by - December 7, 2012 9:20 am
A language barrier is being blamed for the June 2011 chemical accident at Tyson Foods' Berry Street chicken processing plant in Springdale. Tyson Foods disputes the findings of a federal…
by - December 7, 2012 7:01 am
More than 134 requests for liquor store applications have been received by the Alcoholic Beverage Control division and the window for acceptance will remain open about two more months. Rick…
by - December 6, 2012 10:49 pm
BENTONVILLE—An agreement reached Thursday (Dec. 6) provides NorthWest Arkansas Community College with its third president, starting July 1, 2013. The NWACC Board of Trustees approved a three-year contract with Evelyn…
by - December 6, 2012 9:58 pm
In an academic and performance-based study involving prestigious universities and specialists in e-governance, the City of Fort Smith ranked 10 among each 50 states largest and second largest cities. Fort…
by - December 6, 2012 9:28 pm
News on Thursday (Dec. 6) that Apple plans to shift $100 million in spending to build Mac computers in the U.S. added energy to a nascent belief that American manufacturing…
by - December 6, 2012 7:19 pm
Consumer confidence held close to a seven-month high last week as the holiday-shopping season put more Americans in the mood to spend, and claims for unemployment benefits declined. The Bloomberg…
by - December 6, 2012 5:26 pm
Winter isn’t a prime growing season for the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks but its draw during December will stir the child inside anyone. Every Saturday and Sunday through Dec….
by - December 6, 2012 4:24 pm
Sparks Regional Medical Center is now a member of the network of hospitals participating in Arkansas’ statewide trauma system. Sparks is among 19 Arkansas hospitals designated as a Level III…
by - December 6, 2012 3:09 pm
Hiring a new football coach is always interesting. Did Arkansas find the next Nick Saban, or did we get Houston Nutt’s playbook combined with Bobby Petrino’s ego and libido? Read…
by - December 6, 2012 2:45 pm
With around $9.8 million in cash and pledges, Jim Dunn says the U.S. Marshals Museum fundraising effort is “starting to meet with some success,” and is optimistic a soon-to-be launched…
by - December 6, 2012 12:33 pm
Can we rebuild the beef cow herd? That was the question posed to me by a producer in response to my recent article suggesting that two years of drought liquidation,…
by - December 6, 2012 10:27 am
Value discounters Dollar General and Family Dollar have flourished in a challenging economy between 2010 and 2012. The secret to significant sales increases nipping marketshare from traditional grocers and mass…
by - December 6, 2012 9:41 am
America's Car-Mart Inc. announced Thursday (Dec. 6) the opening of dealership No. 118 located in Enterprise. Ala., the eleventh store in that state. "Alabama has been a great state for…
by - December 5, 2012 10:15 pm
SILOAM SPRINGS – The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) selected John Brown University as a winner of two CASE’s 2012 Educational Fundraising Awards. JBU was one of…
by - December 5, 2012 8:45 pm
With three large poultry companies located in Northwest Arkansas and another one just a few miles south in Fort Smith, concerns of drought and persistently higher grain costs have been…
by - December 5, 2012 5:34 pm
Target has selected digital agency Razorfish to work on its lackluster e-commerce business, according to a report from Ad Age. Insiders say the Minneapolis-based mass retailer has been reviewing pitches…
by - December 5, 2012 5:11 pm
On this week’s adventure, I had intended for us to eat at the new gyro stand in the Quarry Shopping Center. Come to find out, the new stand is actually…
by - December 5, 2012 3:48 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s inaugural exhibition of its collection featured more than 450 works of art, representing nearly half of its entire holdings at the time of the…
by - December 5, 2012 3:19 pm
When the final curtain call brings audiences to their feet for a standing ovation, the applause is for the music, the acting, the scenery—and how all of those elements came…
by - December 5, 2012 3:06 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — A mineworkers union strike in the 1980s in a village in northern England sounds like a fine scenario for a theatrical piece. But when it’s woven together with…
