Year: 2024

Arkansas’ tax revenue dips almost 3%; surplus estimated at $280.2 million

Arkansas’ fiscal year-to-date (July 2024-August 2024) tax revenue is down 2.9% compared with the same period in the previous fiscal year, and the revised budget indicates the state will end…

Car-Mart posts Q1 loss, revenue dip; shares hit 52-week low

Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. posted a net loss and a revenue decline in the first quarter of fiscal 2025 amid a vehicle sales decrease and narrow price gains. The stock price…

NEA Women in Business: Sari Harlow

Residence: Jonesboro Education: Bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, Arkansas State University What was your dream job and why? I’ve dreamed of owning a bookstore and being an author since childhood….

NEA Women in Business: Melissa McDaniel

Residence: Jonesboro Education: Bachelor’s degree in corporate finance and master’s degree in business administration, Arkansas State University What character traits do you feel have benefited you in your success? I…

NEA Women in Business: Pamella Niell

Residence: Jonesboro Education: Attended East Central University What is Tiger Commissary Services Inc.? All of Tiger Commissary’s customers are inmates and the county sheriffs or administration who run the jail….

NEA Women in Business: Melissa Parker Taverner

Residence: Batesville Education: Bachelor’s degree in biology, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; master’s degree in science virology, University of Reading, England; doctorate in environmental science, University of Virginia What was your dream…

NEA Women in Business: Lindsey Spencer

Residence: Jonesboro Education: Bachelor’s degree, Arkansas State University What was your dream job and why? I’ve always loved stories, so in high school and college I dreamed of making movies….

NEA Women in Business: Reba Shipley

Residence: Jonesboro Education: Enrolled agent/certified tax resolution specialist What has been the most fulfilling moment of your career so far? Being able to help people solve IRS and state tax…

NEA Women in Business: D Terrell Patterson

Residence: Jonesboro Education: Attended Arkansas State University; licensed cosmetologist, certified natural hair specialist and a certified trichologist What was your dream job and why? My dream job was to become…

NEA Women in Business: Kerri Parnell

Residence: Jonesboro Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting and master’s degree in business administration, Arkansas State University; certified administrator of surgery center (CASC) certification What has been the most fulfilling moment…

NEA Women in Business: Andrea Andrews

Residence: Jonesboro Education: Bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis in advertising, Arkansas State University What has been the most fulfilling moment of your career so far? The most fulfilling moment…

NEA Women in Business: Shunqetta N. Cunningham

Residence: Jonesboro Education: Bachelor’s degree in political science, master’s degree in public administration, Arkansas State University What was your dream job and why? My dream job was to be president…

Introducing the Northeast Arkansas Women in Business Class of 2024

We are pleased to introduce to you the 2024 class of Northeast Arkansas Women in Business award winners, presented by Ritter Communications. This is our sixth year producing this award…

Fort Smith Board approves $4.2 million for waterpark slides; tables vote on lease plan

The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Sept. 3) voted four to three to spend $4.2 million to purchase a five-slide complex for the Parrot Island Waterpark that will…

Lyon College’s fall enrollment up 13.5%

Lyon College has announced a substantial growth in enrollment this fall, recording a census day headcount of 666 students. This is a 13.5% increase from the fall 2023 headcount of…

McKinsey: Rising consumer optimism may not equal more spending

Consumer optimism continued to increase through August, but recent mixed retail earnings, volatility in the equity markets and economic concerns have led analysts with McKinsey & Co. to put a…

Ritter spending $6.3 million to expand in Fort Smith

Jonesboro-based Ritter Communications is in the process of spending $6.3 million to bring its “RightFiber” fiber optic internet infrastructure to certain neighborhoods in Fort Smith. RightFiber is the company’s fiber-to-the-home…

Fayetteville to host Music Cities Convention in September 2025

Experience Fayetteville and Music Cities Events will host the 13th global edition of the Music Cities Convention in Fayetteville from Sept. 15-18, 2025. A schedule and support partners have yet to…

UAMS receives $3 million grant to address feeding practices at early child care sites

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Taren Massey-Swindle, and a Louisiana Tech University collaborator have secured a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to…