by - April 25, 2022 5:40 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenue had another strong month in March with revenues almost 20% higher than this time last year. The city’s share of the Sebastian County sales tax…
by - April 25, 2022 5:32 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools administration has a new plan to increase teacher salaries it hopes will satisfy board members and employees when presented May 9. The plan will add one…
by - April 25, 2022 5:07 pm
Walmart’s board of directors is a mix of outside retired business managers, Walmart officers and Walton family members. Company shareholders will vote on a slate of 11 directors at the…
by - April 25, 2022 4:51 pm
Walmart has opened a 3 million square foot import distribution center in Dorchester County, S.C., this week at a cost of $220 million. It is the retail giant’s seventh import…
by - April 25, 2022 4:05 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Monday (April 25) that money from the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with tobacco companies will be distributed, with Arkansas receiving nearly $61 million. The…
by - April 25, 2022 1:57 pm
Tyson Foods will spend $60 million over four years to fund free college education for its 120,000 employees. A partnership with Guild will expand Tyson’s Upward Pathways program to include…
by - April 25, 2022 11:22 am
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based venture capital firm Plug and Play recently announced the close of a $25.5 million venture capital fund to support series A-C startups in the supply chain industry. The…
by - April 25, 2022 9:44 am
Foreigners and foreign-based companies have owned agriculture and forestry land in the U.S. since before it was founded, and in recent years that trend has been on the rise. As…
by - April 25, 2022 9:00 am
The nonprofit Alice L. Walton Foundation (ALWF) in Bentonville and Washington Regional Medical System in Fayetteville are planning to create a new regional health system that will also involve the…
by - April 23, 2022 3:48 pm
The top 6 executives for Bentonville-based Walmart Inc. earned a combined $60.311 million last year, down from $70.61 million earned the year before. Stock awards, which is deferred income, was…
by - April 23, 2022 12:04 pm
Dana Wills and her husband, former Arkansas Speaker of the House Robbie Wills, have started Conway Aircraft, a repair business based at the Conway Regional Airport. The couple partnered with…
by - April 23, 2022 10:19 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the April 11 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - April 23, 2022 9:57 am
Statewide, the consensus is that broadband is the tool to transform the economies of rural Arkansas, but the issue has been how to cost-effectively deploy it. A perception exists that…
by - April 23, 2022 9:19 am
Home BancShares, Inc. has named J. Pat Hickman, former Chairman of Happy Bancshares, Inc. of Texas to its board of directors. Conway-based Home BancShares, parent company of Centennial Bank, recently…
by - April 22, 2022 5:01 pm
The city of North Little Rock announced Friday (April 22) its newest economic development project that will include an electronic driving range and other entertainment options. The Maly Entertainment Center…
by - April 22, 2022 10:32 am
Nearly all new U.S. crude oil and natural gas wells are horizontal or directional, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA recently released data that provides information…
by - April 21, 2022 6:27 pm
After hearing from a group concerned whether their offers to buy property through the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) are ever brought before the board, the authority board opted to…
by - April 21, 2022 4:31 pm
Canfor Corp. said Thursday (April 21) it will invest approximately $130 million to “significantly upgrade and expand” its sawmill and planer facility located in Urbana in Union County. The investment…
by - April 21, 2022 4:15 pm
An oil and gas exec with a decade or two of experience is likely more cautious than excited about the recent rise in energy prices – especially those who manage…
by - April 21, 2022 3:55 pm
Little Rock-based Bank OZK reported Thursday (April 21) first-quarter net income of $128 million, a 13.7% decrease from one year ago. Diluted earnings per common share for the first quarter…
