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Arkansas River traffic falls 51.2% in June, down 23% year-to-date
Marty Shell said in early June that commercial traffic on the Arkansas River could return by the end of the month barring more heavy rains. And then Tropical Storm Bill hit and dropped more than 10...
View ArticleBank of the Ozarks reports 53% increase in second quarter earnings
story from Talk Business & Politics, a content partner with The City WireBank of the Ozarks easily beat year ago results and met Wall Street expectations by reporting second quarter earnings of 52...
View ArticlePrice steep, but students learn to write code in 12 weeks at Little Rock school
story by Steve Brawner, courtesy of Talk Business & Politicsbrawnersteve@mac.comAlia Borroho, 32, has been a business development director at an education tech startup in Little Rock. She wanted to...
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More jobs, people send NWA apartment occupancy rates higher
story by Rose Ann Pearcerapearce@thecitywire.comApartment living remains popular in Northwest Arkansas with the mid-year occupancy rate averaging 98.5%, up 0.05% from the average reported at the end of...
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Recent Amazon, Wal-Mart moves show effort for online sales loyalty
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comChristmas in July is not a new retailer tactic to draw in shoppers in hopes of hoisting mid-summer sales. Amazon has never taken part in these theatrics until...
View ArticleTyson Foods donates $500,000 toward water conservation
A year after an acidic chemical release mishap by Tyson Foods in Monett, Mo., the meat giant announced a collaboration with the Nature Conservancy in an effort to protect rivers and streams in...
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January to June Northwest Arkansas home sales value up 21%
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe local real estate market in Benton and Washington counties is sizzling hot. In the first half of 2015, agents sold 3,887 homes in the two counties, up almost...
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Fort Smith area posts home sales growth in the first half of 2015
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comReal estate agents across Fort Smith and the surrounding area are having one of their best years ever with 18.5% growth in sales volume through the first half of...
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NWA, Fort Smith area foreclosure filings continue to wind down
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comForeclosures across the region, state and much of the nation are returning to their pre-crisis levels according to Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac. The data...
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E-tail giants from Alibaba to Walmart.com face growing consumer expectations
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comRunning an effective e-commerce operation like Amazon at a time when consumers expect more for less is a daunting task. Just ask e-commerce behemoth Alibaba who...
View ArticleUA Study: Consumers prefer county-of-origin labeled meats
Meat industry lobbyists succeeded in getting the county-of-origin labels for beef, pork and poultry repealed by the U.S. Congress, but it seems that consumers preferred them.A study by the University...
View ArticleQuarterly earnings up 19% for Centennial Bank parent company
story from Talk Business & Politics, a content partner with The City WireAcquisition-hungry Home Bancshares Inc. kept its lucrative winning streak going during the second quarter as the...
View ArticleCore Public House brew company set to open in downtown Fort Smith (Updated)
Editor's note: Because of a paperwork problem with state officials, the opening of Core Public House has been postponed.Springdale-based Core Brewing and Distilling Co. plans to open on Friday (July...
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Mercy ready to open new $1.2 million sleep center in Fort Smith
story by Michael Tilleymtilley@thecitywire.comThe $1.2 million Mercy Sleep Center in Fort Smith will open Monday (July 20) with six beds and a backlog of patients already around 400, said Chellie...
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J.B. Hunt quarterly income up 10.7%, but numbers miss Wall Street targets
J.B. Hunt Transport Services posted second quarter net income of $103.419 million, better than the $93.408 million in the second quarter of 2014, but below market expectations on a per share basis. The...
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Arkansas offers low cost of living, second only to Mississippi
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThere are a few perks that come with living in Arkansas, and it’s not just the natural beauty of the Ozarks but also the fact that a dollar earned here goes...
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Fall open set for $80 million investment at Cherokee Casino & Hotel in Roland
story by Aric Mitchell, special to The City WireCherokee Casino & Hotel Roland is eyeing a fall opening for the hotel portion of its new $80 million “premier entertainment development.” An exact...
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The Compass Report: Arkansas economy improves in the first quarter of 2015
Gains in employment, sales tax collections and building permits resulted in the best combination of grades for Arkansas’ top three metro economies since the first quarter of 2012 when the report first...
View ArticleStartup Junkie hosts Mentorcamp
Startup Junkie Consulting will host Northwest Arkansas’s 2015 Mentorcamp for about 100 entrepreneurs this week. Roughly 60 mentors are also taking part in the week-long event in conjunction with...
View ArticleDr. Rotaru joins Cooper Clinic as a nephrology specialist
Dr. Dumitru Rotaru is joining Drs. Michael Coleman Sr. and Michael Coleman Jr. of the Cooper Clinic Department of Nephrology.Relocating from Little Rock, Rotaru is a board certified nephrologist. He...
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