by - April 16, 2024 10:37 am
Fort Smith is one of three U.S. cities recently selected as a 2024 Great American Defense Community by the Association of Defense Communities. The other two cities are Elizabeth City,…
by - April 16, 2024 10:04 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank recently kicked off its 14th annual Million Meals campaign to raise money to help feed area families. The campaign runs through May 31. The campaign will benefit…
by - April 16, 2024 5:33 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) has received $5 million in federal funding aimed at enhancing cybersecurity in the energy sector through education, workforce development, and…
by - April 15, 2024 6:58 pm
A water rate increase on the agenda for Tuesday’s (April 16) Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting proposes a “holistic look” at the city’s entire rate structure that would bring…
by - April 15, 2024 3:12 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic is up in the first two months of 2024, reversing a traffic trend that saw enplanements dip almost 2% in 2023. It’s a trend improvement…
by - April 15, 2024 1:18 pm
Bitterly cold temperatures may reduce the number redbanded stinkbugs this year, but it will have minimal or no impact on other insects, said Ben Thrash, extension entomologist for the University…
by - April 15, 2024 9:11 am
Consumer spending on retail goods—excluding automobiles and gasoline—was up 0.36% in March compared with February and 2.72% from a year ago, according to the National Retail Federation data compiled in…
by - April 15, 2024 9:03 am
Cortado Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in Oklahoma City with more than $110 million in assets under management (AUM), will host its second annual Midcontinent Venture Capital Summit on May…
by - April 14, 2024 6:30 pm
As president of Arkansas Farm Bureau, I have the privilege of seeing Arkansas’s diverse agriculture industry from a front-row seat. I also understand many of the challenges facing our state’s largest industry,…
by - April 14, 2024 10:31 am
Brad Chambless, CEO of Farmers & Merchants Bank, outlined his priorities for his role as the new chairman of the Arkansas Bankers Association. Chambless appeared on this week’s edition of…
by - April 13, 2024 1:04 pm
A new report from Metroplan showed “slow but steady growth” for the Central Arkansas region of the state in 2023 as job growth, stronger GDP, and population increases boosted economic…
by - April 13, 2024 12:24 pm
Heritage Links, a division of Little Rock-based Lexicon, Inc. that specializes in golf course construction and management, has acquired Maine-based Environmental Solutions, a golf course irrigation, drainage, site design, and…
by - April 13, 2024 11:05 am
The University of Arkansas–Pulaski Technical College will receive a $5,736,624 award from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand its nursing education program. The grant was secured in cooperation with…
by - April 13, 2024 9:18 am
According to GlobalData, the U.S. secondhand apparel market grew 11%, or seven times faster than the broader retail apparel market, to $43 billion last year. The report estimates that resale…
by - April 12, 2024 2:25 pm
U.S. Steel stockholders overwhelmingly approved a proposed merger with Nippon Steel Corp. in a special stockholders meeting Friday (April 12). The company announced in a press release that, according to…
by - April 11, 2024 6:53 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Fort Smith-based River Valley Relief (RVR) in a medical marijuana cultivation license dispute. The court reversed and remanded a lower court’s…
by - April 11, 2024 6:09 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has contributed $500,000 to a reimagined Janet Huckabee River Valley Nature Center (JHRVC). A fundraising campaign to help the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission…
by - April 11, 2024 5:37 pm
Departures in the U.S. House of Representatives have resulted in U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, being elevated to chair of the House Transportation and Housing & Urban Development (THUD) subcommittee…
by - April 11, 2024 5:01 pm
The Judd Hill Foundation pledged $1 million Thursday (April 11) to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northeast Regional Campus to fight cancer in the region, Trustee Mike…
by - April 11, 2024 11:49 am
The Fort Smith Airport Commission approved an agreement at a special meeting Wednesday (April 10) with the City of Fort Smith to ensure all the necessary runway projects are completed…
