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The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) board of commissioners has taken an official stance to support a sales tax reallocation proposal the City of Fort Smith has put…
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Braylon picked up the chair and threw it across the room, shouting “Why did she have to die?” It was almost Mother’s Day and his emotions about his mom’s death…
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All of the 156 Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) students eligible to match for residency received assignments, with 15% of those staying in Fort Smith, and 66% locating in…
by - March 21, 2025 7:44 pm
Walter Harris, president and CEO of the Heartland Whole Health Institute (HWHI) in Bentonville, announced Friday (March 21) he is retiring. HWHI is a nonprofit founded in 2019 by philanthropist…
by - March 21, 2025 1:00 pm
Five of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had year-over-year job gains in January, and five had jobless rates at or below 4%. Only the Jonesboro and…
by - March 20, 2025 4:03 pm
Mike Malone, the University of Arkansas vice chancellor for economic development and former Northwest Arkansas Council CEO, is taking a new job with Economic Leadership LLC, a North Carolina-based economic…
by - March 20, 2025 2:38 pm
Developers for the more than 120-acre, mixed-use Drake Farms development northwest of Gregg Avenue and Drake Street in Fayetteville have applied for five commercial building permits with a combined value…
by - March 20, 2025 11:23 am
Thursday’s (March 20) job openings and labor turnover report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) points to an Arkansas economy with declines in new hires and job openings…
by - March 20, 2025 10:42 am
Arkansas River tonnage totaled 1.81 million tons in the first two months of 2025, down 1.3% compared with 2.07 million tons in the same period of 2024, according to a…
by - March 20, 2025 8:39 am
Arkansas State University in Jonesboro broke ground last week on its College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), and ASU System President Brendan Kelly recently told the board of trustees that when…
by - March 19, 2025 8:09 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) Board of Education voted Wednesday to interview three finalists — all from Arkansas and one who is now a school district employee — for…
by - March 19, 2025 5:28 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders on Tuesday (March 18) signed HB 1510 into law as Act 314 which limits how cities can regulate property use near city limits. The new law will…
by - March 19, 2025 2:20 pm
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) will celebrate “Match Day” for the Class of 2025 on Friday (March 21) at…
by - March 19, 2025 2:09 pm
Armor Bank announced Wednesday (March 19) that Bryan Wagner will serve as Jonesboro market president. A native of Blytheville, Wagner has more than 15 years of banking experience spanning business…
by - March 19, 2025 12:55 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic in the first two months of 2025 is down 3.1%, driven lower by a more than 11% drop in February numbers. The early trend follows…
by - March 19, 2025 11:41 am
Over the past three decades, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas has created thousands of mentoring relationships between youth (littles) and adults (bigs) in Benton and Washington counties. The…
by - March 19, 2025 11:27 am
John Brown University in Siloam Springs will start offering a civil engineering degree program this fall. The private university will prepare students to meet the rising demand for infrastructure development…
by - March 19, 2025 9:43 am
Attorney Robbi Riggs has joined Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC in the business and transactional practice. Riggs has a background in private practice and government service, along with…
by - March 19, 2025 9:38 am
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) announced Michael R. Mayton as chair of the AMFA Foundation. In addition, Larry Middleton, Mary Ritchey, and Miles Stephens join the AMFA Foundation…
by - March 19, 2025 9:30 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will expand its residency programs in south Arkansas thanks to a $2.5 million grant from the Arkansas State Legislature. The state’s PEER…
