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BHP reducing Fayetteville Shale Play rig count to ‘zero’
story by Wesley Brownwesbrocomm@gmail.comBHP Billiton recently said it is still looking for a hasty exit from its unprofitable foray into Fayetteville Shale as declining natural gas prices continue to...
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Fort Smith chamber endorses sales tax redirection plan for trails
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has endorsed a plan that would direct around $10 million in sales tax revenue during the next 10 years toward building and maintaining a citywide trails...
View ArticleWalmart Canada opens 11 new supercenters
Unlike Target Stores, retail behemoth Wal-Mart is not backing down on its efforts to grow market share north of the border. Walmart Canada will open 11 new supercenters this month as it fiscal 2015...
View ArticleWal-Mart settles one suit in the auto fatality involving Tracy Morgan
Wal-Mart has settled a civil suit with the family of James McNair, the comedian killed last year in an auto fatality involving a Walmart truck. McNair, 62, was traveling with comedian Tracy Morgan who...
View ArticleDollar Tree wins the bid for Family Dollar
Family Dollar shareholders approved the $8.5 billion deal to be acquired by Dollar Tree with 74% of the votes cast in favor of the merger on Thursday (Jan. 22)Shareholders passed on the hostile $9.1...
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Northwest Arkansas restaurant sector draws more national chains
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comA growing economy and population continues to draw Smashburger and other new restaurants to Northwest Arkansas.Real estate veteran David Erstine with CBRE in...
View ArticleDennis Smiley sued by American Express
American Express has filed suit against former Arvest bank president H. Dennis Smiley for unpaid credit card accounts totaling $65,025.41.The complaint was filed in Benton County Circuit Court Jan. 7...
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Rogers Police Chief James Allen dies
A longtime lawman Rogers Police Chief James Allen died Thursday morning (Jan 22) following a long cancer battle.Allen began chief of police in Rogers in 2011 after spending 22 years in the Bentonville...
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HanesBrands moves work from Honduras to Clarksville, adds 120 jobs
The first big jobs announcement for Gov. Asa Hutchinson took place Friday (Jan. 23) in Clarksville. It is there that HanesBrands is adding 120 jobs as part of a $1.4 million investment in the building...
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Tyson Foods helps downtown Springdale celebrate with $1 million gift
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comTyson Foods in its 80th year as a company based in Springdale made a $1 million donation to the Downtown Springdale Alliance to help revitalize the city’s...
View ArticleDollar General to open new store in Fort Smith
Dollar General will hold the grand opening of a new store at 1701 Grand Ave. in Fort Smith on Saturday, Jan. 31, beginning at 8 a.m. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.,-based retailer will hand out $10 gift...
View ArticleDr. Pollock joins Sparks Internal Medicine
Dr. Solangel Pollock has joined Dr. Trevor Hodge at Sparks Fort Smith Internal Medicine located at 708 Lexington.Both physicians are accepting new patients. The clinic offers general medical care for...
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Wal-Mart truck driver George Hart logs 4 million accident-free miles
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWhen Wal-Mart trucker George Hart drives into the sunset March 6, he could be the second employee in Walmart’s history to log more than 4 million accident-free...
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Startups to Watch: Oh Baby, Overwatch, PicaSolar set on product launches
story by Kim Souzaksoua@thecitywire.comEditor’s note: The City Wire has consulted with people closely affiliated with Northwest Arkansas entrepreneurial programs to compile a list of the five...
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Bentonville, Springdale push January sales tax revenue higher
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comContinued sales tax revenue growth is important to the burgeoning Northwest Arkansas region as the four largest cities have plenty of infrastructure expansion to...
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Fort Smith sales tax revenue up in 2014, beats budget estimates
Collections during 2014 the Fort Smith’s 1% sales tax for the street program topped $20 million for the first time since 2008. The 1% tax generated $20.099 million for the January-December reporting...
View ArticleTyson Foods to add 500 jobs in Georgia
Tyson Foods announced a $110 million expansion to its Vienna, Ga., chicken plant that will add more than 500 jobs by mid-year.This move is the third Tyson investment in recent weeks to shift some of...
View ArticleNWACC spring enrollment falls 3.2%, in line with projections
NorthWest Arkansas Community College enrolled more than 7,300 credit students for the spring 2015 semester, NWACC officials announced today, but the number was down 3.2% or 238 students from the same...
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The Supply Side: Markets may improve in 2015 for consumer food companies
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of The City Wire focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side is...
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Northwest Arkansas Council to ‘get moving’ on new economic goals for 2017
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comBusiness leaders in Northwest Arkansas raised the bar for regional growth and economic performance expectations over the next three years, according to data...
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