by - August 27, 2022 11:00 am
Brick-and-mortar retail is alive in 2022, with more than twice the number of new store openings compared to store closures through the first seven months of this year. Coresight Research…
by - August 25, 2022 8:23 pm
Argenta Community Theater (ACT) announced plans for the October grand opening of ACT II, a new education facility for children and adults interested in performing and technical arts. Four doors…
by - August 25, 2022 8:05 pm
Stephens Inc., an independent financial services firm, announced that Peter McCorry, Russell Gunther and Jake Morton have joined its financial institutions group (FIG) within Institutional Equities and Research as managing…
by - August 25, 2022 6:14 pm
Peacemaker Festival organizers are touting a $3.746 million economic impact with its recently concluded 2022 event in downtown Fort Smith, and festival co-founder Trent Goins says one of the two…
by - August 25, 2022 6:09 pm
Fort Smith’s sales tax revenue had another strong month with the city’s share of the Sebastian County sales tax totaling $2.089 million up 16.88% compared to July 2021, according to…
by - August 25, 2022 3:32 pm
The amount of electricity produced from coal continues to fall, while the amount made from natural gas hits record highs, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). On July…
by - August 25, 2022 3:13 pm
Fayetteville-based startup ObiiGo recently added a feature to its app that allows users to buy now, pay later for automotive service and repairs. The Klarna payment option was built into…
by - August 25, 2022 2:31 pm
The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday (Aug. 25) upheld a preliminary injunction against an Arkansas law that bans gender transition procedures for those under age 18. Plaintiffs…
by - August 25, 2022 1:57 pm
Fayetteville-based healthcare startup Lineus Medical recently announced receiving two more patents on its products and has published research in a veterinary medical journal. The SafeBreak Vascular, a break-away medical device…
by - August 25, 2022 12:41 pm
AmeriCorps, the federal agency for volunteerism and national service, announced more than $255,000 in grant funding to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as part of the AmeriCorps…
by - August 25, 2022 9:28 am
Although sales and use tax collections in Jonesboro and Craighead County had maintained a steady record pace in recent months, those collections had slowed when compared to earlier in the…
by - August 25, 2022 9:25 am
The Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA) has announced its 2022 participants in the Tjuana Byrd Internship Program. Three of the 25 internship participants are Arkansas State University current or former…
by - August 25, 2022 7:22 am
The nonprofit group Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas announced multiple new members on Wednesday (Aug. 24) to its 24-member board of directors. Joining the board are: Mike Curtis, vice president,…
by - August 24, 2022 5:31 pm
Though Fort Smith Public Schools shifted some administrative duties and titles and added one new position over the summer, the district has not experienced the disproportionate ratio between administrative, teacher…
by - August 24, 2022 3:51 pm
Actor and singer Pat Boone had a serious problem. He’d been in several movies and had refused to kiss his leading ladies. At first, he told one director he couldn’t…
by - August 24, 2022 3:07 pm
Inflation continues to boost sales tax revenue in Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities, which cumulatively reported a 16.75% gain from a year ago in their August data. The combined revenue…
by - August 24, 2022 3:05 pm
Our rain dances have finally come to fruition. After months of crippling drought and triple-digit heat, Arkansas agricultural producers have been blessed with a break from the dry conditions. But…
by - August 24, 2022 2:47 pm
GoTextbooks recently acquired a warehouse that will help create more than 200 jobs in the Little Rock area, the company announced Wednesday (Aug. 24). This will be GoTextbooks’ second facility…
by - August 24, 2022 2:08 pm
Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Yo-Yo Ma are among the featured lecturers coming to Bentonville this fall as part of programming at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Museum officials announced…
by - August 24, 2022 1:34 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received $3.4 million in funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study acute and delayed injuries caused…
