by The City Wire staff - August 3, 2015 7:05 am
ArcBest Corp. posted second quarter net income of $19.967 million, up 16% compared to the same quarter of 2014, thanks in large part to a more than 13% reduction in…
by The City Wire staff - July 28, 2015 5:49 pm
The board of directors of ArcBest Corp. on Tuesday (July 28) declared a quarterly cash dividend of 6 cents per share to shareholders as of Aug. 11 and payable on…
by The City Wire staff - July 25, 2015 5:59 pm
CEO Connection has included ArcBest President and CEO Judy McReynolds on its list of the top 25 women in the U.S. based on their ability to influence change, innovation and…
by The City Wire staff - May 4, 2015 5:47 am
First quarter net income of $745,000 for Fort Smith-based ArcBest was well below what the market expected, but it was the company’s first first-quarter profit for the first time in…
by The City Wire staff - May 1, 2015 2:10 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest has announced a quarterly cash dividend of six cents per share payable May 29 to shareholders of record on May 15. The company is set to report…
by The City Wire staff - April 24, 2015 11:51 am
Traci Sowersby has been named vice president-controller and chief accounting officer for Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corporation, with her first day set for April 27. Sowersby, a certified public accountant, most…
by The City Wire staff - April 15, 2015 6:13 pm
With Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Mike Preston, his new jobs boss, in attendance, the mood was celebratory at the formal groundbreaking for the $30-plus million new corporate headquarters for Fort…
by The City Wire staff - April 14, 2015 8:00 pm
ABF Freight has been named the national LTL (less than truckload) Carrier of the Year by the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council. It’s the third consecutive year ABF Freight has…
by The City Wire staff - February 4, 2015 7:39 am
With 2014 net income up more than 190% and annual revenue up almost 14%, officials with Fort Smith-based ArcBest plans to spend $200 million during 2015 to modernize and expand…
by The City Wire staff - January 22, 2015 9:34 am
Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. on Thursday (Jan. 22) announced a quarterly divident of 6 cents per share to shareholders of record on Feb. 5. The dividend is paid on Feb….
by The City Wire staff - January 5, 2015 2:35 pm
Efforts by Fort Smith-based ArcBest to grow its ABF Logistics division took a small step forward with the $5.17 million purchase of Oklahoma City-based Smart Lines Transportation. With annual revenue…
by The City Wire staff - December 29, 2014 2:31 pm
A more than $30 million medical college with a reserve of more than $100 million, a significant expansion of a large employer with a global footprint and an unsettling settlement…
by The City Wire staff - December 19, 2014 10:35 am
Michael Newcity, the chief financial officer at Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp., will take a new role of chief innovation officer and president of ArcBest Technologies beginning Jan. 1. David Cobb…
by The City Wire staff - November 7, 2014 10:55 am
Joe Davis, the director of training and quality awareness at ABF Freight System and a former Fort Smith City Director, died suddenly Friday morning (Nov. 7). He was 64. Davis…
by The City Wire staff - November 3, 2014 6:51 am
Third quarter net income for Fort Smith-based ArcBest was $19.618 million, well ahead of the $13.982 million in the same quarter of 2013, and thanks in large part to an…
by The City Wire staff - October 24, 2014 3:55 pm
The Board of Directors of Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. has approved a quarterly dividend of six cents per share, an increase over the previous three-cent dividend. The dividend is payable…
by The City Wire staff - October 16, 2014 3:32 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. (formerly Arkansas Best Corp.) is buying an additional 30 acres for its corporate headquarter expansion at Chaffee Crossing. The transportation holding company also announced Thursday that…
by The City Wire staff - July 31, 2014 8:39 am
Fort Smith-based ArcBest (formerly Arkansas Best Corp.) appears to be on its way to two consecutive years of positive financial results, with net income for the first six months of…
by The City Wire staff - July 24, 2014 6:37 pm
The Board of Directors of Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. (formerly Arkansas Best) announced Thursday (July 24) of 3 cents per share payable Aug. 21 to shareholders of record Aug. 7….
by The City Wire staff - July 9, 2014 4:03 pm
The announced addition of 975 jobs with the ArcBest corporate expansion in Fort Smith could result in a total of 1,907 jobs created in Arkansas, according to an economic modeling…
