by - March 29, 2022 3:48 pm
The Venture Center announced Tuesday (March 29) the addition of two new roles to serve entrepreneurs. Ashley Jones, longtime member of The Venture Center team, has been named Director of…
by - March 29, 2022 3:46 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) will host its annual matchmaker event in partnership with the Arkansas District Office of the Small Business Administration and the Arkansas Procurement Technical Assistance…
by - March 29, 2022 1:44 pm
The Levitt AMP Fort Smith Music Series will return to Fort Smith May 12 thanks to a grant from the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation. 64.6 Downtown received the grant…
by - March 29, 2022 1:36 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education voted to extend the superintendent contract for Dr. Terry Morawski by two years at a called board meeting Monday (March 28). The…
by - March 29, 2022 1:26 pm
After a nationwide search, the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Board of Directors decided to keep it local and have named Janet Harris as Institute executive director/CEO. Harris, now the Institute’s chief…
by - March 29, 2022 12:16 pm
Missouri-based Sterling Bank, a $1.38 billion-asset lender headquartered in Poplar Bluff, opened its new, 16,000-square-foot facility in Fayetteville at 3453 N. Steele Blvd. on Feb. 22. Sterling Bank is a…
by - March 29, 2022 7:41 am
Arkansas farmers have received little good news in recent years due to spiraling input costs, unpredictable weather, supply chain woes, and the impacts from the pandemic. One positive for farmers…
by - March 28, 2022 6:23 pm
The opening of Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation Center finally opened for students Monday (March 28). Numerous “construction challenges” delayed the opening, which was expected in August, but when…
by - March 28, 2022 5:37 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax set a new record in 2021, and overall hospitality tax revenues in 17 cities surveyed for the Arkansas Tourism Ticker set a new record, but job…
by - March 28, 2022 3:19 pm
Southern Airways Express has acquired St. Louis-based Air Choice One (Multi-Aero, Inc.). This is Southern’s fifth airline acquisition in the last eight years. Terms of the deal, which was announced…
by - March 28, 2022 2:07 pm
The civil suit filed in August against NanoMech Inc., the defunct Springdale-based nanotechnology manufacturer, has ended in dismissal. U.S. District Court Judge P.K. Holmes III dismissed the case on Jan….
by - March 27, 2022 9:25 am
Bob Bogle, credited with proposing the name “Wal-Mart” for what is now retail giant Walmart Inc., died Thursday (March 24). He was 95. Bogle was Sam Walton’s first manager at…
by - March 26, 2022 9:51 am
Canoo — the California mobility tech company that’s planning a big splash in Northwest Arkansas — signed a 10-year, $17.1 million lease in January to occupy a new 270,000-square-foot industrial…
by - March 26, 2022 8:54 am
Regional law firm Hall Booth Smith, P.C. announced this week that attorneys Todd Wooten, Tony A. DiCarlo, III and Joseph C. Stepina have joined the firm in the recently opened…
by - March 25, 2022 4:25 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame inducted six new members Friday (March 25) at a ceremony at the Little Rock Embassy Suites. The newest class represents agriculture education, the seed…
by - March 25, 2022 3:02 pm
Less than two years in the role, Arkansas Securities Commissioner Eric Munson has resigned from his post effective March 22, 2022. A spokesperson for the agency confirmed his departure to…
by - March 25, 2022 11:35 am
All large Arkansas employment sectors posted job gains in February, with the state’s jobless rate setting a new record low of 3.1%, down from 4.8% in February 2021. However, Arkansas’…
by - March 24, 2022 4:24 pm
Among retailers, Walmart is the largest with global revenue of $538.15 billion last year, more than $200 billion more than Amazon which ranked second with retail revenue of $330.2 billion,…
by - March 24, 2022 4:08 pm
Sales tax revenue for the city of Fort Smith continues to come in above budget, but the 2022 trend is somewhat off the pace of late 2021. The February sales…
by - March 24, 2022 3:51 pm
Cumulative sales tax revenue reported in March was up 13.97% for the four largest cities in Northwest Arkansas. Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale reported total sales tax revenue of $7.642…
