by - November 25, 2020 3:43 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenue continues to be strong in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fort Smith’s portion of the Sebastian County 1% tax has generated $15.1 million during…
by - November 25, 2020 3:33 pm
COVID-19 hospitalizations and ventilations hit new record highs, and the number of school districts with high community infection rates jumped from 88 to 117. Arkansas’ former Surgeon General said the…
by - November 24, 2020 3:33 pm
Despite making school virtual for the entire district Friday (Nov. 20) because there were too many people out, Fort Smith Public Schools administration is hopeful it will be able to…
by - November 24, 2020 3:18 pm
Consumers are a fickle group and their spending habits have been all over the place in recent months, sending sales tax revenue on a roller coaster ride through much of…
by - November 24, 2020 3:06 pm
It’s not a pretty picture. Updated University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) COVID-19 modeling suggests the virus will hit the state harder before it, ideally, relents. Apathy and COVID…
by - November 24, 2020 11:55 am
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced an award of $3.224 million to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Commission to protect water quality statewide. The funding…
by - November 24, 2020 10:25 am
Little Rock-based Lexicon Fabricators and Constructors is acquiring Steel Fabricators of Monroe, La., and adding its 130 employees to its workforce. Lexicon is a provider of construction management, fabrication, erection,…
by - November 23, 2020 3:51 pm
Reducing the number of COVID-19 patients in Arkansas hospitals depends on how Arkansans follow health safety protocols during the Thanksgiving holiday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday (Nov. 23) in conjunction…
by - November 23, 2020 3:17 pm
Thanksgiving 2020 won’t be like other years, as consumers will not be rushing out to stores to shop as soon as they have finished their turkey dinners. Deloitte estimates consumers…
by - November 23, 2020 2:29 pm
St. Bernards Medical Center has opened its new COVID-19 clinic. It will serve as a COVID-19 follow-up clinic and COVID-19 treatment infusion center, as well as its upcoming participation in…
by - November 23, 2020 2:20 pm
U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as the top university in Arkansas for social mobility. The ranking measures a university’s success in graduating…
by - November 23, 2020 1:12 pm
Walmart is acquiring JoyRun, a startup that focuses on a final-mile platform connecting goods from 500 companies with its more than 30,000 runners who work as independent contractors. “This acquisition…
by - November 23, 2020 1:11 pm
Northwest Medical Center-Springdale’s Emergency Department (ED) has achieved Level I accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians’ (ACEP) Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) program. The hospital is the first…
by - November 23, 2020 12:07 pm
Northwest Arkansas is ranked in the top 25 for U.S. metro areas where residents are investing more. Meanwhile, Fayetteville is ranked No. 14 among U.S. cities where retirees can stretch…
by - November 22, 2020 4:21 pm
An almost 1% decline in the state’s labor force combined with a scant increase in new jobs pushed the jobless rate to 6.2%, down from 7.2% in September but still…
by - November 22, 2020 2:38 pm
Steve Clark and Isaac Davis believe a romantic spirit and an incessant need to make things better moves a business owner to become an entrepreneur. The two spoke during the…
by - November 22, 2020 2:21 pm
A group of Fort Smith small business owners told participants in the Third Annual Invest Fort Smith economic summit that social media presence, online platforms and community support is the…
by - November 22, 2020 2:03 pm
Springdale-based economic development organization Northwest Arkansas Council and Indiana-based Kenzie Academy, a tech apprenticeship and coding school, are partnering to introduce Kenzie’s accelerated, online tech training programs to Arkansas. The program…
by - November 22, 2020 10:03 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson thinks President Donald Trump is entitled to pursue legal challenges in the election process, but he acknowledges that former Vice President Joe Biden is likely to be…
by - November 22, 2020 10:03 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson anticipates a lot of negotiation over taxes in the upcoming legislative session. With an expected $240 million surplus, Hutchinson has laid out proposals to: Reduce the top…
