by - June 2, 2015 10:32 am
A new Arvest survey indicates Arkansans are growing more confident about the financial situation, and a closely watched Creighton report suggests that economic growth in and around Arkansas is slowing….
by - June 1, 2015 7:29 pm
The Wal-Mart shareholders meeting set for Friday (June 5) will find a high-profile gaggle of celebrities more than 14,000 people packed into Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas…
by - June 1, 2015 7:04 pm
The irrelevance of the office of mayor in Fort Smith is a structural deficiency that needs to be corrected. Under our current form of government the mayor’s function is designed…
by - June 1, 2015 5:09 pm
The sale of Tyson Foods’s Mexican/Brazilian poultry business will move forward and is expected to close soon. The Federal Economic Competition Commission approved the deal on Monday (June 1), according…
by - June 1, 2015 2:19 pm
Residents in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith area will soon have a new place to shop for winter coats and apparel when a Burlington Coat Factory opens this fall…
by - June 1, 2015 1:55 pm
Southwest Steel Processing, a manufacturer of railcar and oil and gas components, announced it is expanding its facility in Newport, Ark. The company plans to invest $18 million in the…
by - June 1, 2015 1:42 pm
The countdown has begun again on what is arguably one of the region’s biggest events each year: The Wal-Mart shareholders meeting. More than 5,000 Wal-Mart workers from around the globe…
by - June 1, 2015 8:24 am
Former Wal-Mart exec and Cross Church leadership director, Andy Wilson, is taking over as president for Fayetteville-based Rausch Coleman Homes. The new job became official on Monday (June 1). Wilson…
by - May 31, 2015 2:48 pm
In a previous post, I outlined the tortured history of Iraq in which I noted Iraq is an artificial nation with deep divisions that was held together Saddam Hussein’s brutality….
by - May 31, 2015 1:32 pm
While the Lockheed Martin superproject was well in the works before he was ever considered for the job as director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Mike Preston knows that…
by - May 30, 2015 10:15 am
Walmart U.S. is in the process of a major organizational realignment under the supervision of Judith McKenna, chief operating officer for the retailer’s U.S. business unit. McKenna outlined the organizational…
by - May 29, 2015 4:47 pm
As of Friday morning (May 29), six of the 13 locks on the Arkansas portion of the Arkansas River system were closed. Locks were closed early Friday at Little Rock…
by - May 29, 2015 1:39 pm
The first four reporting months of sales tax collections in Fort Smith have the city on a track that could top record collections posted in 2008. Collections of the 1%…
by - May 29, 2015 12:06 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and the Walmart Foundation donated $500,000 to organizations that are assisting with flood relief efforts in Texas and Oklahoma. In Henderson and San Marcos, Texas, Wal-Mart donated…
by - May 29, 2015 11:16 am
Under the direction of Dr. Carol Reeves, University of Arkansas graduate students Kenny Bierman and Phillip Turner received top honors in the Donald W. Reynolds Tri-State Collegiate Business Plan competition…
by - May 29, 2015 8:30 am
On Tuesday (May 26), a panel of judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the request to lift the hold on President Obama’s…
by - May 29, 2015 8:17 am
Union Pacific plans to invest $98 million in 2015 to improve Arkansas’ transportation infrastructure, the company announced Thursday, with some of that to be spent on rail lines and road…
by - May 29, 2015 6:31 am
Amy Knight has been named convention & event sales director for the Convention and Visitors Bureau; a division of Fort Smith’s Advertising and Promotions Commission. A native of Broken Arrow,…
by - May 28, 2015 8:15 pm
A three-day special session wrapped up Thursday afternoon (May 28) after lawmakers approved a change to the state’s primary election date as well as a plan to bring up to…
by - May 28, 2015 6:17 pm
Representatives from the University of Arkansas and NorthWest Arkansas Community College on Thursday (May 28) signed a memorandum of understanding that allows the transfer of courses in child advocacy to…
