by - March 22, 2023 4:53 pm
Fort Smith Board of Directors voted Tuesday (March 21) to give an incentive allowing roughly $5 million in sales tax abatement to bring a retail company to Fort Smith, even…
by - March 21, 2023 4:43 pm
Producers Rice Mill will have a new solar storage microgrid developed by Scenic Hill Solar and it will be a record-breaking. The groups announced the project on Tuesday (March 21),…
by - March 21, 2023 3:17 pm
Arkansas’ travel and tourism sector posted healthy revenue and job gains in 2022 compared with 2021, even when factoring in inflation. The state’s 2% tourism tax set a new record…
by - March 21, 2023 3:08 pm
It was a happenstance meeting between Derek Campbell and Griffin Hanna during a beer tasting at Papa’s Pup & Pizzeria in downtown Fort Smith that an idea was born to…
by - March 21, 2023 10:44 am
Starting next year, John Anderson will be in a position to provide strategic guidance to the Southern Agriculture Economics Association, an organization he says has helped shape him professionally for…
by - March 20, 2023 7:05 pm
On the heels of Tyson Foods’ announcement to close its processing plant in Van Buren, Ark., with the elimination of almost 1,000 jobs, the Springdale-based meat giant reports a new…
by - March 20, 2023 5:07 pm
Opponents of Gov. Sarah Sanders’ LEARNS education plan are discussing potential litigation to undo the measure, and a possible citizens’ referendum could also delay enactment or even reverse the new…
by - March 20, 2023 3:25 pm
Digital tickets will be the default method of delivery for the 2023 season at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers. The change was announced Monday (March 20) in a…
by - March 20, 2023 11:12 am
Arkansas State University will host its annual Delta Symposium March 30 through April 1. The 28th symposium is themed “Labor History and Contemporary Laborlore.” It will be held in the…
by - March 20, 2023 10:42 am
Matt Waller is in his eighth year as dean of the University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton College of Business. In a recent interview with the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal,…
by - March 19, 2023 6:51 pm
When news hit Monday (March 13) that Tyson Foods would close its chicken processing plant in Van Buren, folks in Fort Smith and Van Buren got busy working on how…
by - March 19, 2023 6:08 pm
State Senator Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, said legislative leaders are ready to move forward with the state’s balanced budget process even though major policy objectives like prison and sentencing reform and…
by - March 19, 2023 11:27 am
Between inflation, supply chain issues, a looming recession and more, 2023 promises to be a year of challenges for the construction industry in Arkansas. Those of us in Construction Management…
by - March 19, 2023 11:23 am
The University of Arkansas has selected a dozen student startup teams for its fourth annual Heartland Challenge Startup Competition. The Heartland Challenge is a global competition designed to simulate the…
by - March 19, 2023 10:13 am
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently named Northwest Arkansas, or the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro, as a top real estate market to watch in 2023. According to NAR, Atlanta shows the…
by - March 17, 2023 8:12 am
Dacona Smith, the highest-ranking Black executive at Walmart U.S., has retired. Cedric Clark filled Smith’s position as executive vice president of store operations. Clark made that announcement on LinkedIn following…
by - March 16, 2023 9:44 pm
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC), through its nonprofit foundation, announced Thursday (March 16) a new corporate partnership program designed for Arkansas companies to support long-term conservation efforts in…
by - March 16, 2023 7:32 pm
With Wednesday’s (March 15) news that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) will place its foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, the University of…
by - March 16, 2023 3:38 pm
U.S. energy-related carbon-dioxide emissions are projected to fall 25% to 38% below the 2005 level in seven years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The decline can be…
by - March 16, 2023 1:17 pm
Now that Fort Smith will be home to the U.S. Air Force’s foreign pilot training center, hundreds of apartments and homes will be needed to house those coming to the…
