by - January 30, 2025 11:46 am
Plenty of U.S. retailers had a challenging 2024 amid higher interest rates and shifting consumer behaviors. Those factors and more resulted in a surge of store closures that totaled 7,327,…
by - January 30, 2025 11:13 am
Soybean agronomist Jeremy Ross was preparing to celebrate New Year’s Eve when his phone rang. It was a producer he’d worked with in the past. The news was not good, and was possibly a…
by - January 30, 2025 10:22 am
Tyson Foods is expected on Monday (Feb. 3) to post first fiscal quarter net income of $313.44 million, with earnings per share of 88 cents, up 27.5% from the 69…
by - January 29, 2025 6:53 pm
Jonesboro is slated to host a youth volleyball tournament in the coming weeks, and more than half of the 85 teams slated to play are not from the area, Mayor…
by - January 29, 2025 1:24 pm
Hotels can be seen as a measure of a city’s prosperity. Along east Phoenix Avenue, for example, the construction of numerous hotels suggests business and tourism travel growth – in…
by - January 29, 2025 12:57 pm
Benchmark Group, a Rogers-based architecture and engineering company, has become 100% employee-owned, according to a Wednesday (Jan. 29) news release. The company’s transition to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)…
by - January 29, 2025 12:52 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has opened a solar array in Gentry that’s expected to offset up to 80% of the electricity used by its three main corporate campus buildings…
by - January 29, 2025 11:15 am
Conway-based Nabholz, a construction company with locations in Arkansas and regionally, has acquired Bass Commercial Concrete of Little Rock. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal allows Nabholz…
by - January 29, 2025 9:40 am
A 40,843-square-foot shopping center east of Interstate 49 in Fayetteville recently changed hands in separate transactions for a combined $4.5 million. The purchase price equals $110 per square foot. Summerfield…
by - January 29, 2025 9:22 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders’ 2023 LEARNS Act changed K-12 education. Her focus now is on changing higher education. In her Jan. 14 State of the State address, Sanders introduced the Arkansas…
by - January 29, 2025 8:45 am
A new Heartland Forward study shows the country’s most dynamic metro areas are strong in artificial intelligence (AI) investments, advanced manufacturing, tourism, and energy sources. Most Arkansas metros fell in…
by - January 29, 2025 8:30 am
Johnson LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company spent…
by - January 28, 2025 6:58 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education has 30 days to fill the position left vacant when board member Talicia Richardson resigned Monday (Jan. 27) or the position could…
by - January 28, 2025 6:49 pm
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) students receiving federal student loans or federal student grant aid will not be impacted by President Donald Trump’s executive order to put a…
by - January 28, 2025 6:02 pm
The four largest Northwest Arkansas cities reported a combined 5.62% increase in sales tax collected from merchants in December. The numbers reported to the cities by state officials in January…
by - January 28, 2025 5:31 pm
Conway-based internet provider TCW announced Tuesday (Jan. 28) a $12 million project to bring fiber internet service to the city of El Dorado. Along with the investment, TCW will open…
by - January 28, 2025 5:16 pm
Arkansas Spine and Pain (ASAP) announced E. Scot Davis as its new CEO. In this role, Davis will oversee financial and clinical operations across seven locations in Central Arkansas. “ASAP…
by - January 28, 2025 5:08 pm
A bill that would only allow an injured plaintiff to recoup the medical bills that are paid by an insurer was debated and approved in a special order of business…
by - January 28, 2025 1:01 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders on Tuesday (Jan. 28) pitched the new Trump administration for a waiver to Arkansas’ Medicaid insurance program that will add a work requirement for able-bodied individuals. The…
by - January 28, 2025 1:00 pm
Cotton and peanut acres surged in Arkansas during the 2024 growing season, but untimely rains likely cut into the quality of both crops, slightly reducing yields. Growers harvested 640,000…
