by - March 27, 2012 9:48 pm
At least 20 lenders across Arkansas have a new arrow in their quiver helping them hunt for first- time homebuyers. The mortgage credit certificate program provided by the Arkansas Development…
by - March 27, 2012 9:19 pm
Delta Airlines will add a round trip flight from Fort Smith to Atlanta, Ga., starting June 7, 2012, according to Airport Commissioners, who made the announcement on Tuesday (March 27)…
by - March 27, 2012 8:55 pm
Timothy Seeberg has been selected as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Fort Smith Convention Center. Fort Smith Advertising and Promotion (A&P) Commissioners came out of executive session…
by - March 27, 2012 6:07 pm
The health of the U.S. economy is improving but remains fragile according to three reports that track the activity of the national trucking industry. The American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted…
by - March 27, 2012 4:46 pm
Fort Smith Director Steve Tyler announced at Tuesday’s (March 27) Board of Directors Study Session that he would not seek reelection to a second, four-year term for Ward 1. In…
by - March 27, 2012 4:26 pm
The urbanized area of Northwest Arkansas was the 15th fastest growing region in the nation and is now qualified as a “Transportation Management Area,” according to a recent U.S. Census…
by - March 27, 2012 3:13 pm
Table Eggs The egg margin averaged 38 cents per dozen, 21 cents higher than a year ago. Southeast egg prices were $1.09 per dozen, up 22 cents from a year…
by - March 27, 2012 2:35 pm
Barack Obama’s Presidential approval rating in Arkansas has barely budged since last fall. In the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll, conducted Monday night (March 26) among 759 likely state voters,…
by - March 27, 2012 12:05 pm
Arvest Bank announced the promotion of Malia Hooten to assistant vice president and consumer lender in Prairie Grove. Hooten, previously a loan assistant for 16 years with Arvest Bank, is…
by - March 27, 2012 11:28 am
Arkansas' 4th Congressional District picked up all or part of 8 counties in the western part of the state under new redistricting boundaries and the analogy of frontier territory couldn't…
by - March 27, 2012 9:20 am
Lean finely textured beef is likely to be a thing of the past, as more retailers and food service chains opt out of the product because of the “pink slime”…
by - March 26, 2012 6:08 pm
The Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3), presented by the American Cancer Society (ACS), is coming to the Fort Smith Region. A deeply involved 20-30-year long continuation of two previous studies,…
by - March 26, 2012 5:07 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Marilyn Heifner will keep her job as executive director of the Fayetteville Advertising & Promotion Commission after pleading no contest earlier this month to violating the Freedom of Information…
by - March 26, 2012 4:49 pm
The number of employed in the Fort Smith region fell to an estimated 115,893 during January, a low not seen since January 1998. Fort Smith’s metro area jobless rate jumped…
by - March 26, 2012 4:30 pm
Despite the metro jobless rate jumping to 6.2% during January, the number of employed in Northwest Arkansas rose to 217,133, a high not seen since November 2008, according to recent…
by - March 26, 2012 2:47 pm
BENTONVILLE — Membership has its privileges at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and one of them is a magazine dedicated solely to the goings on there. The magazine,…
by - March 26, 2012 12:30 pm
Out of every 100,000 Arkansans about 180 men and 259 women will be diagnosed with cancer this year, according to the American Cancer Society. The rate incident is 15% higher…
by - March 26, 2012 12:21 pm
FORT SMITH — It takes a lot of hard work by a lot of people for the yearly Wine & Roses Gala to fully unfold like beautiful roses arranged inside the…
by - March 26, 2012 11:21 am
BELLA VISTA — Part of the goal of Goodwill Industries of Arkansas is to make donating as easy as possible. At the Bella Vista donation center, a blue-and-white sign out…
by - March 26, 2012 11:10 am
O.K. Foods is part of new animal welfare standards recently announced by Dublin, Ohio-based Wendy’s that are designed to “significantly improve the humane treatment of chickens and pigs.” Wendy’s, the…
