by - January 5, 2025 10:07 am
Significant contributors to the Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith metro business and civic communities died in 2024. February Glenn Atkins, 60, Feb. 24 — Atkins earned a finance degree —…
by - January 4, 2025 1:01 pm
The first two of many fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets roared into Fort Smith in late December to mark another milestone in the foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National…
by - January 3, 2025 4:09 pm
Citing national security concerns, President Joe Biden has blocked the sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-based Nippon Steel Corporation. The $15 billion deal, more than a year in the making,…
by - January 3, 2025 12:25 pm
A $700 million investment in health care, a 2,700-acre land sale, and a new CEO, basketball coach and mayor comprise some of the top Northwest Arkansas business stories of 2024….
by - January 3, 2025 11:23 am
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas recently awarded a $1 million grant to a 40-unit senior housing development in Gravette. Spavinaw Creek Senior Housing received the grant as part…
by - January 3, 2025 11:06 am
Six of the 11 Arkansas publicly traded companies posted stock gains for the full year, compared to five of 11 that had gains to end the third quarter. Walmart posted…
by - January 3, 2025 10:39 am
Arkansas’ fiscal year-to-date (July 2024-December 2024) tax revenue is $3.973 billion, down 2.9% compared with the same period in the previous fiscal year, according to Friday’s (Jan. 3) report from…
by - January 2, 2025 6:53 pm
Baptist Health announced Thursday (Jan. 2) it will open three new urgent care locations in early 2025 in Cabot, Conway and North Little Rock. Both Conway and Cabot centers will…
by - January 2, 2025 5:31 pm
Longtime Fort Smith businessman and community supporter Kelly Newton has died following what his family says was a “courageous fight with pancreatic cancer.” He was 74. Newton for decades owned…
by - January 2, 2025 4:12 pm
Arkansas Children’s Northwest has received a $2 million challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation to support its expansion project, according to a Thursday (Jan. 2) news release….
by - January 2, 2025 10:54 am
A Dec. 30 ruling by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert Wright Jr. again places in jeopardy the future of Fort Smith-based River Valley Relief (RVR), which is one of eight…
by - January 1, 2025 8:00 am
470 Investments LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County from Nov. 15 to Dec. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company…
by - December 31, 2024 12:05 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a three-year, $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to create a community-based…
by - December 30, 2024 5:42 pm
Fort Kids Children’s Museum has reached its goal of exceeding $2 million in fundraising as 2024 comes to an end and has set a goal of raising another $1 million…
by - December 30, 2024 12:04 pm
The land in Greenwood where a new Scott-Sebastian County Library will sit had to be cleared of rock before any construction could begin, but that part of the project is…
by - December 30, 2024 12:00 pm
Jonesboro businessman Alec Farmer ended his 10-year stint on the prestigious Arkansas Highway Commission and had a lot to reflect on upon his departure. For the past two years, he…
by - December 30, 2024 11:54 am
A planned 16-story hotel to be built in Rogers on the site that was once a Ruth’s Chris Steak House will not be built after Hunt Ventures bought the land…
by - December 30, 2024 8:00 am
When the peanut industry returned to Northeast Arkansas in 2010, the rationale for the companies investing in buying points was simple. Disease and a lack of water ravaged many parts…
by - December 29, 2024 8:00 am
Mississippi County is now reportedly the top steel producing county in the United States. Thousands of workers pour into steel mills owned by Nucor and Big River Steel (BRS) and…
by - December 26, 2024 4:00 pm
Up to 200 people are expected to attend a January event for commercial real estate and construction leaders. The Northwest Arkansas chapter of Contractors Closers & Connections will host New…
