by - December 15, 2023 4:07 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) and have officially opened another large commercial space in the Heritage Village area adjacent to the Fort Smith-based osteopathic college. Heritage…
by - December 15, 2023 10:16 am
Resilience in most key economic factors resulted in Arkansas and the state’s four top metro areas continuing positive trends, with broad job gains being a primary growth driver, according to…
by - December 15, 2023 8:16 am
Little Rock-based solar power developer Scenic Hill Solar announced Thursday (Dec. 14) that four U.S-based solar equipment manufacturers have joined an initiative to encourage the manufacturing of American-made array components….
by - December 14, 2023 3:38 pm
With fighter jets returning to Fort Smith next year, area home builders know they must be more selective about materials and design to mitigate sound transmission in certain areas of…
by - December 14, 2023 11:53 am
Heartland Whole Health Institute (HWHI) announced a name and strategy update Thursday (Dec. 14) and the launch of a new program. Heartland Whole Health Institute, formerly Whole Health Institute, is…
by - December 14, 2023 11:00 am
A private development group is closer to bringing another cycling amenity to Benton County. On Dec. 5, Bentonville city planners granted a conditional use permit to Bentonville developer Blue Crane…
by - December 14, 2023 10:22 am
Poultry producers and hunters in Northeast Arkansas are being warned that the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPIA) bird flu has now been detected in wild geese populations, according to the…
by - December 14, 2023 9:54 am
Lanier Nalley and Trent Roberts have been named interim department heads for agricultural economics and agribusiness and crop, soil and environmental sciences for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture….
by - December 13, 2023 6:20 pm
The Retail Monitor Report for November – excluding automobile sales, restaurant and gas station receipts – shows retail sales were up 0.73% from October, and up 4.17% year over year….
by - December 13, 2023 5:19 pm
A water rate study presented to the Fort Smith Board of Directors at a study session Tuesday (Dec. 12) suggests a 50% increase in residential water users within the city…
by - December 13, 2023 5:07 pm
The Conductor, based in Conway, will host the second Entrepreneur Support Organization summit at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway on Feb. 12-13. The purpose of the summit is…
by - December 13, 2023 4:57 pm
Splash Car Wash said Wednesday (Dec. 13) it has restructured its leadership team and will add a board of directors. Owner Paul Stagg has formed a board of directors comprised…
by - December 13, 2023 2:36 pm
Arkansas needs more doctors, but there haven’t been enough residency positions for new medical school graduates in the past three years, a study by the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement…
by - December 13, 2023 12:11 pm
The River Valley Film Society Board of Directors has named Lynn Wasson president of the organization, with former former president Dr. Brandon Goldsmith remaining as executive director of the society’s…
by - December 13, 2023 10:55 am
Combined U.S. solar and wind electricity generation are expected to surpass coal-fired generation for the first time in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Solar and wind…
by - December 13, 2023 10:07 am
Global restaurant chain Slim Chickens of Fayetteville has opened more than 250 locations across the United States and the United Kingdom. With more than 1,150 locations in development, the brand’s…
by - December 12, 2023 5:30 pm
December 15 is National Bill of Rights Day, and this observance of our nation’s first 10 constitutional amendments is a great opportunity to discuss employee rights and changes in employment…
by - December 12, 2023 2:58 pm
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport totaled 50,821 between January and October, down 2.15% compared with the same period in 2022. Barring robust November and December numbers, the trend…
by - December 12, 2023 2:31 pm
A quarter of registered voters in Arkansas with K-12 students living in their homes said they would change their children’s learning environment if provided state funding for non-public school options….
by - December 12, 2023 2:23 pm
Arkansas’ largest staffing agency, Fort Smith-based TEC Staffing Services, has been acquired by HireQuest Staffing Solutions, Inc. of South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Fort Smith-based TEC…
