by - August 15, 2012 8:30 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is coming under increasing pressure from U.S. lawmakers who say the company’s internal corruption investigation is widening beyond Mexico and may include new allegations of tax evasion…
by - August 15, 2012 7:04 pm
Have you ever wondered why conservatives are so opposed to government interference in the marketplace yet so tolerant, even welcoming, of its role in our personal lives? You could say…
by - August 15, 2012 6:02 pm
Record heat in July worked in concert with lackluster employment prospects to hold back home sales in Sebastian and Crawford counties. MountData.com reports preliminary home sales in Sebastian County were…
by - August 15, 2012 5:43 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe announced Wednesday (Aug. 15) that he has set aside $2 million from the Governor's Disaster Fund to help Arkansas ranchers during the recent persistent drought conditions. The…
by - August 15, 2012 5:25 pm
Marty Clark, president of Fort Smith, Arkansas-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Brown-Hiller-Clark & Associates, has announced the acquisition of Group Insurance Consultants of Fort Smith. Established and…
by - August 15, 2012 4:45 pm
Dr. Amy Stinson, a Fort Smith native, is coming home in September to practice with Cooper Clinic ENT Specialists Drs. Gwartney and Erstine. Stinson completed her undergraduate work at the…
by - August 15, 2012 4:37 pm
Greg Shepperd has been named the news director for KHBS/KHOG-TV 40/29, and will begin in his new role on Sept. 4. Shepperd has been a newsroom manager with Hearst Television…
by - August 15, 2012 3:57 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Since becoming a state in 1836, 45 men have been elected to the office of governor. Ten others have served as acting governor. Some of these have moved on…
by - August 15, 2012 3:43 pm
Last-minute efforts toward reaching a payment agreement between Community Health Systems and Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield have failed, which will create a change in how thousands of Northwest…
by - August 15, 2012 3:37 pm
Despite record heat in July, agents across Northwest Arkansas say they are busy selling homes and statistics indicate the local market is healthier than it’s been in years as home…
by - August 15, 2012 3:30 pm
FORT SMITH — To Luke Perkinson, being funny is serious business. Nowhere is this more evident than inside the performance and dance area of Lost Beach in Fort Smith. Perkinson works…
by - August 15, 2012 1:29 pm
Manufacturers are turning out more cars and computers, homebuilders are gaining confidence and prices are little changed, showing the U.S. economy is expanding with inflation contained. Production at factories, mines…
by - August 15, 2012 2:44 am
Aug. 17-19 Music: Bluegrass tradition continues EUREKA SPRINGS — This year’s Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival begins as it always has, with a free concert and watermelon for the bluesgrass-lovin’ public in…
by - August 14, 2012 11:13 pm
Beef U.S. beef packer margins were negative $15 per head last week, improving to a positive $12 by Tuesday (Aug.14), on higher beef cutout prices, according to Hedgers Edge. The…
by - August 14, 2012 9:08 pm
Fort Smith Realtor Keith Lau, who ran a campaign promising to end micromanagement and against recent decisions to only partially automate Fort Smith trash collection, captured 50.81% of the vote…
by - August 14, 2012 8:50 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — As 1936 Club owner Peter Steinhart was whooping it up with friends last Saturday night (Aug. 11), celebrating his retirement from the restaurant business, the eatery’s new manager and…
by - August 14, 2012 8:42 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — As 1936 Club owner Peter Steinhart was whooping it up with friends last Saturday night (Aug. 11), celebrating his retirement from the restaurant business, the eatery’s new manager and…
by - August 14, 2012 8:33 pm
FORT SMITH — Shannon Gilliaum sold his successful roofing business to open what he hopes will be a successful bar and live music venue, the Longhorn Saloon, at 6400 U.S. 71….
by - August 14, 2012 8:26 pm
ROGERS — Much like Ray Kinsella’s converted cornfields in the cult hit “Field of Dreams” – if you build it they will come. Anglers, hunters, master marksmen and outdoor enthusiast…
by - August 14, 2012 6:58 pm
Simmons First National Corp. announced the anticipated retirement of Chairman and CEO J. Thomas May to be effective December 2013. May has had health issues, but has continued to lead…
