by - July 14, 2026 10:19 pm
The largest solar array ever built in the U.S. will be in Mississippi County. Cypress Creek Energy and Google on Tuesday (July 14) joined community leaders, project partners, and elected…
by - July 14, 2026 10:11 am
Michael “Mike” Barr, a third-generation leader of a family-owned manufacturing business in Fort Smith who is active in local, state and national organizations, will receive the 2026 Jack White Community…
by - July 13, 2026 4:12 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Monday (July 13) she will extend her trip to the Farnborough Air Show in England with trade missions in Ireland and Belgium. The annual air show…
by - July 11, 2026 12:37 pm
He held a press conference on Easy Street in Maumelle, Ark., mainly for the irony of celebrating the 21st Century Road to Housing Act into law. “Getting this bill into…
by - July 7, 2026 12:24 pm
A team of students from Arkansas State University will compete for a $25,000 prize on a new television show “Cast in Steel.” The show will start streaming Thursday (July 9)…
by - July 6, 2026 6:18 pm
Oobotic, an advanced manufacturing company, has established its first production facility in Melbourne. The company plans to invest approximately $6.5 million in the facility and create up to 70 jobs…
by - July 6, 2026 11:35 am
It’s been 10 years since PECO Foods began operations in Northeast Arkansas. The company spent $200 million to build a poultry processing plant in Pocahontas and a feed mill in…
by - July 1, 2026 5:52 pm
The broad Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index ticked higher in June despite a rising number of manufacturing job losses, higher prices, and negative impacts from Trump Administration tariff policies….
by - June 29, 2026 8:12 am
Hybar has raised $1.1 billion to expand its scrap metal recycling steel rebar mini mill in Osceola, the company has announced. Hybar’s existing steel rebar mini mill is completing its…
by - June 25, 2026 3:26 pm
Amid a plethora of retail suppliers that have set up shop in Bentonville, a cab manufacturer has selected the home of the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer as its new headquarters….
by - June 25, 2026 10:39 am
Lockheed Martin, the Bethesda, Md.-based defense industry company that manufactures the F-35 fighter jet, said Thursday (June 25) it will boost employment in Fort Smith from an initial plan of…
by - June 22, 2026 8:13 pm
Little Rock-based Lexicon, Inc. unveiled Monday (June 22) its renovated corporate headquarters, part of a $37.6 million expansion for the steel manufacturer located at the Port of Little Rock. The…
by - June 20, 2026 1:03 pm
Commercial tonnage on the Arkansas River was up more than 50% in May, with the gain driven mostly by gains in sand/gravel/rock shipments, and a more than 55% gain in…
by - June 18, 2026 6:04 pm
John H. Tyson, grandson of Tyson Foods founder John W. Tyson, signed an amended employment contract that will extend to Sept. 30, 2029. Tyson is board chairman, a position he…
by - June 17, 2026 6:34 pm
Devin Cole has stepped down as chief operating officer (COO) at Tyson Foods, effective June 15, and was replaced by Wes Morris. Cole will collect a lump sum cash payment…
by - June 8, 2026 12:13 pm
The management shakeup continues at Tyson Foods, with the latest news being Wes Morris named chief operating officer. He will begin the job June 15, and is replacing Devin Cole,…
by - June 2, 2026 1:24 pm
Five Rivers Distribution, which has made or participated in significant port facility investments in Fort Smith and Van Buren in recent years, is being sold to Seattle-based Carrix through its…
by - June 1, 2026 4:03 pm
Arkansas’ economic conditions declined slightly in May compared to April, but remained in a growth trend despite continued job losses in the manufacturing sector, according to the Creighton University Mid-America…
by - May 31, 2026 10:16 am
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, said he will host a field hearing in Hot Springs during the second week in June to collect testimony for the Great American Outdoors…
by - May 28, 2026 11:58 am
Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King will step down in October at the end of the meat giant’s fiscal year. King, who has been with Tyson foods for 43 years, was…
