by - January 30, 2024 11:46 am
Black River Technical College (BRTC) vice president of Institutional advancement Dr. Karen Powers Liebhaber was recently selected as a fellow of the 2024 Delta Leadership Institute Executive Academy. Additional Arkansans…
by - January 30, 2024 11:44 am
Little Rock-based Dillard’s, Inc. and Mastercard announced that the companies have entered into new agreements to provide a credit card program for Dillard’s customers. Citi will purchase the existing Dillard’s…
by - January 30, 2024 11:22 am
Commercial real estate firm Colliers Arkansas metro Little Rock office market continues to buck the dour national office trend of high vacancies but still remains a market concern. The firm’s…
by - January 30, 2024 11:04 am
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill saw record enplanements of 991,489 in 2023, exceeding the previous high of 922,533 in 2019. Enplanements, or passengers flying out, were up by…
by - January 30, 2024 8:21 am
Tools and data can provide shippers with an edge after pivoting to short-term bids in the wake of freight market volatility during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent whitepaper….
by - January 29, 2024 6:27 pm
Editor’s note: The State of the State series provides reports twice a year on Arkansas’ key economic sectors. The series publishes stories to begin a year and stories in July/August…
by - January 29, 2024 6:18 pm
U.S. companies announced 55% more CEO changes in 2023 than in 2022, according to a report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas that included public U.S. businesses as well…
by - January 29, 2024 6:10 pm
Walmart store managers will be eligible for annual stock grants of up to $20,000, Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner announced Monday (Jan. 29). The Bentonville-based company also announced that Jane…
by - January 29, 2024 6:01 pm
Business licenses fees brought the City of Fort Smith about $360,000 in revenue in 2023, somewhat less than anticipated when the fees were reinstated in 2018, but up more than…
by - January 29, 2024 4:00 pm
Last week, Attorney General Tim Griffin approved the ballot title for a proposed amendment to incorporate aspects of the state’s Freedom of Information Act into the Arkansas constitution. On Monday…
by - January 29, 2024 3:37 pm
The death of a longtime congressman, drought, foreign land ownership, the sale of U.S. Steel and others made for the top news headlines in Northeast Arkansas during 2023. Agriculture Drought,…
by - January 29, 2024 3:31 pm
The Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame (AWHOF) is seeking nominations for the 2024 induction class. The AWHOF was created to honor, in perpetuity, women whose contributions have influenced the direction…
by - January 29, 2024 3:26 pm
Hendrix College has named Northwest Arkansas native Dr. Meredith Brunen as its new vice president for Advancement, effective May 1, 2024. Brunen joins Hendrix from the University of West Georgia…
by - January 29, 2024 3:24 pm
Bentonville-based nonprofit Endeavor Heartland, an accelerator program to nurture entrepreneurs with promising startup concepts, has assumed responsibility of 412 Angels, a program established in early 2022 to boost angel investing…
by - January 29, 2024 3:19 pm
Central Arkansas Water announced Monday (Jan. 29) that Jo Thompson Courtney has joined as Chief Administrative Officer. She brings nearly 30 years of government and operational experience and will oversee…
by - January 29, 2024 3:11 pm
For the second consecutive year, residential home sales declined by double digits in Northwest Arkansas’ two largest counties. Real estate agents combined to sell 9,802 residential properties in the two-county…
by - January 29, 2024 10:25 am
Fayetteville attorney Jim Smith has been appointed to a second five-year term on the Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees by Gov. Sarah Sanders. His term will expire Jan. 14,…
by - January 29, 2024 9:49 am
Rogers-based e-commerce marketing firm Bold Strategies has appointed chief revenue officer Darcy Ramler its new president and CEO. She is replacing Allan Peretz, who will transition to executive chairman. Ramler,…
by - January 28, 2024 4:45 pm
Editor’s note: The State of the State series provides reports twice a year on Arkansas’ key economic sectors. The series publishes stories to begin a year and stories in July/August…
by - January 28, 2024 10:43 am
Backroom Social Club recently started leasing a 12,000-square-foot building in Bentonville that will serve multiple purposes for the community events company. Formerly CACHE Studios, the building at 1004 S.E. Fifth…
