by - June 5, 2012 1:43 pm
The 2012 first quarter economy in the central Arkansas area received a grade of B-, meaning that minor improvements were seen in most current and leading economic indicators. Year-on-year tax…
by - June 5, 2012 1:30 pm
First quarter 2012 economic conditions in the Northwest Arkansas metro area saw improvements compared to the first quarter of 2011. The gains were primarily the result of higher employment and…
by - June 5, 2012 12:30 pm
First quarter 2012 economic conditions in the Fort Smith metro area remained flat compared to the 2011 period, with an ongoing decline in overall employment and building permit values weighing…
by - June 5, 2012 11:51 am
FAYETTEVILLE – As the world’s largest retailer readied Bud Walton Arena on Thursday (May 31) in anticipation of Wal-Mart Shareholders’ Meeting, the less fortunate gathered just a few blocks away…
by - June 5, 2012 9:43 am
HIGHFILL — Officials at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) plan to recommend that the airport’s board approve The Harper Co. as the contractor to make much-needed repairs to XNA’s main…
by - June 4, 2012 5:38 pm
Garbage and softball will again be the main topics when the City of Fort Smith Board of Directors convenes at the Fort Smith Public Service Center for Tuesday night’s (June…
by - June 4, 2012 4:36 pm
A May 11 ruling from U.S. District Court Judge J. Leon Holmes is expected to unplug a bottleneck of foreclosure filings that began in the fall of 2011 when a…
by - June 4, 2012 3:32 pm
BLOOMBERG — The U.S. economy looks set to deliver a repeat performance in 2012: for the third straight year, it may suffer a swoon yet not slip into a recession….
by - June 4, 2012 2:41 pm
Discontent with Wal-Mart’s top executives hit historic levels when thousands of shareholders pledged to vote against CEO Mike Duke and former CEO Lee Scott among other directors linked to the…
by - June 4, 2012 2:18 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. promises “always low prices” at its 4,000 U.S. stores. That may not be the case for nearby homes, according to a study published by the National Bureau…
by - June 4, 2012 1:54 pm
Will Whiting is the new assistant director of development for University Initiatives at the University of Arkansas. Whiting returns to the university — where he previously held the role of…
by - June 4, 2012 12:29 pm
Sales tax collections in Arkansas were up 4.7% in May, with the month marking the sixth straight month of gains the collections that are a good measure of consumer spending….
by - June 4, 2012 11:22 am
SPRINGDALE — Christine Meier, co-owner of Springdale-based Canvas Corp., was bitten by the entrepreneur bug early in life. This savvy business woman left a profitable job as a craft buyer…
by - June 4, 2012 10:51 am
FAYETTEVILLE – It was hard for the perky strawberry blonde to contain her excitement. The tiniest green buds had just burst through on the healthy sweet bell pepper plant. The…
by - June 3, 2012 6:56 pm
FORT SMITH — Mercy Fort Smith presented A Show of Courage, a special concert with the Fort Smith Symphony honoring the community’s cancer survivors Saturday (June 2) at the Arkansas Best…
by - June 3, 2012 5:07 pm
The debate in Fort Smith between automated and non-automated trash collection with 2,402 households among all 28,673 households is instructive in that it well serves as an obvious symptom of…
by - June 3, 2012 3:57 pm
ROGERS — A lot of knowledge and a little luck were required to take home one of 20 prizes offered at the Rogers Trivia Night, a fundraising and membership event presented…
by - June 3, 2012 2:55 pm
President Barack Obama garnered nearly 60% of the vote in last month’s Democratic primary — enough to place first place, of course, but enough to embarrass too. A Tennessee lawyer…
by - June 3, 2012 2:45 pm
A month or so ago, I mentioned to a friend and colleague that we needed to plan the direction of our firm over the next couple of years. He responded…
by - June 3, 2012 1:44 pm
ROGERS — Rogers Little Theater continues its 26th year of musicals and plays with the presentation of God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. The show opened this…
