Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Adventure Subaru moves to new location

Adventure Subaru said Wednesday (June 13) it is relocating from their location on North College Avenue to a new facility near exit 65 on Interstate 540 and Porter Road in…

Study approved for Northwest Arkansas Regional Port

The Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA) voted unanimously on Wednesday (June 13) to sign a cost-sharing agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to move forward with the…

Child abuse reports hit record in May for Benton County

BENTONVILLE — You don't need to look far to discover one of the scariest statistics in Benton County. The number is 85. It is significant because that's how many cases…

ARK Challenge gears up, deadline approaches

There has been quite a bit of buzz in Northwest Arkansas’ tech sector regarding a nickname for the region. Everyone has heard of Silicon Valley, and with new areas such…

Agribusiness Weekly Update: Commodity prices mixed

Beef U.S. beef packer margins averaged $25 per head last week, according to Hedgers Edge. Packers have averaged between $20 and $25 profit per head during the past couple of…

Drop in U.S. retail sales points to slower growth

BLOOMBERG — Retail sales in the U.S. fell in May for a second month, prompting economists to cut forecasts for economic growth as limited job and income gains hold back…

McDaniel makes gubernatorial bid official (Updated)

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced Wednesday (June 13) he will seek the Governor’s office in 2014. The announcement makes McDaniel the first high-profile candidate to formally enter the race….

Competitive NWA banking sector slowly improves

Banks across the Natural State are posting the best profits in three years and Northwest Arkansas’ market is no exception, though it’s still working through an overhang of problem real…

Banking profits improve, despite tepid loan demand

It looks like Arkansas banks are off to their best start in three years, despite lackluster loan demand and looming regulatory costs. With the downturn in the economy in late…

Coalition formed to watch church-state issues

A new lobbying group is hoping to make in-roads in Arkansas. According to a press release distributed Tuesday (June 12), the Secular Coalition for America will begin organizing efforts in…

Changes sought for Fort Smith public assembly rules

With the trash collection issue settled (for now), the Fort Smith Board of Directors turned its attention to the parks, police, and fire departments at the Tuesday (June 12) study…

Ethics reform push debated at Fort Smith event

FORT SMITH — Former 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Keet and Democrat Brent Bumpers, visited Fort Smith on Tuesday (June 12) with a common goal, despite their political differences: ethics…

Boring banking not the answer

If only banking were boring again, as it was from the end of World War II to about 1980, our financial system and economy would be in much better shape,…

Wal-Mart efforts to buy Carrefour assets may be slowing

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s efforts to acquire Latin American assets from Carrefour SA are slowing as the French retailer focuses on turning around its European business, said people familiar with the…

Beebe announces 28 appointments

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday (June 12) announced the following appointments to boards and commissions. Josh Blevins, Little Rock, to the State Board of Private Career Education. Appointment expires…

Area tourism tax collections remain positive

A stable part of the Fort Smith regional economy continues to be the hospitality sector, with April collections in Van Buren and Fort Smith up 7.2% and 5%, respectively. Hospitality…

May building permit values up region

Building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren, combined to total $13.577 million in May, up significantly from the $8.492 million April total. The increase also represents a…

Thorncrown Chapel celebrates 32 years

EUREKA SPRINGS — Last year, fist-sized hail heavily damaged the roof of Thorncrown Chapel, an architectural masterpiece that had withstood other deadly forces of nature since it was finished June 12,…

Shirkey’s good folk

FAYETTEVILLE — Mike Shirkey favors music that tells stories. So, he really likes singer-songwriters, and he also prefers pared-down, nonenhanced instrumentation. In other words, folk and bluegrass are his favorites….

Walmart and Proctor & Gamble launch shopping trucks

Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently teamed up with its long-time supplier Proctor & Gamble in hopes of boosting P&G product sales through Walmart's online business. According to the Cincinnati Business…

Former USA Truck execs buy the company, will remain based in Van Buren

Adobe Analytics: Online holiday sales grew 6.8% to $257.8 billion

Emily Suski named dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law

Arkansas awarded $25 million to strengthen literacy instruction