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ABF expands global reach with ‘Ocean LTL’

ABF Freight System is hoping to capture more of the import shipping of the growing number of products now manufactured in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan by making it easier…

Fort Smith fire, software systems top board session

Big ticket items were the order of business during Tuesday’s (Nov. 8) study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors. The first item was to review analysis by Dallas-based…

Riding the entrepreneurial roller coaster

The life cycle of emotions in business will reach great heights and great depths in a matter of quarters, months, weeks, days or minutes.

UA professor discusses Oklahoma earthquakes

story submitted by the University of Arkansas On Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Nov. 5-7, more than 20 earthquakes shook the area of central Oklahoma. The three largest — one with…

Enplanements trend downward statewide (Revised)

Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Regional Airport issued a revised October report Tuesday (Nov. 8) morning. The Fort Smith enplanement numbers in this report reflect the revised numbers. Enplanement traffic…

Bentonville matchmaker

SphereAccess connects product makers to retailers.

Lavaca ‘Lunch Lady’ honored at White House reception

Child Nutrition Director Glynieta Price was recently honored along with hundreds of other school cafeteria workers across the country at a White House reception. Price attended at the invitation of…

Metro area Baloney Sandwich Index on the rise

Editor’s note: Some story info submitted by Ken Kupchick, director of marketing and development for the River Valley Regional Food Bank. It may not be the index a typical economist…

The Compass Report: September 2011 Numbers by the Wire

Sales tax collections in the counties showed impressive gains during the period — hopefully a good sign of consumer sentiment. Sebastian County tax collections during August were up almost 9%…

Looking ahead, again

GDP rates should rise in 2012 and 2013.

Raymond still matters

Editor’s note: This essay about my grandfather, Raymond Evans, was first published November 2002 when I was business editor of the Times Record. A version of that essay can be…

Philpot’s BottomLineTips: Charitable giving

Perhaps this is not the year to talk about charitable gifting with the global markets in turmoil. Heck, this might not even be the century to write about charitable gifting.

Muggles gather for a Quidditch Fall Cup match

The Harry Potter-inspired event held at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith also served as a United Way fundraiser.

Area Single Parent Scholarship groups merge

In an effort to move toward more efficiency and greater reach into communities, the boards of Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Crawford and Sebastian Counties and Franklin County Single Parent…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

Utility money

OG&E reports higher earnings from higher temps.

Scene by Carson: A busy November

A November to-do list could include Quidditch, theatre, shopping and a possible museum trip.

Telecom shift

Windstream investments reduce quarterly income.

DeWitt, Hice join Kistler Center

Sharon DeWitt and Trish Hice recently joined the staff of The Gregory Kistler Treatment Center. DeWitt was hired as the director of Waiver Services. She received a bachelor’s degree in…

Baldor, Whirlpool topics of First Friday breakfast

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Baldor Electric Co. announced a partnership for adding a robotics curriculum to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) at the Kraft-Planters-hosted First Friday…