by - August 12, 2013 3:11 pm
Twenty-five individuals have been chosen for the 2013-14 class of Leadership Fort Smith, a community program designed to educate and inspire the participants to make a bigger difference in our…
by - August 12, 2013 2:46 pm
If the 2014 race in Arkansas for the United States Senate were measured in Facebook "likes," one candidate would clearly be ahead, and it could easily be considered a landslide…
by - August 12, 2013 2:34 pm
Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. is likely to end 2013 in positive income territory, but a delay in implementation of a new labor contract has caused several analysts who cover…
by - August 12, 2013 2:23 pm
Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach, Aristotle, Inc. President Elizabeth Bowles, and Northwest Arkansas Council CEO Mike Malone discussed the state of the state’s economy on Sunday night’s edition of…
by - August 12, 2013 2:17 pm
Officials with Vikon Farms, a poultry processing company based in Azusa, Calif., announced Monday (Aug. 12) plans to locate a new processing facility in Arkadelphia, which will employ more than…
by - August 12, 2013 12:37 pm
Community Clinic of Northwest Arkansas provides primary health care to about 30,000 residents a year and the need for their services continues to escalate. “We estimate there are roughly 90,000…
by - August 11, 2013 3:55 pm
I've participated in lots of job announcements as Governor. The ones that seem to generate the most buzz and excitement are those that welcome a new business to Arkansas. I…
by - August 11, 2013 3:46 pm
The next step in the embarrassing theft scheme unearthed at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery looks like an outdoor fracas between two drunken red-necks. Lots of yelling or posturing for action….
by - August 11, 2013 1:59 pm
August is a hot and dangerous month for young athletes, which is why the Kendrick Fincher Hydration Foundation held its fourth annual A Cool Summer Night Prom fundraiser during Heat…
by - August 11, 2013 11:02 am
A $5,000 winner was found and 66 young golfers showed their skills as The First Tee of Fort Smith held its annual Kid's Skills Challenge, family fun day, and Ultimate…
by - August 10, 2013 11:41 am
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. said Friday, (Aug.9 it plans to divest its hardware business. signing an agreement to sell the division to Nova Capital. The deal includes Amerock®, Ashland®, Bulldog® and…
by - August 10, 2013 9:26 am
How did a kid who grew up with an illiterate single mother in poverty in Detroit grow up to become a world renowned neurosurgeon? Supporters of Union Christian Academy found…
by - August 9, 2013 7:49 pm
Environmental consultants for Whirlpool have challenged the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality's assertion that a toxic plume of trichloroethylene (TCE) near the company's former manufacturing facility in Fort Smith could…
by - August 9, 2013 2:37 pm
More residents and property owners will soon join two lawsuits previously filed against Whirlpool that seek relief for property damage caused by potentially cancer-causing trichloroethylene (TCE) that Whirlpool admits leaked…
by - August 9, 2013 1:24 pm
Fugitive Edward Snowden, Ecuadorian roses and Sam’s Club are yet more examples of the tangled webs created by international politics and international trade. The trade tiff is small in terms…
by - August 9, 2013 9:23 am
Ashley Mason, MD, OB/GYN has joined Creekside Center for Women on the campus of Willow Creek Women’s Hospital, in Johnson. Mason completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at and earned…
by - August 9, 2013 6:48 am
Second quarter net income of $4.878 million is a welcome sign for officials at Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp., but was less that what Wall Street was expecting. Per share…
by - August 8, 2013 10:19 pm
Tyson Foods said this week come September it will suspend the purchases of cattle which have ingested the feed additive Zilmax . Tyson said it made the decision after recent…
by - August 8, 2013 9:17 pm
When Jill Davis needed a cover for a 7-inch tablet she purchased on QVC, she went to a Wal-Mart in Bentonville but found limited options and a low price of…
by - August 8, 2013 8:25 pm
Roby Brock, editor and owner of Little Rock-based Talk Business, was allowed to travel on Thursday (Aug. 8) with U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark, while he made several stops around…
