by - February 3, 2017 2:43 pm
Tom Coburn, the former Republican U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, is ready to call for a Convention of States (COS) to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government. Coburn…
by - February 3, 2017 11:55 am
Rep. Dwight Tosh, R-Jonesboro, spent many years in law enforcement, and during the last several years he’s noticed an alarming trend across the country. Criminals are targeting police officers, first…
by - February 2, 2017 6:18 pm
Plans first made public in late 2015 by local CBS affiliate KFSM-TV, Channel 5, to move more of its operations to Northwest Arkansas from Fort Smith are ongoing, although the…
by - February 2, 2017 4:09 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods is expected to put up strong fiscal first-quarter profits when it reports earnings ahead of the market opening on Monday (Feb. 6). The results are expected to…
by - February 2, 2017 3:51 pm
Arkansas lawmakers in Washington D.C. are cautiously optimistic a deal will be brokered to allow farmers to sell agriculture goods in Cuba with private financing. There’s a $1 billion agriculture…
by - February 2, 2017 3:04 pm
A bill requiring Arkansas’ colleges and universities to allow staff members with concealed carry permits to carry their weapons on campus passed the House of Representatives on Thursday (Feb. 2)…
by - February 2, 2017 9:08 am
The last of the shuttered Walmart Express formats in Northwest Arkansas in the tiny town of Decatur was snatched up by Dollar General for $425,000. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.,-based Dollar General…
by - February 2, 2017 5:38 am
John Furner, 42, started his new job as CEO of Sam’s Club on Wednesday (Feb. 1) by introducing himself on the Walmart Blog. Furner, who succeeded Rosalind Brewer, is not…
by - February 1, 2017 4:30 pm
The Steel Wheels Bourbon Express will leave the station on March 25 to benefit the Fort Smith-based Steel Horse Rally Inc. charity. The educational bourbon sampling will take place aboard…
by - February 1, 2017 4:06 pm
There is never a shortage of Wal-Mart Stores news any day of the year. The nation’s biggest employer is entangled in multiple lawsuits and invests heavily in e-commerce capabilities, while…
by - February 1, 2017 4:00 pm
Sam Walton was a small business man at heart, and his desire to launch a wholesale club to benefit other small businesses stemmed from that, according to local retired Sam’s…
by - February 1, 2017 10:30 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is not sure it wants to increase funding for another intermodal port study to be managed by the Western Arkansas Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority…
by - February 1, 2017 8:23 am
Denso, a global automotive supplier with a manufacturing facility in Osceola, has announced a spate of executive changes. Kenichiro Ito, chairman of Denso’s North America board of directors and chief…
by - February 1, 2017 8:15 am
Mercy Northwest Arkansas has closed on a $2.4 million purchase of 19.4 acres in southwest Bentonville, and will start construction this spring on a neighborhood clinic. According to Benton County…
by - January 31, 2017 10:27 pm
Gateway Planning revealed a detailed draft for downtown Fort Smith’s strategic redevelopment at a special study session with city officials Tuesday night, Jan. 31, from the Riverfront Pavilion. Scott Polikov…
by - January 31, 2017 3:27 pm
River Valley Sports Complex (RVSC) organizers Lee Webb and Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, could soon be terminated from their agreement with the Fort Smith Board of Directors to build…
by - January 31, 2017 1:14 pm
Changes are brewing at Fayetteville-based holding company One Country (registered under the name Acumen Brands Inc.). One of the city’s largest employers, the e-commerce business could be headed toward liquidation multiple…
by - January 31, 2017 1:03 pm
Joanie and Jon Dyer of Fayetteville will give $1 million to support the construction of Arkansas Children’s Northwest, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 31) news release from Arkansas Children’s Foundation….
by - January 31, 2017 8:11 am
The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority (NARIFA) has a new director, and he hopes to keep the organization afloat in the coming years. Derrick Harris, 28, a Piggott native…
by - January 30, 2017 6:32 pm
One year after USA Truck replaced its president and chief executive officer, the Van Buren-based carrier has done it again. James Reed, who was hired in October as chief financial…
