by - April 12, 2012 3:03 pm
Enplanements during the first quarter of 2012 are up 9.66% at the Fort Smith Regional Airport and down just 0.48% at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA). March enplanements at…
by - April 12, 2012 2:13 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Clearly, there should be security rules about having so many Arkansas decision-makers gathered in one place. A reception and buffet dinner at dusk Wednesday (April 11) at the…
by - April 12, 2012 7:19 am
Foreclosures in Arkansas remain few and far between during the first three months of this year. affecting 1,107 Arkansas homeowners according to Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac. The number of statewide filings against…
by - April 12, 2012 6:45 am
An increase in tax receipts and a Van Buren/Fort Smith joint educational seminar for state-elected officials on the importance of regional tourism highlighted the Wednesday (April 11) meeting of the…
by - April 11, 2012 10:09 pm
The Organization of Women in International Trade will host an entrepreneurial forum from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday April 17 at the Peterson Auditorium in the Shewmaker Center on…
by - April 11, 2012 6:09 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — As Prince might say, they partied like it was "1999" — or in Foreigner’s case, 1979 — and it was, literally, one for the record books. From the first chords of…
by - April 11, 2012 5:56 pm
Metropolitan National Bank reported a first quarter 2012 loss of $1.04 million, while making enough progress with regulators to warrant a change in supervisory authority. The Little Rock-based bank —…
by - April 11, 2012 5:41 pm
The Northwest Arkansas metro jobless rate rose to 6.4% during February, but is below the 6.7% posted in February 2011, but with a sharp increase in the number of employed…
by - April 11, 2012 5:23 pm
There is no good news in the February jobless report for the Fort Smith region, with unemployment during the month rising to 9.1%, up from 8.9% during January and the…
by - April 11, 2012 3:11 pm
FORT SMITH — Straight No Chaser, a 10-member male a capella group, brought its traditional stage humor and love of performance to Fort Smith Tuesday (April 10) at the Arkansas Best…
by - April 11, 2012 1:08 pm
While the Army Corps of Engineers and the Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA) are both encouraged by the future of the Lavaca Slackwater Harbor Project, the project could still be…
by - April 11, 2012 11:35 am
Beef U.S. beef packers lost $93.81 per head processed, versus $14.95 lost a year ago. Cattle slaughter was down 1.3%, while beef production rose 2.6% from a year ago. A …
by - April 11, 2012 10:34 am
FAYETTEVILLE — The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA), Paul Haas Music Director, will perform two of the world's most beloved masterworks, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and the Adagietto from the Mahler's…
by - April 11, 2012 10:20 am
Hundreds of abused or neglected children in Arkansas can’t find immediate shelter when the state steps in. Children sleep in caseworkers’ offices when there is no room in foster homes…
by - April 11, 2012 7:14 am
Gov. Mike Beebe (D) said he thinks progress is being made on resolving issues important to Arkansas companies doing business in China and in convincing job prospects to come to…
by - April 11, 2012 1:15 am
Just a few minutes after the news hit that Bobby Petrino was fired as the head football coach at the University of Arkansas, the modern incarnation of the 1970s-1980s rock…
by - April 11, 2012 12:06 am
The Real Estate Review Committee (RERC) of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) accepted four land sale offers totaling approximately $2.4 million on Tuesday (April 10) at a special meeting….
by - April 10, 2012 4:09 pm
The City of Fort Smith Board of Directors are considering a proposal to move the River Valley Sports Complex, a facility consisting of eight new softball fields, away from Chaffee…
by - April 10, 2012 3:27 pm
SPRINGDALE — Nancy Charlesworth Hagen, her sister Susan Whitehouse and their mom Donna Charlesworth were among a handful of folks looking on Tuesday morning (April 10) as a piece of…
by - April 10, 2012 2:42 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Tourism Association plans to unveil a new brand, website and strategic plan during an April 19 event at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale. The event is set for…
