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More than $370,000 in money from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP) will support restoration and rehabilitation projects at the Franklin and Logan County courthouses. The awards were part of…
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State officials announced Thursday (July 2) that Arkansas tax revenue ended the fiscal year (July 2025-June 2026) with a $655 million surplus. It is the fifth largest surplus in state…
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The Arkansas Medical Society (AMS) appointed Carl Vogelpohl as the organization’s new executive director. Vogelpohl began his role July 1, with longtime Executive Vice President David Wroten, of counsel, to…
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U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks has again handed a victory to several groups challenging new Arkansas laws that change the petition-gathering process for citizen initiatives, with most of the changes…
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Durant, Okla.-based Choctaw Nation plans to invest $140 million to expand and renovate its gaming, hotel and dining facility in Pocola. Work is expected to begin later this year on…
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The broad Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index ticked higher in June despite a rising number of manufacturing job losses, higher prices, and negative impacts from Trump Administration tariff policies….
by - July 1, 2026 3:29 pm
Kendall Ross, associate vice chancellor for economic and workforce development at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS), is one of 45 “rising academic and administrative professionals” selected for…
by - July 1, 2026 12:00 pm
FCPT Holdings LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County from May 15 to June 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. It spent…
by - July 1, 2026 11:39 am
Main Street Fort Smith is again accepting applications for a matching mini-grant program designed to improve the look of buildings in downtown Fort Smith. The fiscal year 2027 grant cycle…
by - July 1, 2026 11:27 am
A multimillion-dollar hangar development comprising nearly 55,000 square feet was recently completed at Bentonville Municipal Airport at Thaden Field. The Neighborhood One development has six hangars. It was built by…
by - July 1, 2026 11:13 am
A new art installation on a fence in the outdoor beer garden at Ozark Beer Co. in downtown Rogers recounts a complex event in the history of the Quapaw Nation…
by - June 30, 2026 4:10 pm
The University of Arkansas recently received $350,000 in gifts and selected a property manager for some of its campus-adjacent assets. Nick and alumna Carolyn Cole have pledged an additional $250,000…
by - June 30, 2026 4:09 pm
John Brown University in Siloam Springs will use a grant from the Walton Family Foundation to provide $294,941 to support equitable access to computer science programs and $146,870 to expand…
by - June 30, 2026 8:30 am
Dr. James Martell, associate professor of French and comparative literature at Lyon College, recently presented his research on the United States, the United Nations and global governance at the Pierre…
by - June 29, 2026 6:39 pm
Bank OZK announced Monday (June 29) that its board of directors has approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the purchase of up to $200 million of outstanding common stock. The…
by - June 29, 2026 4:59 pm
Walmart is again expanding its connected TV business, having signed a deal to acquire Vibe.co, a self-service connected TV advertising platform for an estimated $1.4 billion. The deal, first reported…
by - June 29, 2026 3:16 pm
Kelly Kemp-McLintock, former chief advancement officer at the Jones Center in Springdale and a consultant for the Peel Compton Foundation in Bentonville, has been named executive director of the Bentonville…
by - June 29, 2026 9:00 am
Arkansas led the entire country in Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies last year, and if projected net-income this year is an indicator that problem may only get worse. The state had…
by - June 28, 2026 12:33 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 - June 27, 2026 5:15 pm
Following are recent news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Van Buren Honors The Van Buren School District is inducting four alumni into the Van Buren High School (VBHS)…
