by - May 28, 2015 5:03 pm
Wal-Mart’s age-old weekly circular tab insert in newspapers is being revamped into a digital catalog format that will have less focus on price and product and more on the retailer’s…
by - May 28, 2015 4:59 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a judgment and $5.8 million award for workers in its Storm Lake, Iowa pork processing plant. This has been a…
by - May 28, 2015 4:40 pm
• Post among the bidders for Hostess Hostess is drawing a number of potential suitors including Post Foods who reportedly entered a nonbinding bid for the snack-cake maker this week….
by - May 28, 2015 2:28 pm
An $11,000 check presentation and energy efficient demonstrations were part of the open house event held Wednesday (May 27) for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith’s Sustainable Conservation House,…
by - May 28, 2015 12:48 pm
Homebuilders and commercial contractors in Northwest Arkansas ramped up new projects in the region’s four largest cities last month. The cumulative new residential and new commercial permit values issued in…
by - May 28, 2015 11:26 am
The University of Arkansas Community Design Center received two new awards for a food sustainability project that promotes local urban agriculture. The project dubbed Fayetteville 2030: Food City Scenario, won…
by - May 28, 2015 7:26 am
Although Lockheed Martin has now pocketed an $87 million financing package from the state of Arkansas, a Washington, D.C.-based defense budget expert said there is no reason to believe that…
by - May 28, 2015 6:45 am
Packed into The Video Wire this week is a note on “tattoo-worthy” quotes from a leader of Take Back the Fort, Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sanders swinging his big veto…
by - May 27, 2015 9:02 pm
The Senate approved a bill Wednesday night that would change the state’s primary election from May to March in 2016. Senators voted 28-6 to approve Senate Bill 8, sponsored by…
by - May 27, 2015 6:34 pm
Sparks Regional Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and made the “Target: Stroke Honor Roll.” The award…
by - May 27, 2015 5:49 pm
Cate Huff has been named senior account executive at Little Rock-based CJRW where she has joined the agency’s account services team. CJRW is one of the region’s leading advertising, marketing…
by - May 27, 2015 5:43 pm
The Fayetteville Advertising and Promotions Commission announced the hiring of Kody Ford and Madison Lanza. Ford was named digital marketing coordinator at the Fayetteville Visitors Bureau. He has 12 years…
by - May 27, 2015 5:17 pm
In typical Wal-Mart fashion the settlement it reached with comedian Tracy Morgan and others in the June 7, 2014 fatality accident involving a Walmart truck on the New Jersey Turnpike…
by - May 27, 2015 4:15 pm
The Environmental Protection Agency issued Wednesday (May 27) what it called a “final” ruling on Clean Water Act regulations and said the new rules will not impact farmers and other…
by - May 27, 2015 2:41 pm
The Arkansas House and Senate easily approved legislation Wednesday that would allow general obligations bonds under Amendment 82 to be set aside for Lockheed Martin’s bid to build the next-generation…
by - May 27, 2015 11:52 am
It’s been quite a while since home values across Northwest Arkansas have posted double-digit gains in just one year, but that reality is fueling more home improvement projects and home…
by - May 27, 2015 11:29 am
The Drennen-Scott Historic Site in Van Buren has received a $367,000 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council and will begin work on adding a second historic building…
by - May 27, 2015 10:58 am
Former Wal-Mart executive Duncan Mac Naughton will join Crossmark’s board of directors, according to an internal announcement circulated at the retail marketing and merchandising firm that works closely with Wal-Mart…
by - May 27, 2015 10:21 am
Arkansas was one of 11 states to see a jobless rate rise in April compared to March. However, the rate rise was a function of a bigger gain in the…
by - May 27, 2015 7:25 am
A leader of Take Back the Fort says the group is delaying its effort to change Fort Smith’s form of city government until the November 2016 election. It’s a move…
