by - September 25, 2015 3:09 pm
The former investor relations officer for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Carol Schumacher of Rogers, has been named as a board trustee for St. Bonaventure University, her alma meter. Schumacher will serve…
by - September 24, 2015 7:11 pm
The state should not develop its own costly individual insurance exchange and instead should probably continue using the one operated by the federal government, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told members of…
by - September 24, 2015 7:00 pm
Rumors that officials with KFSM 5 are looking to move the station’s primary studio and administrative offices from Fort Smith to Northwest Arkansas may be more than just rumors. The…
by - September 24, 2015 5:59 pm
Arvest Bank Senior Vice President Les Smith, has been promoted to loan manager for the Fort Smith and River Valley Region. Smith has been with Arvest since 1999 and has…
by - September 24, 2015 3:26 pm
In less than three weeks, the fortunes of the football Razorbacks have changed so much that predictions of a 10-2 season have fallen to questions of if the Hogs will…
by - September 24, 2015 2:58 pm
Fort Smith naitve Luke Pruitt will release his second studio album, “Songs of Home, Pt. 2” on Oct. 9. This is the follow up to his compelling debut ‘Songs of…
by - September 24, 2015 12:50 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping to cash in on the devaluation of the Chinese currency in recent weeks, and according to Reuters is now asking many suppliers in…
by - September 24, 2015 12:26 pm
Billy Idol, fried twinkies, cow manure, Beth Presley and Elvis Presley appear or are mentioned this week in the secret studio used by Dawson Meadows to conduct his brand of…
by - September 24, 2015 11:27 am
John Brown University was awarded a $1.5 million challenge grant by the Mabee Foundation, with funds supporting the construction of its new health education building and nursing endowment, the renovation…
by - September 24, 2015 11:11 am
Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) has selected FKP Architects of Houston and Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects of Fayetteville and Little Rock to help develop its vision of a new campus in Northwest Arkansas….
by - September 24, 2015 10:54 am
Nicole Ferguson has been named the interim Title IX coordinator for the Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance at the University of Arkansas. She will work with university administration, departments,…
by - September 24, 2015 7:10 am
Katherine Euler has been hired by Beall Barclay & Company as an audit senior manager. She will work in the accounting firm’s Fort Smith office. She will oversee audits and…
by - September 23, 2015 9:32 pm
Five of the state’s eight metropolitan areas experienced flat or weaker business growth in 2014 as Arkansas’ economic output fell well below the rest of the nation last year, according…
by - September 23, 2015 7:45 pm
Rumored corporate layoffs at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club offices in Bentonville persist, with five sources each telling The City Wire on Wednesday (Sept. 23) that the retail giant will begin…
by - September 23, 2015 7:30 pm
Mary Beth Brooks, president and CEO of The Bank of Fayetteville, has deep roots in Northwest Arkansas as well as Fort Smith. Born and raised in Fort Smith, Brooks and…
by - September 23, 2015 5:46 pm
Consumers were a little more eager to spend mid summer perhaps spurred on by lower gasoline prices that saves the average two-car family between $100 to $200 per month according…
by - September 23, 2015 4:55 pm
The University of Arkansas is one of only 24 programs out of 346 Division I athletic departments that generated more revenue than they spent in 2014, according to the NCAA…
by - September 23, 2015 4:44 pm
Among the ideas being considered by the Governor’s Working Group on Highway Funding has been transferring some of the state’s 16,418 miles of roads to cities and counties. The Association…
by - September 23, 2015 1:12 pm
Dayco Products’ manufacturing facility and technical center in Springdale celebrates one million work hours without a lost time accident marking an achievement last met at the site in March 2011….
by - September 22, 2015 8:52 pm
Thunderous applause from city employees in attendance at Tuesday's (September 22) study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors hinted at a potentially contentious budget fight to come. The…
