by - September 22, 2014 9:41 pm
It was a night full of data that may seem run of the mill or even ordinary to some. But according to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock economist…
by - September 22, 2014 7:15 pm
Bringing products to retail has donated the time of two local startups in recent weeks as Ecovet works to fulfill display orders for I.O.Metro and Overwatch reports a successful iOS…
by - September 22, 2014 6:51 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum will break ground Wednesday (Sept. 24), the 200th anniversary of the Marshals Service's founding. But even with dirt moving at the planned museum's site along the…
by - September 22, 2014 5:27 pm
The second half of 2014 is off to a good start for the tourism and travel sector in the Fort Smith region based on hospitality tax collections in Fort Smith…
by - September 22, 2014 4:37 pm
The state’s first superproject has turned its first official shovel of dirt. “Welcome to steel mill heaven,” said John Correnti, Chairman and CEO of Big River Steel, which officially broke…
by - September 22, 2014 4:25 pm
“Population growth drives about half of all economic growth,” according to Thomas Piketty, the author of the bestselling book Capital in the 21st Century. If population growth accounts for about…
by - September 22, 2014 4:02 pm
With the memory of last winter still fresh on the mind of many and some weather websites and almanacs predicting a repeat or in some cases worse winter this year,…
by - September 22, 2014 12:52 pm
Main Street Rogers is hosting Rep. Steve Womack for a visit with Downtown Rogers business and property-owners, as well as a tour of new residential and business spaces Monday (Sept….
by - September 22, 2014 12:34 pm
Hillshire Brands has agreed to pay $330,000 in back wages as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor over claims of hiring discrimination against 2,474 men in…
by - September 21, 2014 10:41 pm
When the 6 p.m. kickoff for Saturday’s game against Northern Illinois was announced, Tusk to Tail knew that our fortunes had changed. Over the course of the past two dreaded…
by - September 21, 2014 5:25 pm
Some or all members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors often gather at a restaurant following their regularly scheduled voting meetings. The media has not received advanced notice of…
by - September 21, 2014 12:07 pm
A kink in the format may leave many disappointed that a platform for foreign affairs is not on the program in the first, and at present only televised debate, between…
by - September 21, 2014 11:45 am
The crowd of 250 gathered at Pinnacle Country Club on Friday night made a difference in the lives of people in all 75 counties across Arkansas by participating in the…
by - September 20, 2014 10:42 am
Democrat Mike Ross and Republican Asa Hutchinson sat face to face across a table during a sometimes testy, occasionally snippy gubernatorial debate Friday night on KARK-TV that featured confrontations over…
by - September 19, 2014 10:55 pm
He had not yet even spoke and already the crowd was on their feet Friday night (Sept. 19) with a sustained applause that lasted so long, Bill Nye "The Science…
by - September 19, 2014 2:34 pm
There are an estimated 28,614 fewer Arkansans in the workforce and 8,434 fewer Arkansans employed in August compared to August 2013. The August jobless rate was 6.3%, up from 6.2%…
by - September 19, 2014 1:50 pm
The proposed Arkansas Colleges of Health Education announced Friday (Sept. 19) that Forsgren Inc. of Fort Smith was selected as the contractor for site preparation for its new college of…
by - September 19, 2014 9:36 am
The largest retailer and private employer in the world is beefing up its payrolls with the addition of at least 60,000 seasonal workers for the upcoming holiday season, according to…
by - September 18, 2014 8:17 pm
Severance tax collections in Arkansas reached an all-time high of $77.3 million in fiscal 2014, pushed upward by stronger natural gas prices and better drilling techniques and production at the…
by - September 18, 2014 7:40 pm
CVS Health will open the first two of four planned western Arkansas pharmacies on Sept. 21 in Van Buren and Oct. 12 in Bella Vista, according to Michael DeAngelis, spokesman…
