Regions

Relocating Realtors Earn Mention

Some realtors who qualified for the Business Journal’s list of Top Grossing Real Estate Agents were unintentionally left off when they switched firms late last year.

Springdale Residents Tea’d Off

Springdale will be one of more than 140 cities hosting an April 15 Tax Day Tea Party.

Realtor Ranks Down

That number of Realtors in Arkansas was down to 8.5 percent to 7,607 as of Feb. 28.

Wicked For Sale – Sort of

Fayetteville aviator and inventor Wayne Woolsey has put his firearm safety and game recovery equipment business on the market to see if he gets any bites.

Former Orion Partner Files Chapter 7

H. Brandon Rogers, the former managing partner with the former Orion Real Estate Services, has filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Pumping Measure Garners Support

Efforts to make the workplace breastfeeding friendly are gaining momentum in the Arkansas Legislature.

Arvest Nabs Facebook Fans

Arvest Bank launched a Facebook page in late February.

Waltons High on Forbes List

The Walton clan claimed four of the top 15 spots on Forbes’ most recent listing of the world’s billionaires.

Well-intended

It was just a few months ago that the caller had these well-intended words of wisdom for yours truly: “You’re too damn impatient when it comes to progressive community change….

Why Capitalism?

Part I of a three-part series from a recent Allan Meltzer lecture.

Day 3 report from SXSW: Booze, hookers and other pieces of American poetry.

Peter sports a new look and gets all gushy on a (VERY) early morning snack of lamb gyros.

Day 2 report from SXSW: Bishops, Blitzen and celebrities. Woo-hoo!

Peter’s description of the good music and good times in Austin continues. (Envy is an appropriate, if not natural, reaction.)

City director residency requirements clarified under Act 27

Act 27 of the 87th Arkansas General Assembly may help avoid the troubles that ensued when former Fort Smith city director Velvet Medlock chose to live in a district other…

Wind turbine plant could bring 335 jobs to Fort Smith

Ivy Owen is hopeful the third visit from officials with a company based in Japan will indeed be the charm and result in bringing more than 300 new manufacturing jobs…

Arkansas’ unemployment fund in ‘bad shape’

In one year, Arkansas’ unemployment trust fund fell from a balance of $98.9 million to $0, with state officials borrowing federal dollars in a frantic effort to keep unemployment funds…

2009 news media woes outlined

It ain’t pretty. The 20th Century news model will fail in this century.

Local car dealer comments on used car, new car prices

A local auto dealership manager sees some merit to a Friday report from Edmunds.com that some new cars can be purchased cheaper than similar used models. Edmunds said its research…

Day 1 report from SXSW: Bluegrass, blues and gospel.

Peter reports from Austin on the great sounds before the ‘ridiculousness ensued.’

Delicious_Cuisine

Do you want to learn how to prepare Egg Roll, Fried Rice, and Bubble Tea Please attend Delecious Cuisine Cooking show the cost will be $3-5 you’ll receive free sample…

Fort Smith metro jobless rate jumps to 7.7%

The preliminary January unemployment rate for the Fort Smith region spiked to 7.7%, up from 6.1% in December, and up significantly over 5.9% in January 2008. A loss 2,300 manufacturing…