Author: Talk Business & Politics staff

Talk Business & Politics staff

McReynolds to step down as ArcBest CEO, remain as board chair

ArcBest Chair and CEO Judy McReynolds will retire as CEO at the end of 2025, ending 28 years as a company employee, including the past 15 as its top executive,…

Home BancShares quarterly net income up more than 16%, beats estimates

Home BancShares on Wednesday (July 16) posted second quarter net income of $118.403 million, up 16.6% compared with $101.53 million in the same quarter of 2024. Earnings per share of…

Ozark United FC investor Ross Cully shares vision for stadium project

A planned soccer stadium for Ozark United FC in Rogers has grown to include a $250 million to $350 million sports-anchored entertainment district on 36 acres in the Pinnacle Hills…

Quadrivium marks 25th anniversary

Quadrivium, a Springdale-based information technology (IT) and cybersecurity company, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, according to a news release. According to the company, it hosted an anniversary celebration with its…

LifeQuest of Arkansas launches new satellite campus in Conway

LifeQuest of Arkansas, the state’s largest educational nonprofit for older adults, is expanding to Conway with a new satellite campus launching this fall. In partnership with Hendrix College and First…

League of Women Voters receives $100,000 grant for Delta expansion

The League of Women Voters of Arkansas (LWVAR) has received a $100,000 grant to support an expansion of civic engagement and leadership development in the East Arkansas Delta. The funding…

Endowments to help UA recruit geosciences faculty, support field learning

The University of Arkansas announced Tuesday (July 15) two gift campaigns totaling $2.5 million that will help the Department of Geosciences create more access to field-based learning opportunities for students…

Mueller Streamline Company will expand its Wynne operations

Mueller Streamline Co. announced Tuesday (June 15) it will invest more than $7 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Wynne. The expansion is expected to create 60 new jobs…

Creative Exchange Fund to support 37 recipients

The Medium at 214 S. Main St. in Springdale recently announced that the recipients of the 2025/2026 Creative Exchange Fund (CXF) will receive almost $150,000. The 37 creatives and cultural…

The Venture Center, Standard Lithium launch nation’s first lithium technology accelerator

The Venture Center on Monday (July 14) in El Dorado launched the Arkansas Lithium Technology Accelerator (ALTA) — the first U.S.-based accelerator dedicated to lithium and battery supply chain innovation….

Tyson Foods selects six AI startups at Demo Day event

Tyson Foods selected six startups for potential funding from its venture capital arm, Tyson Ventures, which has invested more than $100 million in protein technologies, food safety, worker safety and…

Perry, Nierengarten elected to Arkansas energy group leadership roles

Walmart executive Lisa Perry and Peter Nierengarten, city of Fayetteville environmental director, have been elected to leadership positions with the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association and the Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation,…

Arkansas Broadcasters name five new inductees for Hall of Fame

The Arkansas Broadcasters Association (ABA) announced Monday (July 14) the 2025 class of inductees into the Arkansas Broadcasters Hall of Fame. “We have a very deserving class of inductees into…

Executive Summary: Clark works to create environments in which people can succeed

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…

Marcus Jones on Congress, Trump and his political future

Former Democratic Congressional candidate Marcus Jones has stayed engaged in Arkansas politics after his 2024 loss to U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock. Appearing on this week’s edition of Talk…

Hendrix College adds 6 to board of trustees

Hendrix College named six new members to its board of trustees. They include: Melissa Taulbee Brighton ’97 Margaret K. Dorman ’85 Jeff Johnson ’88 Rev. Nathan Kilbourne Rev. Zach Roberts…

Jannie Cotton to serve as interim chair for state Democrats

Democratic Party of Arkansas vice chair Jannie Cotton will assume the role of interim chair effective July 15, overseeing the party prior to the election of a new chair at…

Education and Health Services sector drives Fort Smith metro job gains

Education and Health Services sector jobs in the Fort Smith metro rose more than 5% between May 2024 and May 2025, the largest percentage growth among major metro job categories,…

Fort Smith Metro Daily News Briefs: Creative Arts and West Point cadets

Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Creative Arts The Institute for the Creative Arts (ICA) has announced that in the fall of 2025 concurrent enrollment will…

Harps to purchase Mena grocery store

Springdale-based Harps Food Stores Inc. announced Friday (July 11) that it will acquire James Super Save Foods, an independent grocery store in Mena. Financial terms of the deal were not…

Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Tourism tax numbers down through August, job numbers up

Acres.com, ULI NWA establish partnership

Connections: Yellow Rocket Concepts hosts gift card fundraiser

Coon Supper, pre-event reception scheduled for Jan. 10