Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp . moved 13,711 tons a day in the third quarter, a 6.4 percent increase over the same period last year, helping push net income up despite challenges with rail disruptions and new hires’ lower productivity.

USA Truck, the Van Buren-based trucking company, reported its eighth consecutive quarter of improvement Monday, and its highest earnings per share performance since 2006.

Arkansas craft beer is in a favorable position with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission .

Improving downtown Fort Smith is high on the list for the city’s 12-year-old comprehensive plan , but it’s going to take a middle step to bring the goals to reality.

General surgeon Dr. Laurence Lo has joined Surgical Associates of Fort Smith, 923 Lexington. Lo comes to the Sparks clinic from a Level 2 trauma center in Odessa, Texas, where he specialized in trauma surgery and advanced laparoscopic surgery.

LOS ANGELES — At age 40, Hello Kitty has enjoyed a career that any Hollywood movie star would envy.

PITTSBURGH — Jordan Katz sometimes thinks he is the only Atlanta Falcons fan within 100 miles of his Pittsburgh apartment.