Lisa Hammersly
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Investors to pursue Chaffee mall plans
posted: 05/25/2013 3:30 a.m. Discuss
Investors planning a major shopping mall in Barling haven’t succeeded in getting alcohol sales approved there, but the group still plans to close on its $2 million purchase of 90 acres in early June.
New developments
posted: 05/25/2013 3:26 a.m. Discuss
Signs of the nation’s economic recovery are visible at Chaffee Crossing, the 7,000-acre mixed-use development in eastern Fort Smith, according to the development’s executive director, Ivy Owen.
Trucker says no to exit of chief
posted: 05/21/2013 3:25 a.m. Discuss
USA Truck’s board of directors has rejected the conditional resignation of Chairman Robert Peiser — overriding concerns by a shareholders’ advisory group about the date stockholders will be allowed to vote on the company’s shareholders’ rights or “poison pill” provision.
State buzzing over 2 firms’ top 500 debut
posted: 05/12/2013 2:59 a.m. Discuss
At Windstream Corp. of Little Rock, executives plan to strike a commemorative coin to mark the occasion.
Trucker meeting short, no ballyhoo
posted: 04/26/2013 3:13 a.m. Discuss
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell, one of the nation’s biggest trucking firms, carried out its annual shareholders’ meeting and presentation Thursday in 13 minutes — and apparently did not set a company record.
ABF seeks 6.5% cut in Teamsters pay
posted: 04/23/2013 2:58 a.m. Discuss
FORT SMITH — ABF Freight System Inc. is proposing a one year, 6.5 percent cut in wages for its Teamsters union drivers and other workers, as well as reduced health care and other benefits, according to a website posting by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Fort Smith pastor accused of securities fraud in filing
posted: 04/20/2013 4:37 a.m. Discuss
A Pulaski County court filing accuses a Fort Smith associate pastor of soliciting $61,500 from a church member to invest in a fictional, high-interest U.S. Treasury bond fund, and instead spending most of the money on meals, entertainment, clothing and vacations.
Whirlpool says plant has ‘suitors’
posted: 04/19/2013 3:01 a.m. Discuss
The vacant Whirlpool Corp. property in Fort Smith — one of the largest industrial sites for sale in America — is attracting interest from would-be buyers despite disclosures in recent weeks of groundwater contamination, a company spokesman said late Wednesday.
Trucker Hunt off mark on earnings
posted: 04/12/2013 3:20 a.m. Discuss
Trucking giant J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. of Lowell posted first-quarter net earnings Thursday of $73.3 million, or 61 cents per share, up from last year’s first quarter of $67.7 million, or 57 cents per share.
Arkansas Best again trims top exec’s pay
posted: 04/11/2013 3:23 a.m. Discuss
After recording $7.7 million in operating losses last year, freight carrier Arkansas Best Corp. announced a more than $400,000 pay cut for its top executive, Judy McReynolds, according to a company proxy statement.
