Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Names that are all wet

The submitted names for the water park being built by Sebastian County and the city of Fort Smith would be Exhibit A if you were to build a case that…

Potential perils of name calling

The Iowa State Bar Association released an opinion cautioning attorneys against calling each other unethical. Arkansas attorneys might want to pay attention to what the Iowa State Bar had to…

Behind the scenes: Mercy gears up for White Christmas Charity Ball

Planning an event for 700+ people is not for the faint of heart. Organizers in Fort Smith are gearing up for the Mercy Foundation's annual White Christmas Charity Ball set…

Holidays bring The Nutcracker, Christmas concerts, and Pedal for Presents

Christmas is just weeks away and the Fort Smith region is gearing up for a slew of holiday festivities. The area will host the "The Nutcracker," the Fort Smith Public…

NWA celebrates holidays with Jingle Bell Run and Winter Break Wonders

Holiday happenings in Northwest Arkansas will include a Jingle Bell Run to fight arthritis, performances of "The Snowman" and "The Nutcracker," and family-friendly fun at Crystal Bridges' Winter Break Wonders….

Tyson execs expect chicken demand to boost margins in fiscal 2015

The term “eat more chicken” is likely to become more than just a Chick-fil-A slogan, as the poultry industry hopes to fill the protein gap created by shrinking beef supplies…

The Supply Side: Focus continues on reaching the Hispanic consumer

There are more than $1.7 trillion reasons why food companies, retailers and consumer product goods suppliers are focusing on the Hispanic population. Hispanics account for one-sixth of the U.S. population,…

NWA, Fort Smith area sees big drop in foreclosure numbers

The number of new foreclosure filings across the state remain low with 69 new defaults and 166 homes taken back by lenders in November, according to Irvine, Calif.,-based RealtyTrac. The…

Ammonia leak at Tyson Foods sends 25 to hospital in Rogers

An ammonia leak at Tyson Foods Chick’n Quick plant in Rogers sent more than two dozen workers to area hospitals on Wednesday (Dec. 10). The leak occurred around 3:30 p.m.,…

A note on repeal

What happened in Fayetteville Tuesday was not necessarily a loss for those seeking more definitive equal protections, and may prove but a short lived win for those who believed such…

Tyson Foods’ execs travel to Wall Street to push optimistic outlook

Tyson Foods execs were seen on Wall Street Wednesday (Dec. 10) in business suits rather than their signature khaki. The Springdale-based execs gathered for an investor conference in Manhattan and…

Orthopedics at NW Health offers robotics aided surgeries

Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville announces a new robotics technology for knee and total hip replacement procedures, performed using a new, surgeon-controlled robotic arm system that enables accurate alignment and…

Wal-Mart’s C-suite shuffle continues with McKenna and Ruiz changes

Know who is probably busier than Santa’s elves? The office movers at the corporate headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores. Wal-Mart Stores announced that Judith McKenna will replace Gisel Ruiz as chief…

ADEQ plans meetings on EPA Ozone rule, no word on Clean Power rules

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has scheduled its first stakeholders’ meeting a week before Christmas to discuss drafting new ozone and particulate matter rules that meet federal Clean…

Study: U.S. consumers racking up more debt this year

Consumers’ attitude toward debt creation is reaching new post recession heights as Americans are expected to rack up more than $60 billion in new credit card debt by the end…

Fort Smith metro jobless rate falls to 5.4%, but job gains muted

The size of the Fort Smith metro workforce and the number of employed continues to decline year-over-year, but the number of unemployed in October fell more than 30% to 6,774,…

Northwest Arkansas jobless rate below 4% for first time in six years

The Northwest Arkansas jobless rate in October dipped below 4% for the first time since October 2008. The region’s rate also was the lowest metro rate in Arkansas, but declines…

America’s Car-Mart opens dealership No. 137

Bentonville-based America's Car-Mart continues to break ground on more dealerships in underserved markets. The buy here, pay here used car dealer announced the opening of its 137th dealership on Wednesday…

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel to launch private law firm

In January, outgoing Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel will launch a new private law firm with two partners — senior assistant Scott Richardson and assistant attorney General Bart Calhoun. McDaniel,…

Griffin Family donates $100,000 to Hope Campus project

The Griffin Family of Fort Smith have donated $100,000 to the Old Fort Homeless Coalition to be used for the Riverview Hope Campus. The effort behind the campus is to…