by - September 15, 2013 9:58 pm
I think somebody put something in my drink. Oh wait. That was me. I've used P.J. O'Rourke's line here before, but in a game where the run wasn't just the…
by - September 15, 2013 7:33 pm
A new day is how the U.S Department of Health and Human Services describes Jan. 1, 2014 “for the 19% of Arkansans who don’t have insurance, or Arkansas families and…
by - September 15, 2013 7:14 pm
Ah, that pesky First Amendment. It cuts both ways, or so we learned this week from Arkansas’ 3rd District Congressman Steve Womack, R-Rogers, and a self-proclaimed “Mexican-American” student named Yardley…
by - September 15, 2013 10:48 am
It was a perfect Saturday (Sept. 14) for scouting as hundreds of young ladies gathered at Burnham Woods in Fort Smith for the Girl Scouts "Back-to-school Kick-off.” Organized by the…
by - September 15, 2013 10:12 am
September begins football season, the feeling of fall, but it's also childhood cancer awareness month. The We Care Foundation held it's yearly Light Up The Night event to celebrate the lives…
by - September 14, 2013 6:50 pm
For the first time in seven years, the Democratic Party of Arkansas on Saturday (Sept. 14) held their quarterly state committee meeting in Northwest Arkansas. The meeting, held at the…
by - September 13, 2013 1:25 pm
The National Retail Federation reports retail sales grew at a snail’s pace 0.01% from July to August, rising 3.9% unadjusted year-over-year. These sales have stripped out automotive, gas stations and…
by - September 13, 2013 12:19 pm
Toys R Us is offering a 10% cash reward up to $100 on certain toy purchases through Oct. 31 for its rewards card members and will extend the deadline for…
by - September 13, 2013 11:57 am
Wal-Mart has set its sights on Siloam Springs for a new Neighborhood Market expected to open next fall. The retail giant is scaling up its grocery format to 500 stores…
by - September 13, 2013 11:31 am
Sherry Clark has joined National Bank of Sallisaw and will work as a agriculture/consumer loan officer. Clark joined NBS in May 2013 after time with another financial institution and 16…
by - September 13, 2013 10:48 am
Andrew Todd has been hired by the accounting firm Beall Barclay & Company. He will work on the company’s Rogers, Ark., office. Todd is a 2013 graduate of Arkansas State…
by - September 12, 2013 11:58 pm
Six teams in the NWA StartUp Cup competition were announced on Thursday (Sept. 12). The teams faced the judges Thursday and got the nod to move on the next round…
by - September 12, 2013 11:17 pm
John Brown University announced this week that it has begun steps towards creating a nursing program after receiving unanimous prerequisite approval Wednesday (Sept. 11) from the Arkansas State Board of…
by - September 12, 2013 10:28 pm
In the five years through 2013, revenue for China’s poultry farming industry has grown at an average annualized rate of 7.7% to $75.3 billion and two U.S. meat giants are…
by - September 12, 2013 7:56 pm
The last two decades have not been kind to manufacturing, once Arkansas' largest private industry sector. Manufacturing peaked at 247,300 in February 1995, and has shed 93,400 jobs – an unprecedented…
by - September 12, 2013 7:28 pm
The members of Tusk to Tail have been following the Hogs nearly all their lives, missing only one game in the past 15 years. Each week, they will be asked…
by - September 12, 2013 5:44 pm
Simmons First National CEO George Makris said the $53.6 million bid for Metropolitan National Bank was grounded in thorough due diligence conducted by 10 of its veteran loan specialists who…
by - September 12, 2013 3:32 pm
Sustainability has been a major platform for retail giant Wal-Mart since 2005 and the company continues to enlist the help of suppliers to move the needle. Wal-Mart on Thursday (Sept….
by - September 12, 2013 1:08 pm
The flat-to-downward trend continued into July for hospitality tax collections in Fort Smith and Van Buren, although sector employment was up in July compared to July 2012. Collections in Van…
by - September 12, 2013 12:13 pm
Wal-Mart Stores won a major victory against labor groups when Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray vetoed a municipal bill that would have required big box retailers to pay a minimum…
