by - December 4, 2025 1:37 pm
Community Clinic recently announced the delivery of the first baby born through its new midwifery program — the first hospital-based, certified midwifery program in Northwest Arkansas. The program is a…
by - December 2, 2025 5:01 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a five-year, $10.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop biomarkers for all human diseases including…
by - November 30, 2025 11:57 am
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 - November 25, 2025 4:14 pm
Changes in who administers the grants and a drop in community donations left Hope Campus feeling the pinch earlier this year. But conditions are improving for the Fort Smith facility…
by - November 25, 2025 11:17 am
Fayetteville-based Washington Regional Medical System has hired doctors for its emergency department and to direct its infection prevention and control program. Following are recent new hires, promotions, awards, and appointments…
by - November 25, 2025 6:05 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.5 million, multiyear grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to create a new graduate-level certificate program focused on…
by - November 19, 2025 9:04 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Wednesday (Nov. 19) an additional $153,974,230 in financial assistance for water and wastewater projects for 52 entities — serving more than 814,142 Arkansans across the state….
by - November 19, 2025 3:09 pm
The city of Bentonville has issued a $42.26 million permit for construction of a five-story, 300-unit multifamily housing complex that will serve students of Alice L. Walton School of Medicine…
by - November 19, 2025 2:03 pm
Health system Mercy announced Wednesday (Nov. 19) that Rhett Stover has been named president of Mercy Northwest Arkansas Communities. Ryan Gehrig, who was president for all Mercy Arkansas Communities, will…
by - November 18, 2025 6:12 pm
Eight nurses working with the Arkansas Center for Women and Infants’ Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have started calling postpartum moms in Arkansas to check…
by - November 18, 2025 3:51 pm
CARTI completed its $19 million comprehensive cancer center in El Dorado. Patients, physicians, government officials and community supporters joined the not-for-profit cancer care provider last Thursday (Nov. 13) to recognize…
by - November 16, 2025 8:47 am
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, hopes to not experience deja vu again. But there isn’t as much time as one might think for the recently reopened federal government to get…
by - November 15, 2025 10:25 am
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Toy Toss The return of the UAFS Toy Toss will be 6 p.m., Nov. 18 at the University of Arkansas…
by - November 13, 2025 12:55 pm
The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) is advising Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries that they should now expect to receive full benefit amounts for November, and that these…
by - November 13, 2025 12:46 pm
Ann Chou, professor for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is leading a $2.2 million community-based study that addresses access to…
by - November 12, 2025 12:18 pm
The Alice L. Walton Foundation announced Wednesday (Nov. 12) that New York-based CannonDesign and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based EDSA will design the Bentonville Health Care Campus that’s planned to be built…
by - November 11, 2025 5:25 pm
St. Bernards Healthcare expanded its behavioral health services in Greene County on Monday (Nov. 10) with the opening of a new Counseling Center in Paragould. The standalone facility features advanced…
by - November 11, 2025 11:09 am
Tiffany Krumins, a cancer survivor and “Shark Tank” alumnus, faced a big challenge in 2020 when she lost her mom, Patricia Dunsha. It was Dunsha, a nurse by trade, who…
by - November 11, 2025 10:51 am
John Brown University in Siloam Springs recently announced that President Chip Pollard and his wife, Carey Pollard, received the Mark Simmons Service Above Self Award. Also, Joe Walenciak, distinguished professor…
by - November 11, 2025 3:45 am
The Arkansas Crisis Center (ACC) announced a formal collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Psychiatry to curate and analyze two decades of crisis hotline…
