by - January 28, 2011 6:51 pm
story by Michael Tilley and photos by Joel Rafkin [email protected] The more than 500 who attended the annual banquet of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce heard John McFarland…
by - January 28, 2011 5:04 pm
Former Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts and Steve Pruitt met with the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Friday (Jan. 28) to summarize the ins and outs of the new political…
by - January 28, 2011 4:23 pm
Editor’s note: A statement from festival organizers is at the end of this report. A new music event designed to possibly replace the now defunct Fort Smith Classic and the…
by - January 28, 2011 9:42 am
Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services, one of the nation’s largest transportation companies, recorded 2010 income of $199.617 million, up 46.3% compared to 2009. And despite continued tough times in the…
by - January 27, 2011 7:50 pm
Brad Ginsberg has been hired as the 40/29 News as assistant news director. Ginsberg comes to KHBS/KHOG-TV from the Hearst Television CBS affiliate, WLKY-TV where he served as executive producer…
by - January 27, 2011 7:41 pm
The relatively small restaurant is always busy, clean and tidy with a menu full of winners.
by - January 27, 2011 7:22 pm
Tupelo, Miss.-based BancorpSouth continues to fight its way through loan losses, and Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Bank is hopeful that recent expansions will boost 2011 numbers. BANCORPSOUTH Both banks…
by - January 27, 2011 6:47 pm
Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB is now the parent company of Baldor Electric Co., a company founded in St. Louis in 1920 and headquartered in Fort Smith since the early 1960s. The…
by - January 27, 2011 4:12 pm
The Board of Directors of Arkansas Best Corporation (Nasdaq: ABFS) has declared a quarterly dividend of three cents per share to shareholders of record on Feb. 9, 2011, and payable…
by - January 27, 2011 1:10 pm
Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc. continues to struggle with net income losses in 2010 and 2009 totaling more than $10 million. The long-haul carrier reported Thursday (Jan. 27) a 2010…
by - January 27, 2011 12:48 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas lawmakers appear to be slowly easing into their legislative functions…
by - January 27, 2011 8:10 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A new study from Duke University and Georgia Tech contends that…
by - January 27, 2011 7:36 am
A widely-circulated report from the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce suggests Arkansas employers may have to pay a minimum of $45 more per employee into an unemployment insurance fund in…
by - January 26, 2011 7:57 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Rumblings of a new school and library extension became actions on Wednesday as the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) voted to hold land for development…
by - January 26, 2011 7:24 pm
What first began with a December 2009 phone call, wrapped up — somewhat — on Wednesday (Jan. 26) with more than 42.415 million shares of Baldor Electric Co. tendered to…
by - January 26, 2011 6:46 pm
The movie fails to pull the audience in with a moving narrative despite a great director and good acting.
by - January 26, 2011 5:02 pm
Arkansas-based companies in the information and energy business posted positive earnings reports Wednesday. El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corp.’s fourth quarter profits fell short of Wall Street expectations, but rising oil…
by - January 26, 2011 4:12 pm
Arkansas Sen. Bruce Holland, R-Greenwood, may face charges of fleeing, careless driving and improper passing related to a high-speed chase through Perry and Yell counties on Monday (Jan. 24). On…
by - January 26, 2011 3:04 pm
It’s official. And it’s not pretty. Fort Smith regional homes sales were down more than 6% in 2010, the third consecutive year of declining home sales in the region and…
by - January 26, 2011 6:58 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] The full 2010 budget was on display at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission, and the final numbers set well with…
