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Arkansas gubernatorial debate includes coal, taxes and health care
story from Talk Business & Politics, a content partner with The City WireAsa Hutchinson (R) and Mike Ross (D) both want the state to join a lawsuit by 12 other states against proposed EPA...
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NWA home sales down in September, but sales value up 4.2%
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe days of runaway prices and easy profits in local real estate are gone for Northwest Arkansas, but economists and real estate experts agree the steady pace...
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Title IX survey approved for NWACC students, high school survey tabled
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe committee tasked with assessing the student demand and community interest for a proposed sanctioned sports program at NorthWest Arkansas Community College...
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Fed Economist: Central, Northwest Arkansas ‘pockets of strength’
story by Wesley Brownwesbrocomm@gmail.comA Federal Reserve economist says Arkansas’ economy struggles to gain a stable foothold for solid growth years after the so-called “Great Recession,” with the...
View ArticleMurphy Oil quarterly profits dip as crude oil prices fall
story by Wesley Brownwesbrocomm@gmail.comEl Dorado oil giant Murphy Oil Corp. saw third quarter earnings fall 10.8% from a year ago as sliding crude prices and weaker international oil demand cut into...
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September job gains push Northwest Arkansas jobless rate down to 4.4%
Big gains in September job numbers and declines in the number of unemployed pushed the Northwest Arkansas jobless rate down to 4.4% compared to 5.5% in September 2013.Metro employment of 223,690 was...
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Slight gains in Fort Smith metro job numbers, tourism jobs reach new high
Editor’s note: This story is a component of The Compass Report. The quarterly Compass Report is managed by The City Wire, and sponsored by Arvest Bank. Supporting sponsors of The Compass Report are Cox...
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Arkansas Poll gives GOP big leads in high-profile election races
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comWith less than a week until Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 4, the latest polling in the race for Arkansas governor and U.S. Senate show Republicans with leads...
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UA officials say Fayetteville Tech Park has had $522 million impact
story by Wesley Brown, with Talk Business & Politicswesbrocomm@gmail.comThe head of the Arkansas Research and Technology Park said Thursday that the “town and gown” collaborative effort between the...
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J.B. Hunt’s Shelley Simpson shares passion for workplace diversity
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWorkplace diversity is a passion for Shelley Simpson, president of the trucking and integrated brokerage operations for logistics giant J.B. Hunt Transport...
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CNG conversion creates cost savings, more jobs for Fort Smith business
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comA Fort Smith-based company has added 30 employees this year and compressed natural gas could be part of the reason.Billy Turner, fleet supervisor at Tri-State...
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Wal-Mart, Target hope to capture holiday sales with shipping, savings plans
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe pricing battles between retailers nearly two months before Christmas are heating up as Wal-Mart Stores and competitor Target unveiled plans to sway consumers...
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Benton County Meth Task Force discusses meth, other drugs in Northwest Arkansas
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comMethamphetamine doesn’t discriminate. Like the cocaine and crack craze of the 1980s it’s the drug of choice by many in Benton and Washington counties. Most of...
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Democrats hope Clinton rallies close gaps on top ticket races
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comFormer President and former Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton made his way through the Fort Smith and Texarkana areas Sunday (Nov. 2) on what is likely his last 2014...
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Rate hikes, more tonnage boost net income, revenue at ArcBest
Third quarter net income for Fort Smith-based ArcBest was $19.618 million, well ahead of the $13.982 million in the same quarter of 2013, and thanks in large part to an almost 10% gain in ABF Freight...
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USA Truck posts third quarter gain, on track to end five years of losses...
With a better than expected third quarter net income of $2.717 million, Van Buren-based USA Truck is on track in 2014 to end five consecutive years of losses.The third quarter net income of $2.717...
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Arkansas home sales, sales values see healthy gains in September
Home sales in Arkansas’ four largest markets rebounded in September, with year-to-date sales up almost 4% and the value of homes sold up almost 2%. September sales in the four markets were up 7.26% and...
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Study: Walmart.com prices beat supercenter and Amazon
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comKantar Retail released its annual price leadership study between mega retail competitors Wal-Mart and Amazon on (Oct. 30), and the results show Walmart.com had...
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ADEQ disputes Whirlpool finding that TCE plume is not growing
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comIn an Oct. 22 response to questions by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality about the stability of a toxic plume of potentially cancer-causing...
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Crawford County officials facing budget shortfall, possible job cuts
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comEven after two rounds of finance committee meetings meant to slash the budget line item by line item, the Crawford County Quorum Court is still facing a...
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