by - July 10, 2023 6:54 pm
At least 12 apply for open Fort Smith School Board post
Twelve Fort Smith residents have applied to fill an open seat on the Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education. The Zone III position on the board was left vacant…
Business
by - July 10, 2023 5:53 pm
Arkansas medical marijuana sales up 5.2% through June
Arkansas medical marijuana patients have spent $141 million on purchases in the first half of 2023, up 5.2% compared with $134 million in the same period of 2022, according to…
by - July 10, 2023 4:28 pm
77,000 removed from Medicaid rolls in June
In the third month of activity, Arkansas posted its highest level of disenrollment figures since beginning its redetermination process mandated by state and federal law. In June, Arkansas Department of…
by - July 10, 2023 2:34 pm
Arisa Health to use $1.25 million grant to renovate Springdale clinics
Springdale-based behavioral health provider Arisa Health received a $1.25 million grant from Fayetteville nonprofit Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation for renovations and upgrades to clinical buildings at the Arisa…
by - July 10, 2023 2:26 pm
UA’s Startup Village adds Bentonville location at The Collaborative
Startup Village, a program offering free co-working space to early-stage, scalable ventures affiliated with the University of Arkansas, is expanding to Bentonville. The Bentonville site will be at The Collaborative,…
by - July 10, 2023 1:41 pm
Rice crop rebounds in 2023; cotton acres down
Despite myriad forces facing rice farmers in 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS) now projects that about 1.311 million acres of the crop have been…
by - July 10, 2023 1:37 pm
Forge Institute to collaborate with Arkansas Municipal League on cybersecurity protection
The Arkansas Municipal League (AML) has engaged in a strategic partnership with the Arkansas Cyber Defense Center (ACDC), a program of the Forge Institute. This partnership provides crucial cybersecurity services…
by - July 10, 2023 1:35 pm
Arkansas tech startup GoodChange accepted into national accelerator program
Emily Wineland and Becky Pittman, founders of Arkansas-based fundraising technology company GoodChange, have been accepted into the nationally focused Higher Ground Labs (HGL) Accelerator’s sixth cohort. HGL’s Accelerator is a…
by - July 10, 2023 11:30 am
Olivia Walton to keynote NWA Business Journal Forty Under 40 luncheon
Ingeborg Investments founder and CEO Olivia Walton, the chairperson of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and co-founder of the Heartland Summit, will be the keynote speaker at the…
by - July 10, 2023 11:27 am
National Retail Federation forecasts slower growth ahead, higher interest rates
The National Retail Federation’s monthly economic review indicates the U.S. economy is “slowly rolling forward” to start the back half of the year. NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said the…
by - July 10, 2023 11:17 am
Job losses could be the ‘Terminator’ result of artificial intelligence
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancing by leaps and bounds seemingly every day, it’s easy to have a bit of apprehension mixed in with the excitement of seeing what happens next,…
by - July 10, 2023 8:01 am
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts is bringing ‘something new’
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts executive director Dr. Victoria Ramirez is ready to wear a new hat. With renovation of the new museum in Little Rock’s MacArthur Park complete, Ramirez…
by - July 9, 2023 10:48 am
Former TV journalists find success in communications and public relations careers
The road that led Aaron Nolan to an award-winning TV journalism career started on a whim. His 17-year TV news career included trips to cover the 2016 Summer Olympics in…
by - July 9, 2023 7:31 am
Summit Utilities announces Bob Gunderman as Chief Financial Officer
Summit Utilities has named Bob Gunderman as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. He will be based in Little Rock. Gunderman is the former CFO of Windstream Holdings and has…
by - July 9, 2023 7:10 am
Central Arkansas Water partners with Promise to offer no-fee payment plans
Central Arkansas Water (CAW) has partnered with Promise to offer customers a way to set up no-fee payment plans for past-due water and sewer charges. Promise has partnered with utilities…
by - July 9, 2023 7:01 am
Senior Market Sales acquires Little Rock-based The ASA Group
Omaha-based Senior Market Sales (SMS) has acquired The ASA Group, a Little Rock-based brokerage general agency serving insurance and financial planning professionals across the country for more than four decades….
by - July 7, 2023 4:37 pm
LEARNS Act lawsuit cited in State Board of Education takeover of Marvell-Elaine School District
With the Marvell-Elaine School District’s status uncertain because of a lawsuit over the LEARNS Act, the Arkansas State Board of Education voted Friday (July 7) to permanently remove the Marvell-Elaine…
by - July 6, 2023 6:21 pm
Jonesboro sales tax collections up nearly 7% at midyear point
During the first six months of 2023, sales and use tax collections have remained better than all-time highs collected for the first half of any year and budget projections are…
by - July 6, 2023 1:54 pm
Walton Family Foundation announces 2 ‘Design Excellence’ grants
The nonprofit Walton Family Foundation in Bentonville announced two new projects on June 28 for its Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program. The projects aim to support “missing middle” housing in…
by - July 6, 2023 7:57 am
Global restaurant chain Slim Chickens purchases new corporate headquarters in Fayetteville
In its 20th anniversary year, global restaurant chain Slim Chickens of Fayetteville is on the move. Not to worry, however. The growing company is not planning an exit from Northwest…