by - July 15, 2019 6:23 pm
Fort Smith attorney Joshua Bugeja and Sebastian County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jason Hunter announced Monday (July 15) they will enter the Fort Smith District Court, Division II race. Deputy Public…
by - July 15, 2019 9:57 am
Douglas Hutchings, CEO and co-founder of Fayetteville solar tech startup Picasolar Inc., has been named director of the nonprofit Arkansas Research Alliance’s (ARA) ARA Academy of Scholars & Fellows. The…
by - July 14, 2019 8:03 pm
Batesville-based Citizens Bank is adding a new location in Monticello. Once complete, the new financial center will be located at 236 Highway 425 North and will merge the employees and…
by - July 14, 2019 7:54 pm
Dr. Cliff Jones, former vice chancellor for learning and instruction at ASU Mid-South, has been named deputy director of the Arkansas State University Delta Center for Economic Development, according to…
by - July 11, 2019 3:20 pm
Delia Haak will announce her candidacy Monday (July 15) for the District 91 seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives. An event is scheduled at noon on the steps of…
by - July 11, 2019 12:47 pm
Bentonville-based Walton Family Foundation is backing a new regional arts service organization in Northwest Arkansas. The goal of the organization is to “expand access to arts, culture and heritage” in…
by - July 11, 2019 12:04 pm
Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments: Chad Pekron, Bryant, to the State Board of Education. Appointment expires June 30, 2026. Replaces Walker Barth. Anthony Doss, Springdale, to the Board…
by - July 11, 2019 11:52 am
Utility-scale battery storage units, which are those with at least 1 megawatt of power capacity, are a newer electric power resource, and their use has risen recently. The operating capacity…
by - July 10, 2019 10:01 pm
The Coston Fine Arts Center is closer to becoming a reality in Osceola. The project has received numerous grants and in-kind labor to move forward. The latest round of funding…
by - July 10, 2019 6:44 pm
Houston-based petrochemical company Vinmar International looks to buy the assets of Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech for $8 million. Meanwhile, the New York-based lender that sought to purchase the company initially…
by - July 10, 2019 2:19 pm
Mundo-Tech, a tube bending and fabrication supplier for aerospace, defense and commercial companies, is investing $800,000 to expand its facility in Northwest Arkansas. The expansion will create seven additional technology…
by - July 10, 2019 2:01 pm
Affirma Consulting, a fast-growing technology services firm headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., has opened a new U.S. office in Northwest Arkansas. The office at 641 W. Dickson St. in downtown Fayetteville…
by - July 9, 2019 7:51 pm
Siloam Springs-based broiler breeder Cobb-Vantress announced Tuesday (July 9) the appointment of Shane Sutton as managing director of South American operations and the promotion of Joe Emmanual to chief financial…
by - July 9, 2019 5:24 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenue for the street tax program during the first five reporting months of 2019 totaled $8.976 million, up 1.08% compared with the same period in 2018…
by - July 9, 2019 2:24 pm
Stone Bank has promoted Cara Lank, Senior Vice President and Credit Officer, to Chief Credit Officer and Latrecia Branch has been promoted to Senior Vice president and Operations manager. Lank…
by - July 9, 2019 1:17 pm
Priority1 Inc., a Little Rock-based company offering third-party logistics services including truckload, less-than-truckload and warehousing solutions, announced Tuesday (July 9) it will hire at least 50 new corporate headquarters employees…
by - July 9, 2019 9:40 am
Arvest Bank announced Tuesday (July 9) that its mortgage division has originated more than $1 billion in mortgage loans for the 17th year in a row. That includes both purchase-money…
by - July 8, 2019 4:16 pm
U.S. crude oil production and lease condensate rose to 12.2 million barrels per day in April, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). This was the first time that…
by - July 8, 2019 1:39 pm
Former Republican Arkansas Senator and Representative Gunner DeLay is running for the Sebastian County Circuit Court Division V now held by retiring Judge J. Michael Fitzhugh. No other candidate has…
by - July 7, 2019 2:31 pm
Experience Fayetteville, the convention and visitors bureau for the city of Fayetteville, has hired two new employees and promoted a third. Hazel Hernandez, formerly director of marketing and communications, has…
