by - September 19, 2013 9:11 am
Mercy Northwest Arkansas recently announced Brenda Chase as its new chief operating officer. Prior to this appointment Chase served as ambulatory care director, assistant vice president and vice president of…
by - September 18, 2013 9:39 pm
Although Arkansas has a ban on gay marriage, many Arkansas employers must now manage certain retirement plans, health insurance plans and other workplace benefits to include same-sex couples legally married…
by - September 18, 2013 8:24 pm
Willie and Uncle Si and other members of the Duck Dynasty crew will travel to Northwest Arkansas in October as part of an event produced by Cox Communications. “Duck Dynasty,”…
by - September 18, 2013 4:39 pm
Denise Garner of Fayetteville and Sam Sicard of Fort Smith have been appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe to the Vision 2025 Legislative Commission on the Future of Higher Education. The…
by - September 18, 2013 4:28 pm
Retail stocks rose 1.1% on Wednesday (Sept. 18) following the surprise announcement by the Federal Reserve to stay the course on its asset purchases for the near term. The S&P…
by - September 18, 2013 4:23 pm
It may seem odd to hear of a shortage in manufacturing workers following a decade which saw a nearly 25% decline in the number of manufacturing jobs available in Arkansas,…
by - September 18, 2013 4:17 pm
County officials on Wednesday (Sept. 18) were touting more than $1 million in improvements made at Ben Geren Regional Park over the last decade. Much of the improvements come in…
by - September 18, 2013 3:59 pm
It was just late last month that two barges went on a directionless journey down the Arkansas River in Little Rock, striking the Interstate 30 bridge and a pedestrian bridge…
by - September 18, 2013 3:34 pm
August proved to be another stellar month for home sales in the Fort Smith area, with the total value of home sold during the month increasing 32.73% over the same…
by - September 18, 2013 3:28 pm
Commercial real estate firm Sage Partners is broadening the scope of their services with the formation of a new company, Sage Assets Solutions. Tommy Van Zandt, one of the founders…
by - September 18, 2013 2:56 pm
The global commercial robotics industry could be a $20 billion market by 2016, fueled by uses that range in Northwest Arkansas from precision surgery to cooking French Fries. The International…
by - September 18, 2013 2:34 pm
The 2013 second quarter economy in the central Arkansas area received a grade of C- meaning that economic conditions declined slightly compared to the second quarter of 2012 but were…
by - September 18, 2013 2:24 pm
A leading advertising industry trade publication, AdWeek, has named Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods as the “Top Shop” in Arkansas. In its September 16, 2013 edition, AdWeek identified its selections for…
by - September 18, 2013 2:20 pm
Economic conditions remained positive in Northwest Arkansas during the second quarter of 2013, and are stronger than the second quarter of 2012 thanks to continued gains in employment and building…
by - September 18, 2013 1:56 pm
Dollar General is off to the races recently reporting stellar same-store sales growth of 5.1% in its second quarter ended Aug. 2. These gains are linked to increased traffic and…
by - September 18, 2013 1:29 pm
Improvements in the number of employed and gains in building permit values in the Fort Smith region helped boost the economy in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the…
by - September 18, 2013 10:27 am
The University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff have agreed to form a partnership they hope will help fill a need for more graduates in the…
by - September 18, 2013 6:29 am
The head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, met with about 15 Arkansas bankers on Monday night in Arkansas to discuss concerns related to the Dodd-Frank financial…
by - September 17, 2013 8:54 pm
Twenty-three minutes. That is how long the Fort Smith Board of Directors spent discussing a stop sign. And that was why Director Keith Lau spoke up during the Board's discussion…
by - September 17, 2013 7:19 pm
Not since the erstwhile Hog recruit and aspiring scribe Vin Ascolese wrote of the Razorbacks “balls of steel” and of our purported desire to “end the competition’s life” on the…
