Year: 2024

Forty Under 40: Tripp Cashion

Tripp Cashion loved math and liked to build things as a child. When he went to the University of Arkansas, he majored in engineering. After graduating in 2010, he took…

Kincaid named UA Honors College director of development

Missy Darwin Kincaid has been named director of development at the University of Arkansas’ Honors College, the university announced Monday (Aug. 12). The university alumna and Little Rock native began…

Forty Under 40: Katie Campbell

Named One to Watch by Best Lawyers in America, Katie Campbell practices commercial and employment defense litigation and employment law. She argued and won a case before the Arkansas Supreme…

Forty Under 40: Roxana Buck

Roxana Buck has 21 years of mortgage banking experience, starting in the industry after graduating from Rogers High School. She began in 2003 at Simmons Bank. After five months as…

Forty Under 40: Dr. Gary Berner

Dr. Gary Berner comes from a family with a long history in healthcare. His grandfather was a pediatrician, his father was a physician and his mother was a nurse practitioner….

Forty Under 40: Maggie Benson

Maggie Benson has been a standout performer as a lawyer, from her days in private practice in Arkansas to her career as an in-house lawyer at Tyson Foods. While in…

Forty Under 40: Rick Barry

Rick Barry recently took on a new role at NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC), giving him a chance to put his education and work experience to use making NWACC run…

Forty Under 40: Juan Bahena

Juan Bahena believes that every day he wakes in the morning is a day to celebrate, and he wants people throughout the region to get to celebrate, too. That’s part…

Forty Under 40: Jeff Allison

Jeff Allison’s greatest success was buying Bordinos Restaurant in 2020, 45 days before the COVID-19 pandemic, and surviving. He made it through with government assistance programs, pivoting to try new…

Forty Under 40: Abel Albarran

Abel Albarran is making his mark on the legal community in Northwest Arkansas with honesty, directness and empathy. As a partner with Albarran & Joyce, Albarran, who is bilingual and…

Forty Under 40: Brooke Allen

Brooke Allen’s nonprofit career started at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas after working as a pre-K teacher for three years. “I felt like I wasn’t making a difference,”…

Fort Smith hires purchasing manager

Charity Gregory will become the purchasing manager for the City of Fort Smith upon the retirement of Alie Bahsoon on Aug. 16. She comes from the City of Barling, where…

Tyson Foods marks 3 years with its Bright Blue Health Clinics

Healthcare access continues to be a hurdle for many working Americans, especially in rural areas. Three years ago, Springdale-based Tyson Foods began offering medical care to employees in several areas…

Walmart expected to post quarterly net income gain of 6.5%

Walmart is expected to beat estimates when it reports fiscal second-quarter earnings on Thursday (Aug. 15) for the period ending July 31. The consensus estimate is 65 cents per share,…

Riff Raff: The Hotz hot seat

It might be easy to have some empathy for Sebastian County Judge Steve Hotz in having the full responsibility for the general election fall hard in his lap less than…

What you need to know about the fast-approaching noncompete ban deadline

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its Final Rule banning almost all noncompete agreements nationwide with few exceptions for employers that fall under the FTC’s jurisdiction. …

Benton County Assessor’s office involved in post-tornado property values

Hundreds of land parcels in Rogers and other parts of Benton County saw property value change immediately on May 26 when early morning storms and tornadoes uprooted lives like they…

Ronnie Williams named DEI advisor at Hendrix College

Hendrix College President Karen Petersen announced that Hendrix alumnus and longtime higher education leader Ronnie D. Williams will begin work August 19 as senior DEI strategist and advisor. Williams retired…

Immerse Arkansas garners $225,000 for homeless shelter in LR

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) awarded Immerse Arkansas a $225,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant through FHLB Dallas member Arvest Bank to build a homeless shelter…

City Year names new board co-chairs

City Year announced a slate of board changes with new chair Jay Barth and vice chair Madhav Shroff, and members Emily Jordan Cox, Randy Jones, Raymond Long and Mark Wilson….