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A review of the mid-year financial report and a review of strategic goals – which include homeless issues and the consent decree – set in December 2023 are agenda items…
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Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas (SPSFNWA) has named Frankie Rankin as its CEO, according to a Thursday (July 24) news release. She most recently was chief philanthropy officer….
by - July 24, 2025 8:53 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., is pushing legislation to increase the number of Medicare-supported doctor training slots, which would address the shortage of primary and specialty care physicians in Arkansas…
by - July 24, 2025 8:39 pm
Uniti Group Inc. and New Windstream LLC jointly announced Thursday (July 24) the receipt of regulatory approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to complete the previously announced merger between…
by - July 24, 2025 3:24 pm
Emily Treadaway has been named director of the newly launched University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Center for Nonprofits (CNP), which will be located in the Bakery District in downtown…
by - July 24, 2025 1:59 pm
Walmart has hired Instacart executive Daniel Danker in a newly-created role as the executive vice president of AI acceleration for the Bentonville-based retail giant. Danker will report directly to CEO…
by - July 24, 2025 11:36 am
Russellville-based Arkansas Tech University (ATU) has received a $1.7 million grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council (ANCRC) that will fund an interior and exterior renovation of Hughes…
by - July 23, 2025 8:22 pm
A field day will be held at the Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center on July 31 in Harrisburg. Two field tours will be held covering rice, soybeans and corn….
by - July 23, 2025 12:55 pm
Health and wellness company Stretch Zone recently opened a 1,600-square-foot studio at 2301 W. Pleasant Grove Road, Suite 104, in Rogers. This is the company’s third Arkansas location and the…
by - July 23, 2025 10:19 am
Ryan Hauck joined Experience Fayetteville as CEO on Monday (July 21), the tourism marketing agency announced Wednesday (July 23). He replaces Molly Rawn, who left the city’s destination marketing organization…
by - July 22, 2025 5:53 pm
New students of NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s Bicycle Technician Program can receive scholarships for the program and free tool kits, according to a Tuesday (July 22) news release. Denver-based Morgridge…
by - July 22, 2025 3:18 pm
Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce has named Rep. Randy Torres, R-Siloam Springs, as its next president and CEO, the business organization announced Monday (July 21). He starts in the role…
by - July 22, 2025 3:01 pm
Schmieding Foundation Inc. has donated $100,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to create the Schmieding Foundation Physical Therapy Endowed Scholarship, benefiting the UAMS College of Health…
by - July 21, 2025 7:15 pm
The Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) announced Monday (July 21) it has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for $8 million to launch a new statewide, cross-sector program called…
by - July 21, 2025 2:39 pm
The Arkansas Alumni Association announced Monday (July 21) Kevin Trainor as chief operating officer and associate executive director beginning August 2025. Trainor was a longtime fixture in the University of…
by - July 21, 2025 2:16 pm
About 300 attendees are expected to attend the Consumer Impact Summit from Sept. 16-18 at Ledger in Bentonville. The summit is an event on sustainability in the consumer packaged goods…
by - July 21, 2025 2:09 pm
The “delivery station” permitted at 4300 Geren Road in Fort Smith will be an Amazon facility, according to property records. The building permit for the facility was issued by the…
by - July 21, 2025 11:56 am
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue between January and December 2024 was a record $26.661 million, up 4.77% compared with the $25.446 million in the same period of 2023. The December…
by - July 20, 2025 1:45 pm
Approval of a $125,000 expenditure to move forward on a possible plan to replace waters meters is part of the consent agenda during Tuesday’s (July 22) Fort Smith Board of…
by - July 19, 2025 1:18 pm
There is nothing new reported almost 11 months after the Fort Smith Public School District hired a Texas legal firm to consider legal action against companies involved in the design…
