by - May 3, 2023 8:46 am
Arkansas is one of the top broiler (chicken) producers in the country and new challenges such as automation, efficiency and pathogen detection will be key issues as the decade continues…
by - May 3, 2023 8:25 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the April 24 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - May 2, 2023 8:04 pm
The state’s first dental and veterinary schools hope to seat their first classes of about 100 students each in the late summer or early fall of 2025, Lyon College President…
by - May 2, 2023 5:57 pm
ABB announced Tuesday (May 2) it will invest $1 million with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) to help the university use post-secondary education programs to create a…
by - May 2, 2023 5:49 pm
Lower retail fuel margins dented revenue and profits for Murphy USA, but the first quarter was still a strong one for the El Dorado-based convenience store operator. Murphy USA reported…
by - May 2, 2023 2:54 pm
NWA Workplaces is organizing monthly business education events to connect entrepreneurs and potential business owners in the region’s startup ecosystem. The first program is from 3 to 5 p.m. May…
by - May 2, 2023 12:54 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Terry Morawski could receive at least a $7,400 pay raise beginning July 1. The school board on Monday (May 1) approved extending his contract…
by - May 2, 2023 12:19 pm
Off-price retailer Tuesday Morning is closing all stores and shuttering its business following its second Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in three years. The liquidation of all merchandise has begun in…
by - May 2, 2023 12:05 pm
Dr. Shane Speights has been appointed as the chair of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)’s Board of Directors. Speights is the dean of the New York…
by - May 2, 2023 11:06 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) in Bentonville received a $618,319 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand the college’s programming around packaging design and…
by - May 2, 2023 10:49 am
With just two months remaining in Arkansas’ fiscal year, tax revenue is on track to beat the record collections in the previous fiscal year. Also, the state’s revenue surplus was…
by - May 1, 2023 9:19 pm
The city of McGehee plans to commemorate 10 years of historic preservation of an infamous period in American history. On Thursday (May 4), officials will hold a ceremony that is…
by - May 1, 2023 4:36 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Division (NRD) has released the 2022 Arkansas Groundwater Protection and Management Report. This report provides a summary of the groundwater monitoring efforts, current…
by - May 1, 2023 1:46 pm
Little Rock business leaders announced a new initiative to recruit workers – Arkansas expatriates and newcomers – to the city with an incentive program that could provide $10,000 to participants….
by - May 1, 2023 1:26 pm
State lawmakers officially ended the regular session of the 94th Arkansas General Assembly on Monday (May 1). All told, the legislature passed 889 new laws this session. The hallmark legislation…
by - May 1, 2023 1:13 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Monday (May 1) she will name Dr. Ken Warden as the commissioner of the Arkansas Division of Higher Education. He replaces Dr. Maria Markham, who was…
by - May 1, 2023 1:07 pm
Arkansas is the nation’s top rice producer and during the last several growing cycles planting has started slowly. This has been due to the unusual weather and heavy rains that…
by - May 1, 2023 1:01 pm
FNBC President and CEO Marty Sellars recently announced that Alan Price has been promoted to community president for FNBC’s in Sharp County operations, which includes Ash Flat, Cherokee Village, Highland…
by - May 1, 2023 12:29 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in April, but the activity improved narrowly from March to April, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). Still, April was the…
by - May 1, 2023 11:49 am
Editor’s note: This is the second of three stories about budgeting challenges at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Link here for the first story. With reductions in revenue…
