Regions

Mama Fu’s Looks For Arkansas Growth

Mama Fu’s Asian House is contemplating a major expansion throughout Arkansas in the near future.

ANB Financial Depositors Retroactively Covered by FDIC

On July 21 the FDIC announced it would cut checks to many former uninsured depositors of six banks that failed between January 1 and October 3, 2008.

Funnel Dog is a Natural

Available at Arvest Ballpark, delicious-tasting Funnel Dogs are proving to be as big a hit as the Northwest Arkansas Naturals.

Recasting the Roenigk Spirit

A year after the death of co-owner Martin Roenigk, the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa sticks to its historic roots and plans for its future.

Phones Are Security Risk

While smart phones aren’t exactly a new entry in the wireless world, they are becoming faster, more powerful and far more common, several Arkansas telecom executives and IT professionals said.

Foster Group Breaks Ground on $8M Living Center

Foster Hospitality Group LLC of Springfield, Mo., recently began moving dirt on an assisted living facility in Fayetteville that will cost about $8.37 million.

Zweig Returns to Old Firm With Aggressive Goals Intact

Mark Zweig recently opened the doors at ZweigWhite LLC, a company that caters to the architecture, engineering and environmental consulting industries.

Monty Python perspective

A comedic rant against the Roman occupation of Palestine (what is now Israel) was part of a movie scene in “Life of Brian” during which Judeans sought to displace the…

Just say no

The magic amount in 2012 is $600. It will be black magic.

Boozman, Keet attack Democrats and government growth

GOP Senate nominee Rep. John Boozman of Rogers spoke to about 650 convention delegates in west Little Rock on Saturday, telling the crowd that "the time is here to act."…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

Fort Smith Radio Group to launch ‘Arklahoma Today’

It didn’t take long for a competing radio station to fill the news/talk void following Clear Channel’s decision to cancel a once-popular morning radio show. On July 19, officials with…

Fort Smith special, general elections produce similar tax-support outcomes

Recent municipal election history appears to refute renewed claims that a special election produces different outcomes than a similar item on a general election ballot. The disclosure was part of…

Arkansas Best issues 3-cent dividend

Arkansas Best Corp. has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 3 cents per share to holders of record of on Aug. 6, payable on Aug. 20. Fort Smith-Arkansas Best Corp….

Paddock’s Picks: Bad News for Outlaws

An illustrated children’s book about Bass Reeves also is a good book for adults.

National bowhunter group has strong local tie

story and photos by Roy Hill Every year, almost 60,000 people take the classes offered by the 5,000 active instructors of the National Bowhunter Education Foundation. Eleven states require hunters…

SEC Preview: Will Nutt and Ole Miss ‘bounce back’ this season?

story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) Last year was supposed to be the year for the Ole Miss Rebels. Just…

Tolls for thee?

Survey shows most Americans support toll roads.

Tax reduction, medicaid and prisons part of Beebe’s 2011 plans

Editor’s note: This is the last of three stories resulting from a July 12 interview with Gov. Mike Beebe. Link here for the first story, and here for the second….