by - November 15, 2024 3:10 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith received a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Arts Midwest to help fund the Big Read…
by - November 15, 2024 7:55 am
Simmons First National Corp. announced this week that Robert “Bob” Fehlman will step down as CEO and former CEO George Makris, the current executive chairman, will assume CEO duties effective…
by - November 14, 2024 6:55 pm
Walmart is expected on Nov. 19 to report modest earnings growth in its third-quarter ended Oct. 1. The Bentonville-based retailer is expected to post earnings per share of 53 cents,…
by - November 14, 2024 6:38 pm
Improving water levels on the Mississippi River have helped tonnage on the Arkansas River to swing from being down 4% year-to-date through August to being up almost 2% through October….
by - November 14, 2024 4:08 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Council held its annual fall meeting Wednesday (Nov. 13) and approved the slate of officers who will serve on its executive committee for the next year. The…
by - November 14, 2024 3:19 pm
The City of Fort Smith and City Administrator Carl Geffken filed an answer to a lawsuit brought against the city regarding the city’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program, denying all…
by - November 14, 2024 3:05 pm
Steve Clark, president and CEO of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, will retire after 16 years with the organization. His last day in his role will be Tuesday (Nov. 19)….
by - November 14, 2024 2:33 pm
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees has approved a $30.6 million bond issue to finance construction for the new College of Veterinary Medicine at the A-State campus in…
by - November 14, 2024 2:28 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders, Secretary Hugh McDonald, Chief Workforce Officer Mike Rogers, and Arkansas Workforce Connections Director Cody Waits on Thursday (Nov. 14) awarded $48 million in training grants to support…
by - November 14, 2024 2:20 pm
Methodist Family Health, a statewide continuum of care providing psychiatric, behavioral and emotional services to children and their families who are abandoned, abused and neglected, recently purchased the facility in…
by - November 14, 2024 2:18 pm
75Strong, a statewide initiative designed to support, scale, and sustain Arkansas’ entrepreneurial community has hired Andrew Smith as the program director. “Andrew’s unique blend of experience from curriculum development, community…
by - November 14, 2024 10:20 am
Declines in U.S. refinery capacity are expected to slow the decrease in refining margins. Refinery margins or crack spreads, the difference between the selling price and the cost of production…
by - November 14, 2024 10:09 am
Carl Nevin has endorsed Russ Bragg for Fort Smith City Director Ward 3. Bragg and Lee Kemp will face each other in a runoff election Dec. 3. They, along with…
by - November 14, 2024 7:16 am
Upscale retailer Dillard’s reported Thursday (Nov. 14) net income of $124.6 million in its third quarter, down from $155.3 million one year ago. Diluted earnings per share was $7.73 versus…
by - November 14, 2024 6:21 am
The National Cold War Center and the Woodrow Wilson Center, whose parent company is the Smithsonian Institution, have announced a partnership to help preserve the story and advance learning about…
by - November 13, 2024 8:25 pm
Technology startup Xtremis has received U.S. Army contracts valued at more than $80 million to implement Xtremis’ artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to improve troops’ situational awareness and management of the…
by - November 13, 2024 8:02 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Council on Wednesday (Nov. 13) released a 44-page report that provides a roadmap toward transforming healthcare in Benton and Washington counties, and updated the progress made since…
by - November 13, 2024 12:58 pm
Over the past nine months, a renovation has transformed the 30,000-square-foot former home office of Beverly Enterprises near Central Mall in Fort Smith into the largest early intervention day treatment…
by - November 13, 2024 9:24 am
Professional development firm Serve2Perform in Fayetteville is collaborating with the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas to provide workforce development and economic development opportunities across…
by - November 13, 2024 9:13 am
Tontitown-based metal manufacturer Central States Inc. has become a member of Certified Employee-Owned (Certified EO), a certification program for American employee-owned companies. Central States is 100% employee-owned by its 1,400…
