by July 29, 2015 2:44 pm
-Fort Smith metro job numbers, workforce size up in June
The job market in the Fort Smith metro continues to make modest gains, with the region adding more than 2,600 jobs between June 2014 and June 2015. The size of…
by July 29, 2015 2:44 pm
-The job market in the Fort Smith metro continues to make modest gains, with the region adding more than 2,600 jobs between June 2014 and June 2015. The size of…
by July 28, 2015 9:30 pm
-It didn’t take long for a majority of the Fort Smith Board of Directors to reject a plan that would annex 875 acres centered on the new intersection of Interstate…
by July 28, 2015 8:07 pm
-Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin said Tuesday he will recommend that the Common Core be made more rigorous and be renamed. Griffin is chairing the Governor’s Council on Common Core Review,…
by July 28, 2015 6:58 pm
-A new independent school under development by the Walton Family Foundation won’t impact other education opportunities, including the public school district and the soon-to-open campus of Haas Hall Academy, officials…
by July 28, 2015 6:42 pm
-It’s been a three-year journey but David Bursteen and Ines Brigman, owners of Legends Home Bedding, were recently informed their Elvis Presley bedding collection will be sold in select Wal-Mart…
by July 28, 2015 5:49 pm
-The board of directors of ArcBest Corp. on Tuesday (July 28) declared a quarterly cash dividend of 6 cents per share to shareholders as of Aug. 11 and payable on…
by July 28, 2015 5:38 pm
-Nearly one in three children (29%) residing in Arkansas live in poverty, compared to 22% nationwide, according to a new report from the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. While…
by July 28, 2015 1:05 pm
-NASA has awarded two grants totaling nearly $245,000 to Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc., a technology firm affiliated with the University of Arkansas. The company, which designs semiconductors at the Arkansas…
by July 27, 2015 11:15 pm
-Opponents of changing the Fort Smith Southside High School mascot said the cost of such a change could be $500,000 or more. The cost may be considerably less according to…
by July 27, 2015 9:19 pm
-The Rogers Planning Commission last week cleared the way for Wal-Mart Stores to build a grocery pickup site at its supercenter located at 4208 Pleasant Crossing Blvd. This will give…
by July 27, 2015 8:47 pm
-The Rebel mascot, “Dixie” fight song and other ancillary southern imagery will soon be part of the history of Southside High School. The Fort Smith Public School Board voted 7-0…
by July 27, 2015 3:16 pm
-Civic leaders increasingly recognize that the arts, creative place-making and arts tourism not only provide social and cultural benefits to our community but economic benefits as well. We need only…
by July 27, 2015 3:03 pm
-This week 40 Walmart Supercenters will begin testing the closing of their stores at midnight and reopening at 6 a.m., as the retailer looks for ways to optimize store labor…
by July 27, 2015 12:49 pm
-With the first two quarters of 2015 already in the history books, local and national economists predict a stronger economy in Northwest Arkansas, Fort Smith and the nation as a…
by July 27, 2015 10:12 am
-America's Car-Mart Inc. has opened its 142nd dealership. The dealership is located in Albany, Ga., and it’s the seventh dealership in the peach state for the Bentonville-based used-car dealer. The…
by July 27, 2015 10:06 am
-Revenue from Fort Smith’s street tax fell more than 5% in the June report after posting a double-digit increase in May. The countywide tax revenue that feeds the city’s general…
by July 26, 2015 7:15 pm
-Laleh Amirmoez, architect, owner and president of Fayetteville-based AFHJ Architects, wife and mother is always eager to talk about her childhood in Iran, her move to the U.S., her path…
by July 26, 2015 6:31 pm
-When Jeston George sold his direct marketing company two years ago, he was looking to start a new business that did more than just make money. After discovering that his…
by July 26, 2015 6:13 pm
-This week, the nation’s capital was action-packed as lawmakers battled it out on Planned Parenthood and a variety of other issues. Meanwhile, an Arkansas native killed in an attack at…
by July 26, 2015 5:49 pm
-As Founding Father James Madison once said, “A Popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it is but a Prologue to a Farce or a tragedy, or…