Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Annual pancake breakfast supports the Alma Boys and Girls Club

Santa, crafts and shopping were part of an event that helps fund after-school activities for the club.

Cancer fighting focus of Mercy Christmas event

Event proceeds will be used to purchase a new linear accelerator at the Hembree Cancer Center.

Hiram Walker survives cuts, expands

A stated focus of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce is to be proactive in helping existing business and industry expand. Melissa Hanesworth, plant manager of the Hiram Walker…

Arkansas tax collections down in November

State finance officials are probably hoping it’s not a November to remember. They’ve certainly seen better ones in terms of revenue growth. Two major components of tax collections missed their…

‘Focused plan’ being prepped for 188th push

Area business and civic leaders are working with the Arkansas National Guard on a “focused plan” to proactively protect and enhance the mission of the 188th Fighter Wing based in…

Adam & Eats: Big Jake’s

This is a place where meat fantasies come to life, and the he décor looks as if the restaurant’s namesake, the Duke, had decorated it himself.

Workforce issues noted at ‘Leadership Jazz’

360 Leadership Series presented the final fall session — “Leadership Jazz” — with a panel of Tim Bailey, Craig Pair and Melody Trimble who described how they lead their organizations…

Whirlpool severance benefit plan outlined

Whirlpool employees in Fort Smith received Thursday (Dec. 1) an “Effects Update” that outlines the “separation benefits” the company will offer hourly and salaried employees. Officials with Benton Harbor, Mich.-based…

Settlement boost

Dillard’s will get a fourth-quarter financial gain.

State officials: Economy facing ‘headwinds’

With the economy facing “a lot of headwinds,” state finance officials said the current year’s budget may come in lower than last year’s, and they downwardly revised the following year’s…

The Compass Report: Economic ‘resilience’ helps Fort Smith region

Relative gains in area sales tax collections and tourism industry employment helped third quarter 2011 economic conditions remain stable compared to the 2010 period. According to The Compass Report, the…

Sheriff deputy pay raises nixed by Quorum Court

Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck left Tuesday night’s Sebastian County quorum court budget meeting feeling “saddened” by what he saw. An overwhelming majority of court members voted down his request…

Groups begin plan to counter 188th threat

At least two meetings were held Wednesday (Nov. 30) morning in Fort Smith during which business, political and military leaders began to form a game plan for protecting the 188th…

Beebe: Desegregation money could fund food tax cuts

A slow economic recovery, flatline revenue growth, and potential federal funding cuts have Gov. Mike Beebe (D) convinced that he won’t try to reduce the state’s grocery tax in his…

Big Screen Peter: Hugo (3D)

The movie, though slow to begin, is an illustration of the gratitude director Martin Scorsese feels for cinema.

Micro-lender move

ACCION opens two offices in Arkansas.

Scene by Carson: Holiday activities make for a busy December

Stretch this magical time and make it last by squeezing in as many holiday activities as possible in between your shopping excursions and sugar plum making.

Westphal discusses oil and gas industry

In the latest installment of “The CEO’s,” by Talk Business, Delta Trust and Bank CEO French Hill visits with Bennie Westphal, CEO of The Westphal Group, a Fort Smith-based oil…

Holiday sales gains bring hope to trucking industry

The announced increases in Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday shopping are welcome news to a national trucking industry still struggling to emerge from a freight recession that some say…