by - March 19, 2015 8:04 am
As the University of Arkansas men’s and women’s basketball teams prepare for their respective NCAA tournaments this week, some workplace managers may fear that productivity will come to a halt…
by - March 19, 2015 7:23 am
Tips on how to get a job at the soon-to-open Parrot Island Waterpark, a message from a guy who is trying to hold it in to keep his sewer rates…
by - March 19, 2015 6:59 am
The Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club honored some of its most deserving members and volunteers on Wednesday (Mar. 18) evening at its Youth of the Year banquet. The annual…
by - March 18, 2015 9:19 pm
The good Senator Tom Cotton isn’t acting like the farm boy from Yell County who was dominant in his campaign commercials. Those small town, farm values he loaded up in…
by - March 18, 2015 8:47 pm
The theatre program at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith took home two national and three regional awards from The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, accolades which solidify…
by - March 18, 2015 8:43 pm
While 16 legislators on a task force will debate and set policy on the future of Medicaid and health care reform, advocacy groups and state agency leaders will also be…
by - March 18, 2015 7:31 pm
A plan supporting a regional jail approach to the state’s corrections debate will help the state and its residents in many ways, the sponsor of the bill said Wednesday. Also,…
by - March 18, 2015 7:10 pm
John Cooley and Rocky Walker are glad the Fort Smith Board of Directors and city staff are moving to appoint a committee to provide oversight of implementation of a Comprehensive…
by - March 18, 2015 4:00 pm
Retailer Target, following Wal-Mart’s lead, announced Wednesday (March 18) it would raise its minimum wage to $9 per hour in April. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour but…
by - March 18, 2015 3:01 pm
The story at Tyson Foods is an ever-changing saga as the meat giant continues its metamorphosis away from commodity-based business models to more consumer-branded and higher-margin products following the $8.55…
by - March 18, 2015 1:51 pm
With around 60 convenience stores in the two-county area of Northwest Arkansas, one might think that’s enough. But c-store operators Kum & Go and Casey’s General Store continue to invest…
by - March 18, 2015 12:55 pm
As natural gas drillers and oilfield equipment firms continue to cut their capital spending in the Fayetteville Shale, there are already signs that severance tax collections in Arkansas began to…
by - March 18, 2015 12:20 pm
Dr. Carla Swearingen has been named the dean of faculty development and director of the Teaching and Learning Center at John Brown University in Siloam Springs. She will assume her…
by - March 18, 2015 11:25 am
Northwest Health System will soon begin construction on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit within its Bentonville hospital campus as part of a $3 million investment in local hospital updates, according…
by - March 17, 2015 8:57 pm
The 2015 Compass Conference will focus on downtown Fort Smith development, with the soon-to-be-renovated Masonic Temple to provide a unique venue and format for sixth annual event. “Banking on Downtown…
by - March 17, 2015 8:52 pm
Efforts by Fort Smith city staff to move quickly on a plan to raise sewer rates to pay for federally-mandated system improvements hit a snag when City Director Tracy Pennartz…
by - March 17, 2015 8:31 pm
It’s been a decade in the making but the region’s first interactive children’s museum has announced an opening date and a new name in honor of Lee and Linda Scott…
by - March 17, 2015 4:26 pm
Keeping with his campaign rhetoric, Gov. Asa Hutchinson met with reporters on Tuesday to tout three measures designed to realign workforce education efforts in Arkansas. He also talked about a…
by - March 17, 2015 2:22 pm
Grocery is a business of thin margins but it is about 56% of Wal-Mart’s total annual U.S. sales. Getting it right is of the upmost importance to Walmart U.S. CEO…
by - March 17, 2015 2:05 pm
Labor market numbers moved in the right direction for Arkansas during January, with the number of employed up more than 3%, the workforce size up more than 2% and unemployment…
