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The board of directors of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation has appointed Cory Anderson as the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the organization. He replaces Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury, who…
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Fayetteville-based real estate company Collier & Associates recently launched, Agent Matcher, a website tool that matches buyers and sellers with a real estate agent. Stuart Collier, founder and principal broker…
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University of Arkansas alumni and a student recently contributed $775,000 to the Land of Opportunity Scholarship. The UA’s Land of Opportunity Scholarship campaign is a three-year initiative to expand educational…
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The Fort Smith Public School Board on Monday (Dec. 15) heard a proposal from school administration to close Carnall and Spradling elementary schools. The “rightsizing” process has already resulted in…
by - December 15, 2025 12:52 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture continues to move forward with the implementation of the Arkansas Rice in Schools Pilot Program, an initiative designed to increase the use of Arkansas-grown rice…
by - December 14, 2025 1:16 pm
Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and non-profit executive in the…
by - December 14, 2025 8:11 am
Chris Turner, who was raised in Dewitt, Ark., has risen through the ranks to lead Yum! Brands, one of the most iconic American food brands in the world. Turner took…
by - December 13, 2025 12:00 pm
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. December Building Work The city of Fort Smith issued building permits for $5.164 million in work during the first week…
by - December 12, 2025 11:26 am
The aggressive push by city of Fort Smith officials and work crews to get control of what was once a growing number of water leaks is paying off. Active leaks…
by - December 11, 2025 5:14 pm
Arkansas has collected more than $7 million in tax revenue from online sports wagering in the first 10 months of 2025, up 28.1% compared with the same period in 2024….
by - December 11, 2025 3:54 pm
Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Thursday (Dec. 11) a $700 million multistate settlement with Google. Griffin and 52 other attorneys general were part of the case. Preliminary approval was granted…
by - December 11, 2025 3:46 pm
Arkansas PBS will no longer exist in its current form. The state’s only public television network has become Arkansas TV. The loss of $2.5 million in annual federal funding from…
by - December 11, 2025 1:58 pm
Home sales in the Fort Smith metro are down more than 8% in the first 10 months of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, with home sales in…
by - December 11, 2025 12:23 pm
Crisp, a retail technology company with offices in Bentonville and Springdale, announced Wednesday (Dec. 10) the close of a $26 million Series B1 round led by New York-based private equity…
by - December 11, 2025 12:07 pm
Arkansas’ largest airport has a new leader. The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission named Suzanne Peyton as the next executive director of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field (LIT)…
by - December 10, 2025 12:02 pm
Little Rock-based Baptist Health and North Little Rock-based Seal Solar are in the final stages of construction of a 13.05 megawatt solar array for the hospital system’s campus. The array…
by - December 10, 2025 11:34 am
ARBRA Plastic Surgery recently opened in Springdale and plans to relocate to a medical office building in Rogers. Founder Dr. Kasia Kania is the first and only breast microsurgeon to…
by - December 9, 2025 1:42 pm
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank announced Tuesday (Dec. 9) that Bret Jones, commercial loan officer for Benton County, has been promoted to community bank president in Pea Ridge. Jones replaces Jeff Neil,…
by - December 9, 2025 11:01 am
The first Fuego Tortilla Grill outside of Texas will open Dec. 16 in Fayetteville, according to a news release. A grand opening event is set for Jan. 13. The 3,250-square-foot…
by - December 8, 2025 6:25 pm
A $350,000 grant from The Oaklawn Foundation will lead to the expansion of Hot Springs’ Northwoods Trails System, open two of the property’s lakes to water activities, and set up…
