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Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC) seeks writer in residence

The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC) in Piggott is announcing its 2026 writer-in-residence position. The residency will be for June 2026, and includes lodging at a loft apartment on…

Invest Fort Smith event planners seek to make connections

The Invest Fort Smith 2025 event is set for Nov. 13 at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) Center for Economic Development in the Bakery District in downtown…

ARDOT awards $3.01 million for NWA trail projects

The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) recently announced 12 Northwest Arkansas projects will receive a combined $3.01 million for the 2025 Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails programs. Statewide, 67 projects…

UA professor Remko van Hoek receives supply chain award

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has named Remko van Hoek, professor of supply chain management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of…

Elopak adding new $30 million production line to LR Port plant

International packaging manufacturer Elopak will expand its Little Rock manufacturing facility by another $30 million and add a third production line, the company said Tuesday (Oct. 28). The firm spent…

UAFS begins equipping advanced manufacturing lab

Advanced manufacturing equipment to support workforce training has been installed at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS), the university announced Monday (Oct. 27). Equipment and installation was supported…

Maumelle warehouse sold in $8.7 million transaction

An industrial property located at 1401 Murphy Drive in Maumelle sold for $8,729,294 on Oct. 20. Nathan Monan of Colliers | Arkansas represented the seller, Maumelle Warehouse, LLC. The buyer,…

UAMS receives $4 million to reduce maternal mortality in Ashley and Union counties

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a federal grant of nearly $4 million to reduce maternity-associated health problems and deaths in Ashley and Union counties in…

Molecular Processing creates 50 new jobs in Hot Springs

Molecular Processing, LLC is locating its new manufacturing operations in Hot Springs with plans to create more than 50 new jobs over five years. Molecular Processing, LLC has acquired the…

Soybeans pass ‘memories’ to their offspring

Soybean plants often deal with and survive destructive insects and drought and if they survive they pass these “memories” onto their offspring. Researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station believe that soybean plants…

University of Central Arkansas establishes NWA advisory council

The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in Conway announced Monday (Oct. 27) the launch of a Northwest Arkansas Advisory Council to “deepen the university’s connection” to Northwest Arkansas. The council…

Acres.com to collaborate with UA System’s Fryar Center

Acres.com, a Fayetteville-based land intelligence platform, recently established a partnership with the Fryar Price Risk Management Center of Excellence, a unit of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture…

Former Bud Walton homesite to become botanical garden

The former homesite of Bud Walton at 606 E. Central Ave. recently received a permit to operate as a botanical garden. Bentonville Planning Commission approved the permit Oct. 7. The…

Fort Smith sales tax revenue up in September, down slightly year to date

Fort Smith sales tax revenue in the September report showed better results with the city seeing increases of around 7% from the same time in 2024, even though revenue came…

Olivia Walton, Robin Roberts among new investors in NY Liberty franchise

Olivia Walton, CEO of Ingeborg Investments and chair of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, is a new investor in the New York Liberty women’s pro basketball franchise. Multiple…

Report shows more Arkansas, U.S. children living in poverty

Children living in poverty in Arkansas was 14.5% in the 2022-2024 period, up from 8.9% between 2019-2021, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF). The…

Director Settle says board should ‘do something very special’ and fund water slides

Fort Smith Director Kevin Settle is not backing away from his support of a Parrot Island Waterpark expansion even with news of budget-busting water slide installation costs. But he may…

Walton Family Foundation-backed workforce programs uplift residents

Multiple workforce programs operating in Northwest Arkansas have made a significant impact on residents across the region and the state. In turn, they’ve contributed to the area economy. The Walton…

The Supply Side: Centoco in talks to make toilet seats in Arkansas for Walmart

Bethany Toldo, president of family-owned Centoco Manufacturing of Windsor, Ontario, recently made the long trip to Bentonville to pitch toilet seats her company makes in McCrory (Woodruff County), about 75…

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas awards $6.6 million to Arkansas projects

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) awarded $73.5 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants to 53 projects in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas….