are positive for the tourism business in the Fort Smith and Van Buren area, and collections of Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax are up almost 13%…
by - May 14, 2012 11:29 am
Arkansas House District 80: Bibbs and Fite
The primary battle for the GOP nomination to the Arkansas House of Representatives District 80 pits Republican challengers Charlene Fite and Terry Bibbs in a contest that presents an educational…
by - May 14, 2012 10:11 am
Poll: Cotton pulls ahead in 4th District primary
Fourth District GOP Congressional candidate Tom Cotton appears to have opened a lead over rival Beth Anne Rankin. The latest Talk Business-Hendrix College survey of Fourth District Republican primary voters…
by - May 14, 2012 9:27 am
Malliouxs People Personality Fitting Perfectly With BOZ
Career move re-energizes veteran banker.
by - May 14, 2012 9:07 am
Poultry Property Near Lincoln Has New Owner for $2.1 Million (Real Deals)
Twenty acres on Rock Springs Road change hands.
by - May 14, 2012 8:31 am
School of Rock teaches kids music that’s older than they are
ROGERS — Picture a classroom full of students on the first day of high school. They’re cutting up and laughing when the teacher/tyrant walks in, wearing a bowtie and looking to…
by - May 13, 2012 7:46 pm
Before the students walk, the speakers dine
FAYETTEVILLE — Members of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, distinguished alumni, deans of the various university colleges, university administrators, the commencement speakers for each college and special guests were…
by - May 13, 2012 6:18 pm
Crystal Bridges hosts Louvre Museum director
BENTONVILLE — Some of the biggest players in the art world gathered at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Saturday (May 12) to celebrate the American debut of a new…
by - May 13, 2012 2:31 pm
Documents don’t justify transit tax
The people who want to increase the Washington County sales tax for an excessive expansion of public transit view the Northwest Arkansas Transit Development Plan (TDP) as their justification. I…
by - May 13, 2012 2:28 pm
Country star Josh Turner gets hearts pumping at annual Heart Ball
ROGERS — They called it Summer in Southampton — and guests took the theme to heart, donning seersucker, linen and other breathable materials. But when rising country star Josh Turner took…
by - May 13, 2012 2:19 pm
Beshears Construction wins awards on two projects
Fort Smith-based Beshears Construction has received three awards for construction projects completed in 2011. The 188th Fighter Wing Civil Engineering Headquarters of the Arkansas Air National Guard was recently awarded…
by - May 13, 2012 11:00 am
Girls Inc. crowd gathers in Fort Smith for crawfish
Around 200 people gathered Saturday (May 12) at the Fort Smith home of LuAnn and George Moschner to enjoy a Crawfish Boil and raise money for Girls Inc. of Fort…
by - May 13, 2012 10:18 am
A fortunate son
A lot has changed in Mom’s world. The world in 1949, the year of her birth, was a crazy place. Europe was rebuilding its continental economy, the Soviets were rattling…
by - May 12, 2012 2:40 pm
Art: Huffington in New York
An Ozarks treasure with works in public and private collections across the country, sculpture artist Anita Huffington is half of a two-man exhibit running through June 8 in Chelsea New…
by - May 12, 2012 2:18 pm
Impact: Fund founder honored by UA
FAYETTEVILLE — The petite lady with the long name is gaining an even larger legacy as co-founder of the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Benton County, one of the first in…
by - May 12, 2012 1:10 pm
CASA’s Stand By Me brings back the ‘60s
FORT SMITH — There was no shortage of flower power at the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Sebastian County’s Stand By Me party on Friday evening (May 11). A crowd…
by - May 12, 2012 12:13 pm
Report: Severance tax hike would cost jobs
The Perryman Group, a Waco-based research firm, released its economic study of raising Arkansas’ severance tax rates on natural gas — a proposal being pushed by former gas exec Sheffield…
by - May 12, 2012 12:06 pm
Arkansas ethics reform group gains momentum
Regnat Populus, a grassroots group pushing a ballot measure to reform Arkansas’ ethics laws, just got a shot in the arm from a bipartisan group of politicos. On Friday (May…