by - October 21, 2025 4:54 pm
Stephanie Williams, a music teacher at Mountain View Elementary School in the Benton School District, was named the 2026 Arkansas Teacher of the Year on Tuesday (Oct. 21). Williams was…
by - October 21, 2025 4:49 pm
Harding University has received a grant of $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment to help establish the Christian Workers Institute. The program, which will be directed by the Harding School…
by - October 21, 2025 3:49 pm
Bentonville-based Walmart has acquired a shopping mall property in Norwalk, Conn., making it the retailer’s third mall property deal in 2025. Other retailers in the mall include Ulta and restaurants…
by - October 21, 2025 12:09 pm
Fort Smith Public School District (FSPS) officials are considering consolidating more elementary schools — specifically Carnall and Spradling — in an effort to “right size” the district. The district established…
by - October 21, 2025 11:51 am
White River Bancshares Co., the Fayetteville-based holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas, posted Tuesday (Oct. 21) that net income increased by 29.12% to $3.53 million in the third quarter…
by - October 21, 2025 10:35 am
More than 184,000 acres of land in Arkansas changed hands for $920.75 million in 2024, according to a first-of-its-kind report by the research team of Florida-based Saunders Real Estate. David…
by - October 20, 2025 5:16 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) is no longer in Highfill after detaching from the city. Also, the airport’s new 3-megawatt solar array began operating recently. The Sept. 26 detachment followed…
by - October 20, 2025 2:36 pm
Arkansas State University has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation grant for $719,800. The grant will be used to buy an UltraHigh Performance Liquid Chromatograph-Tandem Quadrupole (UHPLC-TQ)…
by - October 20, 2025 1:07 pm
Think Idea Studio, a Searcy-based marketing and advertising agency, announced Monday (Oct. 20) that it has opened a Bentonville office and hired Brit McKenzie as business development executive. McKenzie will…
by - October 20, 2025 1:02 pm
Ashleigh Bachert and other supporters of a proposed indoor sports facility plan to soon renew the push for city of Fort Smith support of a facility they believe will be…
by - October 19, 2025 9:32 am
University of Arkansas at Little Rock athletics director Frank Cuervo was brought to Central Arkansas to take the school to new heights and he’s certainly doing it. With college athletics…
by - October 19, 2025 8:59 am
The Arkansas Institute for Performance Excellence (AIPE) honored 12 Arkansas organizations at the 31st Annual Governor’s Quality Award Celebration, held at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock on Thursday…
by - October 19, 2025 8:50 am
Public relations veterans Kerri Jackson Case and Jessica Duff have formed a new firm, SheSpeaks Communications. Case and Duff are both journalists turned PR strategists. Together, they bring decades of…
by - October 18, 2025 9:00 am
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Election Information The Leadership Fort Smith Alumni Association is partnering with the Sebastian County Election Commission for a “Ballots &…
by - October 17, 2025 9:12 am
Native Arkansan Bobby Wagner is living his dream. After working in sales for two decades at a Jonesboro tanning bed manufacturer, he was able to pitch his dad’s barbecue sauce…
by - October 16, 2025 5:43 pm
The internet of things (IoT) technology has been around for two decades, but Walmart is now investing in San Diego-based Wiliot to deploy its smart sensors in the retail giant’s…
by - October 16, 2025 4:09 pm
A restructuring of Simmons First’s balance sheet that included the sale of $2.4 billion in securities resulted in a loss of $562.8 million in the third quarter. The adjusted quarterly…
by - October 16, 2025 4:04 pm
Jonesboro’s sales and use tax collections in September remained virtually unchanged during the month of September when compared to the same month in 2024, but collections are still lagging behind…
by - October 16, 2025 3:38 pm
Third-quarter net income at Bank OZK was $180.5 million, up 1.9% compared with the same period in 2024, the Little Rock-based bank reported Thursday (Oct. 16). Earnings per share of…
by - October 16, 2025 2:50 pm
Farmers & Merchants Bank and The Bank of Fayetteville have promoted Brett Provost to the newly created role of vice president of farm management. Provost is based in the bank’s…
