by - August 31, 2023 2:57 pm
Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas announced Thursday (Aug. 31) three new members to its 24-member board of directors. Joining the board are: Charan Dhaliwal, managing member, IPH Operational Enterprises; Ryan…
by - August 31, 2023 2:06 pm
Arkansas is not one of the states affected by a Medicaid enrollment process that a federal agency says is inappropriately disenrolling some children because it is conducting automatic renewals at…
by - August 31, 2023 12:34 pm
Wildfires continue to rage in parts of the western U.S. and firefighters from the Natural State pitched in early this month to help subdue them. A crew of wildland firefighters…
by - August 31, 2023 12:32 pm
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced Thursday (Aug. 31) $1.3 million in awards to rural Arkansas communities to respond to…
by - August 30, 2023 9:23 pm
UA-Pulaski Tech’s Diesel Technology Program has received a $692,000 grant to enable the college to equip graduates with skills in utilizing emerging technologies in the transportation field. The Arkansas Office…
by - August 30, 2023 4:09 pm
Ashleigh Bachert of Tulsa was named the new executive director of Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), according to the Fort Smith Advertising & Promotion Commission, which oversees CVB…
by - August 30, 2023 12:36 pm
The $2.2 million sale of the Oakcrest Market gas station and convenience store at 2000 Phoenix Ave., in Fort Smith was the largest July property deal in Sebastian County, according…
by - August 30, 2023 11:45 am
For only the second time this year, the city of Jonesboro failed to top monthly tax collections from the same month in 2022. In August, the city collected $2.131 million,…
by - August 29, 2023 8:25 pm
A week after voting to put off approving a $10,000 grant for the Alma Public Library because there might be strings attached concerning controversial books, the Crawford County Quorum Court…
by - August 29, 2023 3:55 pm
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $4.9 million grant to the University of Arkansas’ Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I3R). According to a UA news release Tuesday (Aug. 29),…
by - August 29, 2023 3:23 pm
Third and fourth quarter financial results will not be as healthy as they were in what was a record-setting 2022, but officials with Fort Smith-based ArcBest say market realities are…
by - August 29, 2023 3:23 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. is expected to post a decline in earnings but an increase in revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 as used vehicle price increases moderate,…
by - August 29, 2023 12:49 pm
August is national “Make a Will” Month. Maybe you weren’t aware of that because you don’t pay attention to the seemingly endless number of official month and day observations each…
by - August 29, 2023 12:35 pm
Data collected since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic suggests Arkansas’ largest economic sector, agriculture, has rebounded from its impacts. Jobs, cash farm receipts, farm implement purchases and other metrics…
by - August 29, 2023 12:04 pm
New first-year students admitted to Hendrix College for the 2024-2025 academic year will pay no more in tuition and fees than they would at their home state’s public flagship institution,…
by - August 29, 2023 12:00 pm
Representatives from Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI), one of the largest importers and end-users of feed grains in Central America, will be meeting with producers at the Arkansas Corn and Grain…
by - August 28, 2023 9:18 pm
With two weapon-related incidents at Fort Smith Public Schools in the first two weeks of the school year, FSPS administration is looking for ways to make sure students and staff…
by - August 28, 2023 5:03 pm
Former Windstream CEO Jeff Gardner, who led the company through its spin-off from Alltel Corp., passed away unexpectedly on Sunday (Aug. 27), according to the current company he leads, CalAmp….
by - August 28, 2023 2:52 pm
In an effort to more effectively ensure discipline and help teachers and students get what they need in the classroom, the Fort Smith Public School District has added new administrative…
by - August 28, 2023 2:33 pm
Arkansas’ medical marijuana sales totaled $164.6 million in the first seven months of 2023, up 4.64% compared with the same period in 2022, according to the Arkansas Department of Finance…
