Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Chamber chief takes last bow

BENTONVILLE — Members of the Bentonville/Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Hilton Garden Inn for its annual Business After Hours and to say farewell to its chamber chief of…

FCRA grants easement to Old Dominion

The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has granted an easement to Old Dominion Freight Lines for property associated with the company’s trucking terminal estimated to begin construction at Chaffee Crossing…

Conference focuses on human trafficking in Arkansas

BENTONVILLE – Legislators, community leaders and concerned citizens filled Peterson Auditorium at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville on Thursday (June 28) for Arkansas’ first Legislative Summit on Human Trafficking….

Roberts and the health-care tax

Judges can say things politicians can’t. So it was left to U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts to use the three-letter word for the individual mandate that President Barack Obama…

A&E Advisory for June 29-July 5: Leave fireworks for pros

FORT SMITH — To be so rude as to miss the Fort Smith Mayor’s Fourth of July celebration and fireworks display would be, well, un-American. Besides, it’s on the city — admission…

Natural gas summit set for trucking industry

Officials with Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. plan to attend what the American Trucking Associations says is the “first-ever summit dedicated to exploring the full range of issues related to…

Bank underwriting standards see slight easing

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s 18th Annual Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices, released Thursday (June 28), shows that underwriting standards remained largely unchanged from last year, although…

Elected leaders comment on health care ruling

Following Thursday’s (June 28) ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld President Barack Obama’s health-care plan, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said his job is to implement a system that…

Hospital execs like court decision; retailers unhappy

The hospital industry in Arkansas approves of the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding most of President Barack Obama’s health-care plan, but the national trade associations representing retailers — including Wal-Mart…

Supreme Court upholds health-care law (Updated)

BLOOMBERG — The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the core of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, giving him an election-year triumph and preserving a law that would expand insurance to millions…

Veterans, recycling part of S.A. Concepts model

Springdale-based S.A. Concepts has a business model built around sustainability. They retrofit big rigs with AeroSmart trailer skirting panels made from recycled aluminum trailers that in turn increase fuel efficiency…

Mad Scientist creates foam fest and more

FORT SMITH — While we can’t see things like sound, gravity, and air molecules, their effects can be seen. Demonstrating these in a way kids can understand – and entertaining them…

Fitzpatrick left Whirlpool before it left her

Tamara Fitzpatrick feels like she’s losing a friend. More than a friend, really. A family member. The former Whirlpool employee grew up with the Fort Smith plant a central part…

NWA economy sees jobless rate rise in May

An estimated decline of more than 1,000 employed in the Northwest Arkansas during May raised the region’s jobless rate to 5.7%, just ahead of the April rate of 5.3% but…

Fort Smith area May jobless rate climbs

Even with an estimated 400 job gain in the region’s troubled manufacturing sector, the jobless rate in the Fort Smith region during May was 7.7%, an increase compared to 7.3%…

Haggard’s swagger bowls over area fans

GREENWOOD — If ever a man was the living embodiment of his name it is Merle Haggard. Haggard took the stage Tuesday night (June 26) at the Greenwood Performing Arts…

Agribusiness Weekly Update: Pork sector improves

Beef U.S. beef packer margins averaged nearly $45 per head last week, but had risen to $85 by Wednesday (June 27) on lower cattle prices, according to Hedgers Edge. Beef…

May good for Arkansas’ large-market home sales

Northwest Arkansas continues to be the most active regional market for home sales in the state, with the Fort Smith and Jonesboro regions seeing home sales fall behind what was…

Economic Outlook: Slow and steady to 2013

Stagnant personal income, modest improvements in the housing and job markets and a curtain of uncertainty hanging over the U.S. economy will keep domestic growth muted in the back half…

Convention center sees year-to-date revenue gain

Financials for the Fort Smith Convention Center (FSCC) and Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) were difficult over the last reporting period, but still improved for the year, according to Claude…