Regions

Commodity Collapse Craters Construction Costs

After years of doubling and tripling raw materials prices from oil to copper caused by burgeoning world demand and a weak U.S. dollar, the bottom fell out in the final quarter of 2008.

Commercial Jobs Slumped Significantly in 2008

The number of commercial construction projects under way in 2008 fell sharply from the previous year.

Fewer Deals, Higher Value

The number of deals made in Northwest Arkansas declined in 2008, but the value increased.

Contractors Oppose Free Choice Act

The Arkansas chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. is encouraging its members to contact their legislators regarding the Employee Free Choice Act.

UA Keeps up Expansion, Improvement Plans in ’09

The University of Arkansas has over $75 million in construction projects set to begin in 2009.

Litter Mitigation, Litigation Moves Ahead

As Oklahoma’s case against Tyson Foods Inc., Simmons Foods Inc., George’s Inc. and others plods through its fourth year with a tentative trial date set for this September, parallel efforts locally and in Washington D.C. are aiming to make Edmondson’s laws

Borrowing Trillions More Offers No Guarantees for Recovery (Commentary by Andrew Jensen)

President Obama would surely hear the howls of his allies on the left who trust the power of government over power of the people, but I suspect a safe prediction for the market reaction would be quite different than what we saw on Inauguration Day.

Learning to Effectively Manage Stress Can Take Many Forms (Guest Commentary by Seth Mohorn)

No matter what your role is ? whether executive or hourly, service or sales ? we all have one thing in common: the ability to control our own attitude.

Northwest Delegation Holds Key Spots

Six of the eight state senators from Arkansas’ northwest corridor sit on the Arkansas General Assembly’s Joint Budget Committee.

KFSM Leads DMA, November Nielsens

KFSM-TV, Channel 5, led the 11-county designated market area during all three weekday evening newscasts in the November household ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

State Benefits From Nonprofits

A recent study found that charitable organizations in Arkansas contributed more than $14 billion to the state’s economy from 2005 to 2008.

BKD Acquires Part Of Rogers Practice

BKD LLP, the largest accounting firm in Arkansas, has acquired an office in Rogers with the addition of several members from the Lundy Allard & Co. PLLC firm.

AERT Settles Suit, Incurs Losses of More Than $6M

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale has received federal approval of a settlement with plaintiffs who sued over the companies ChoiceDek product.

Spendthrifts and Gluttony Needed to Revise Economy (Commentary by Jeff Collins)

Our hopes for 2009 seem to reside with the collective emotional well-being of soccer moms and Joe Six-packs. It could reasonably be asked if tax cuts and cheap money will turn the trick.

Of Lucky Strikes and Lotteries (Commentary by Jeff Wood)

A gluttonous quartet of habits – smoking, drinking, eating and gambling – are the triggers behind several early bills proposed this state legislative session in Little Rock. The bills either make it easier, or more expensive, to enjoy all of the above.

Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic trends lower in May

Tyson Family Foundation to give $500,000 for NWA Pride Weekend

Experience Fayetteville releases marketing, sales plan to public

Turn Key denies ‘defects and deficiencies’ allegations with Peak work