by - June 10, 2024 9:52 am
A-State Museum documenting Jonesboro Black business history
Leroy Johnson’s great-grandfather was 6 or 7 years old when he was bought as a slave and brought to Craighead County. Eventually he was freed and he engaged in a…
Year: 2024
by - June 10, 2024 9:43 am
Higher Learning Commission approves A-State’s Qatar campus
Arkansas State University has secured approval from the Higher Learning Commission, recognizing its location in Doha, Qatar, as an off-campus site where students can complete one of A-State’s approved degree…
by - June 9, 2024 9:22 pm
Graveler more of ‘an experience,’ could be big for tourism
Arkansas has 69,000 miles of unpaved roads, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture, and there are also many more miles of unpaved roads that crisscross national forest lands. They…
by - June 9, 2024 10:43 am
McAuley Place in Bentonville to help with housing affordability challenges
A unique multifamily development to address affordable housing challenges in Bentonville is expected to be completed in 2026. Construction is slated to start in August. The 160-unit McAuley Place project…
by - June 9, 2024 8:40 am
Communication and collaboration are the cornerstones of successful commercial construction
I am fortunate to have spent more than 25 years in banking, focused primarily on commercial lending, here in Northwest Arkansas. Considering how this region has grown, I’ve had the…
by - June 9, 2024 7:48 am
Nonprofits collaborate to close skilled labor gap in NWA
Nonprofits Business and Industry Training (BIT) and Goodwill Industries of Arkansas have reached an agreement expected to increase student access to skills trades training in Northwest Arkansas. With offices in…
by - June 8, 2024 10:13 am
Walmart boss says company ‘can’t get comfortable’ with recent success
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon challenged the 2.2 million employees around the world to go for the gold like Simone Biles, win championships like NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, or NBA star…
by - June 7, 2024 4:05 pm
Prosecutor: ‘insufficient proof of criminal conduct’ in governor’s lectern controversy
Pulaski County Prosecutor Will Jones declared Friday (June 7) that he would not prosecute any charges related to a legislative audit of Gov. Sarah Sanders’ purchase of a $19,000 lectern…
by - June 7, 2024 10:55 am
Hathaway Group, Heights developer announce moves at Country Club Station
Little Rock commercial real estate firm Hathaway Group will move its Little Rock office later this year from Riverdale to the Heights as part of a transformation underway for a…
by - June 7, 2024 8:58 am
Walmart to use more digital shelf labels, expand inHome delivery service
Bentonville-based Walmart, which has been testing digital shelf labels (DSL) since early 2019, announced Thursday (June 6) that a partnership with VusionGroup will add DSLs to 2,300 U.S. stores by…
by - June 6, 2024 7:33 pm
Pope County Quorum Court votes against support letter for Gulfside Casino
The Pope County Quorum Court on Thursday (June 6) voted against a letter of support for a $405 million casino plan presented by the Gulfside Casino Partnership. The rejection adds…
by - June 6, 2024 5:57 pm
Gov. Sanders asks agency leaders for budget savings recommendations
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders asked cabinet secretaries and department leaders to provide cost savings ideas in a letter sent Thursday (June 6). The governor also said personnel changes would continue…
by - June 6, 2024 5:03 pm
Jerry Halsey takes sole reins of Halsey Thrasher Harpole Real Estate Group
Jonesboro-based Halsey Thrasher Harpole Real Estate Group turns 10 years old in 2024 and the company is undergoing a dramatic change. Jerry L. Halsey Jr., one of the three original…
by - June 6, 2024 4:57 pm
Little Rock office buildings sold for a combined $11.7M
Two west Little Rock office buildings totaling 72,294 square feet sold recently for a combined $11.7 million. Little Rock commercial real estate firm Colliers Arkansas was the listing agent for…
by - June 6, 2024 4:55 pm
UA Little Rock gets system approval for 5-year strategic plan
The board of trustees for the University of Arkansas System has approved a new five-year strategic plan for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The approval and development of…
by - June 6, 2024 4:50 pm
Lawsuit filed to stop ‘wet signature’ rule for voter registration forms
Get Loud Arkansas (GLA), Vote.org, and two Arkansas voters, Nikki Pastor and Blake Loper, filed a federal lawsuit in the Western District of Arkansas on Wednesday (June 5) challenging the…
by - June 6, 2024 3:35 pm
Mercy hospitals in Fort Smith, Northwest Arkansas provide nursing grant details
The Mercy hospital systems in Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas received just under $3.2 million from a more than $20 million statewide grant program to partner with a university and…
by - June 6, 2024 11:53 am
Fort Smith metro home sales up almost 9% through April
Fort Smith metro home sales were unchanged in the first four months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023, but the value of home sales in the period…
by - June 6, 2024 10:54 am
New owner revamps Tontitown construction business with efficiency focus
Although he’s just 29, construction company owner Trent Hanna already knows a vital business rule — efficiency is the key to running a smooth operation. “Consider our invoice processing system,”…
by - June 6, 2024 10:12 am
Bentonville firm Nuqleous acquires Shiloh Technologies of Rogers to bolster retail analytics offerings
Bentonville software firm Nuqleous has closed a deal to acquire Shiloh Technologies of Rogers. The financial terms of the agreement, announced Thursday (June 6), were not disclosed. After the deal,…