Regions

Ingram promoted at Arkansas Best Corp.

James Ingram, 44, has been promoted to the position of senior vice president-strategic development at Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. Ingram has been with Arkansas Best for 21 years and…

Lau receives CCIM designation

Realtor Keith Lau of King Realty Group-Weichert Realtors has been awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation by the CCIM Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors…

Elam joins Liberty Bank

Beverly Elam recently joined Liberty Bank as a business development officer for Crawford and Sebastian Counties in the central Arkansas region, according to Gregg Rotter, Crawford and Sebastian County president….

Arkansas tax revenue up 3.3% year-to-date

Despite “weak” retail sales the gross year-to-date tax collections in Arkansas total $1.842 billion, up 3.3% compared to the 2010 period, according to an Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration…

Breckenridge in Rogers Draws $2.2 Million Sale

Residential activity highlights this issue’s report.

Fort Smith metro jobless rate up to 8%

The Fort Smith metro area jobless rate ticked up to an estimated 8% in September, rising from 7.9% during August, and above the 7.6% during September 2010. Seven of the…

Fort Smith Board quizzed on budget

story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] Fort Smith city directors got their copies of the proposed 2012 budget during Tuesday’s (Nov. 1) regular meeting. The proposed budget will be available on…

‘Steady’ numbers seen for early voting (Updated)

Editor’s note: Sebastian County Clerk Sharon Brooks on Wednesday sought to retract the statement that she called anyone “mean spirited,” saying instead that many people were verbal in their anger…

New chamber COO: ‘I’m here. I’m invested’

The first day at a relatively high-profile job brings with it a mix of stress and excitement. But if your job is the new chief operations officer — the No….

$1 billion

Arkansas lottery sales surpass the big mark.

Veteran business services are available

The SBA offers several programs to help veterans learn about and open their own entrepreneurial business.

CenturyLink pushes rural broadband access

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] CenturyLink has rolled out a plan to bring affordable, high-speed Internet…