by - January 6, 2022 11:59 am
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has announced the following changes to its Little Rock Branch board of directors, effective Jan. 1: Millie A. Ward, president of Stone Ward…
by - January 5, 2022 5:47 pm
The Arkansas Department of Health is ending COVID-19 contact tracing at the end of the day Jan. 17, its communications director said Wednesday (Jan. 5). Meg Mirivel said the department’s…
by - January 5, 2022 5:13 pm
Walmart will expand its InHome delivery service, first piloted in 2019, and make it available to more than 30 million U.S. homes in 2022. The service has a Walmart employee…
by - January 5, 2022 4:25 pm
The number of school districts in highly infected communities has nearly quintupled in a week, so all school districts should require masks, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement president and…
by - January 5, 2022 3:23 pm
Fayetteville-based Roller Weight Loss and Advanced Surgery has affiliated with New York Bariatric Group and New You Bariatric Group (together NYBG). New You Bariatric Group is an MSO (management services…
by - January 5, 2022 1:53 pm
All eight metro areas within or including parts of Arkansas saw significant year-over-year jobless rate declines in November, with Northwest Arkansas posting the lowest rate at 1.5%, and the highest…
by - January 5, 2022 1:14 pm
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center opened a SBA Business Recovery Center in Trumann on Wednesday (Jan. 5) to provide a wide…
by - January 5, 2022 1:08 pm
The more transmissable Omicron variant of COVID-19 has not led to a major uptick in COVID-positive patients in Fort Smith hospitals. There were a record 6,562 new Arkansas cases of…
by - January 5, 2022 11:45 am
Aimee Ross is no longer director of the nonprofit group Bike Bentonville, but she still promotes the area as a tourism destination for cyclists and mountain bikers. In an email,…
by - January 5, 2022 9:19 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Tuesday (Jan. 4) announced an almost $8 million dollar civil settlement with Empower Healthcare Solutions, LLC. The false claims settlement was based on a…
by - January 4, 2022 4:11 pm
A cyber attack on Crawford County government computers left county offices in a jam over the holidays. County computers were attacked Dec. 26 by malicious software that can prevent access…
by - January 4, 2022 3:14 pm
Outside of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its Omicron surge, the biggest 2021 news in the Fort Smith metro included stories about the military, medicine, manufacturing and municipal money. Following…
by - January 4, 2022 2:43 pm
With a record daily rise in COVID-19 cases and a record for active cases, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday (Jan. 4) he is activating an additional 50 National Guard members…
by - January 4, 2022 2:12 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector rose in December but at a slower rate than in November, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The ISM released Tuesday (Jan….
by - January 4, 2022 10:46 am
An almost 20% gain in December sales tax revenue and an almost 12% fiscal year-to-date (July-December) gain in sales tax revenue has pushed overall Arkansas tax revenue up 1.5% over…
by - January 4, 2022 10:27 am
On Tuesday (Jan. 4), Hydco Construction named Jeremy Hyde as president of the firm and Jarred Dulski as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Roger Marlin has been acting president…
by - January 4, 2022 10:09 am
Springdale-based healthcare organization Northwest Health has named Chris York its market CEO, effective Jan. 24, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 4) news release. York, who is a Fellow of the…
by - January 4, 2022 8:01 am
Encore Bank promoted Nikki Pfleger to executive vice president, director of business banking solutions, the bank announced Monday (Jan. 3). Pfleger joined Encore Bank in April 2019 and was responsible…
by - January 3, 2022 4:44 pm
At least 15 Walmart store pharmacies in Arkansas are equipped to receive and dispense the COVID-19 antiviral medication approved by the Federal Drug Administration for emergency use. The drugs, Paxlovid…
by - January 3, 2022 2:42 pm
The Fort Smith metro area has seen continuous growth over the past several years, but no year has performed as well in building activity as 2021 with permit values topping…
