by - December 13, 2013 6:20 am
The Friday Wire: Interchange beauty and municipal hiccups
Beautifying a major Fort Smith interchange, a big money push for the U.S. Marshals Museum and the hiccups of life are part of the Dec. 13 Friday Wire for the…
Tag: Fort Smith area home sales
by - December 13, 2013 6:09 am
The Friday Wire: Walmart, Ivy Leaguers and 2014 optimism
The pace of housing growth, Obamacare jobs in Rogers and the possibility of a Walmart store on an Ivy League campus are part of the Northwest Arkansas Friday Wire for…
by - December 12, 2013 10:05 pm
Centennial Bank appoints new market head for NWA
D. Scott Hancock was recently tagged as the new divisional president for Northwest Arkansas following Centennial Bank’s acquisition of Liberty Bank, according to a press release from bank on Thursday…
by - December 12, 2013 9:51 pm
Lt. Gov. Darr cited for $12,000 in misspent money
An audit of the office of Lt. Gov. Mark Darr (R) found that the state’s highest ranking Republican apparently misspent more than $12,000 in office funds for personal or undocumented…
by - December 12, 2013 9:36 pm
Water whirled
In case you were wondering, we checked and are confident that the concepts and planning and budgeting for this on-again, off-again water park at Ben Geren Regional Park were not…
by - December 12, 2013 8:47 pm
Mercy unveils new medical facility in Bella Vista
More than 200 health professionals, local residents and city leaders attended the grand opening celebration of the new $13 million Mercy Clinic in Bella Vista on Thursday evening (Dec. 12)….
by - December 12, 2013 5:57 pm
Area home sales down in November, average prices rise
Sales of homes in the Fort Smith region showed mixed results in November, with Crawford County beating November 2012's figures by 76.46% while Sebastian County's home sales figures dropped 25.98%…
by - December 12, 2013 5:43 pm
FDIC report shows Arkansas bank gains, slow economic growth
Third-quarter 2013 banking and other economic data released Thursday (Dec. 12) by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) show improvements in the state’s banking sector and continued signs of muted…
by - December 12, 2013 2:59 pm
Sheraton Four Points, Joe’s Italian on tap in Bentonville
Roughly one year behind schedule, Kunal Mody, CEO of Little Rock-based Reimagine Hospitality, said the Sheraton Four Points Hotel should open along Walton Boulevard in Bentonville sometime in early 2014…
by - December 12, 2013 11:08 am
Mark Horn delivers Fall UAFS commencement address
Mark Horn of Fort Smith, vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, gave UAFS grads pointed advice about their life after college during a…
by - December 12, 2013 10:49 am
Philanthropists seek business support to reduce child abuse
With more than 35 years of medical practice to his credit, Dr. Jerry Jones at Arkansas Children’s Hospital has seen things. As one of less than 20 physicians in the…
by - December 12, 2013 10:36 am
UA’s Deck elected to national business and economic research board
Kathy Deck, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, was recently elected to serve on the board for the Association…
by - December 12, 2013 10:32 am
Van Buren making progress on sales tax projects
Progress is being made on projects funded by a collection of sales taxes approved by Van Buren voters last year, though not all the progress can be seen by the…
by - December 12, 2013 10:21 am
NWA November home sales dip, record year overall
The early start of winter usually signals seasonal slumber for the local real estate market, but despite softer overall sales in November a few agents are celebrating a record year….
by - December 12, 2013 9:59 am
Arvest commissions regional consumer confidence poll
Arvest Bank has commissioned a large-scale consumer sentiment survey to measure and report the economic expectations and outlook of consumers in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. The survey will measure respondents’…
by - December 12, 2013 12:36 am
The Supply Side: Pinnacle Foods, petcare and a new website
• Stock offering priced at Pinnacle Foods Pinnacle Foods Inc. announced the pricing of the secondary offering of 17 million shares of its common stock to be sold by certain…
by - December 11, 2013 11:05 pm
Foreclosure activity remains mixed, re-defaults rise
The foreclosure pace across Arkansas remains mixed as 2013 winds to a close. There were 469 foreclosure filings across the Natural State in November, down 5.25% from the year-ago period,…
by - December 11, 2013 7:15 pm
Fort Smith Parks Commission debates water park funding
Even though uncertainty remains regarding the future of the Ben Geren Aquatics Center, the city of Fort Smith took another step forward Wednesday (Dec. 11) in order to provide additional…
by - December 11, 2013 5:09 pm
UA to host upcoming NCAA regional track, gymnastic championships
The University of Arkansas has been selected to host four NCAA postseason championships it was announced on Wednesday. Arkansas will be home to a 2014 and 2016 NCAA Men’s and…
by - December 11, 2013 5:03 pm
Concerts, ballets, and jogs pack the NWA Christmas calendar
It won't be hard to get in the holiday spirit with all of these Christmas concerts, Jingle Bell Jogs and Nutcracker performances. • Ozarks Chorale presents "Holiday in the Hills"…