by - January 7, 2024 8:16 am
What little kid wouldn’t want to ride around Sam’s Club on a cart? As an adult, Megan Crozier gets paid to do it. Crozier, the company’s executive vice president and…
by - January 6, 2024 5:23 pm
The cybersecurity headlines aren’t encouraging. The first three quarters of 2023 saw 70 percent more ransomware attacks than the first three quarters of 2022. More than 360 million people were…
by - January 6, 2024 5:15 pm
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has announced the following changes to its Little Rock Branch board of directors, effective Jan. 1: Jamie J. Henry, vice president of finance,…
by - January 6, 2024 5:10 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is partnering with the Arkansas Center for Data Sciences (ACDS) to create a new program that will strengthen educational pathways for computer science…
by - January 6, 2024 5:06 pm
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees voted Friday (Jan. 5) to designate Dr. Chuck Welch as President Emeritus in recognition of his nearly 13 years of service as…
by - January 5, 2024 2:49 pm
The $5.335 million sale of a new collision repair business in Fort Smith was the top Sebastian County property deal in Sebastian County in November, according to information from the…
by - January 4, 2024 4:10 pm
The long-awaited opening of the U.S. Marshals Museum and the final decision to place a foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith were two of the top news stories in…
by - January 4, 2024 4:01 pm
Black River Technical College (BRTC) has received $4.7 million from the Arkansas State and Local Recovery funds allocated by the American Rescue Plan Act to help construct barracks to house…
by - January 4, 2024 2:59 pm
The Fort Smith metro in 2023 set another record for building permit values. Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren building permits totaled $492.294 million in 2023, 2.5% more than the…
by - January 4, 2024 12:18 pm
Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted in December at a slower rate than in November, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). December was the 14th consecutive…
by - January 4, 2024 11:42 am
Mark Ryan, loan manager and executive vice president for Arvest Bank’s Benton County market, will retire after a three-decade career with the company. Ryan’s retirement is effective March 31, 2024,…
by - January 4, 2024 10:41 am
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced Thursday (Jan. 4) that Alberto G. Musalem will be its next president and chief executive officer. In this role, Musalem will represent…
by - January 4, 2024 10:33 am
Burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem with an increasing number of interested funders? Check. Premier College of Agriculture conducting millions of dollars of research each year? Check. Massive agri-food companies investing heavily in…
by - January 4, 2024 10:24 am
Northwest Arkansas commercial real estate startup Loloft has signed a lease agreement in Phoenix to expand its industrial co-working concept. The company has leased approximately 52,000 square feet of traditional…
by - January 4, 2024 10:03 am
Ten years ago this month, the major parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became effective. Two of the biggest were the availability of healthcare coverage through Medicaid expansion for low-income adults…
by - January 4, 2024 9:44 am
The North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce will hold its 39th annual meeting on Thursday, February 29, 2024, at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock. A cocktail reception begins…
by - January 4, 2024 9:36 am
Stone Bank announced the appointment of Nick Roach as its chief executive officer on Thursday (Jan. 4). Roach, 43, was serving as the bank’s president and has been part of…
by - January 4, 2024 9:34 am
Chad Hudson has been promoted to president at FNBC Bank becoming the bank’s fourth president during the last 50 years. Hudson has been with Ash Flat-based FNBC since 2011, serving…
by - January 4, 2024 8:18 am
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool has hired Felek Abbas as vice president and chief security officer, according to a Wednesday (Jan. 3) news release. Abbas started in…
by - January 3, 2024 4:29 pm
A group of contract growers that supplied chickens to Tyson Foods’ slaughter and processing plant in Dexter, Mo., have sued the company claiming a breach of contract following a plant…
