by - December 16, 2021 3:14 pm
Arkansas-based Westrock Coffee Co. announced Thursday (Dec. 16) it would expand operations with a facility in Conway. When fully built, the plant will be the largest facility of its type…
by - December 16, 2021 3:04 pm
State officials hope to have preliminary tornado damage estimates in Northeast Arkansas done by Friday (Dec. 17) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Gov. Asa Hutchinson toured hard-hit Trumann on…
by - December 16, 2021 2:51 pm
CARTI has opened its new cancer center in El Dorado, its fifth comprehensive care center in Arkansas. The new facility is located at 1601 North West Avenue and provides medical…
by - December 16, 2021 10:57 am
The University of Arkansas announced Thursday (Dec. 16) the promotion of Erin Rongers to director of development for the Sam M. Walton College of Business. Rongers has been Walton College’s…
by - December 16, 2021 7:53 am
Experience Fayetteville announced Wednesday (Dec. 15) that the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism (ADPHT) is now an official partner of the Walmart 2022 Cyclo-cross World Championships. The event…
by - December 16, 2021 7:42 am
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart announced Wednesday (Dec. 15) a deal to purchase the dealership assets of Smart Auto Inc., Smart Auto Johnson City Inc. and Bright Motors Co. Financial terms of…
by - December 15, 2021 7:25 pm
The Department of Human Services (DHS) announced Wednesday (Dec. 15) an extension of the Arkansas Rent Relief Program. The program will continue accepting applications into 2022 as long as general…
by - December 15, 2021 7:21 pm
Arkansas is one of the top soybean producing states and new research may have found a method for improving crop yields. A three-year study conducted by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment…
by - December 15, 2021 7:16 pm
Shareholders of Conway-based Home Bancshares and Amarillo-based Happy Bancshares have both approved a proposed a $918 million merger that was announced earlier this year. Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial…
by - December 15, 2021 6:56 pm
The membership of Arkansas Economic Developers and Chamber Executives (AEDCE) has elected the following people to its board of directors with terms beginning Jan. 1, 2022. Graycen Bigger, Pocahontas Steven…
by - December 15, 2021 5:54 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education broke ground Wednesday (Dec. 15) on a 78,131 square-foot, $22.5 million commercial building at the Village at Heritage in Fort Smith. The…
by - December 15, 2021 4:48 pm
Rogers-based Beaty Capital Group, which owns and manages TempleLive in downtown Fort Smith, is back on track with a $60 million project in Cleveland and has hired Rob Thomas as…
by - December 15, 2021 2:05 pm
Consumers are spending more money, in part because the cost of goods are rising. The U.S. Census Bureau reported retail and food service sales rose to $639.8 billion in November,…
by - December 15, 2021 2:02 pm
As the arts and entertainment industry emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, it has changed and begun to recover. Audiences have returned to venues, and area executives expect to build on…
by - December 14, 2021 5:14 pm
For the better part of a decade, the city of Jonesboro and its home county, Craighead have consistently set yearly sales and use tax collections records. In 2021, the largest…
by - December 14, 2021 5:11 pm
The Agricultural Abandoned Pesticide Program collected 85,974 pounds of unwanted pesticides in 13 counties during 2021 collection events. Since 2005, the Agricultural Abandoned Pesticide Program has overseen the collection of…
by - December 14, 2021 3:54 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Dec. 14) announced a plan to address the lengthy services waiting list for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The controversial list was cited by…
by - December 14, 2021 1:06 pm
The Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission is planning to name the Riverfront Drive Sports Fields after Fort Smith artist John Bell, Jr., but is open to other suggestions for…
by - December 14, 2021 8:23 am
The manufacturing sector is expected to continue to grow in 2022, but the growth is expected to moderate in the second half of the year as it accelerates in the…
by - December 13, 2021 7:23 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education reviewed a draft for a policy for naming district facilities and mascots that would restrict the ability to name facilities for a…
