by - October 1, 2021 2:03 pm
One of the state’s largest banks is selling off 16 branches to multiple buyers. Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank has deals in place to sell the assets to Arkansas banks Cross County…
by - October 1, 2021 12:19 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart announced Friday (Oct. 1) the opening of its 152nd dealership in El Reno, Okla. The buy here, pay here used car dealer recently purchased the ongoing assets…
by - October 1, 2021 10:36 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson holds a solid job approval rating of 58% with Arkansas voters, according to results released Friday (Oct. 1) from Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College. A…
by - September 30, 2021 5:08 pm
ERC Holdings is expanding its housing developments at Chaffee Crossing in hopes of expanding the area’s live-work-play destination. The new areas are projected to have a combined economic impact in…
by - September 30, 2021 4:29 pm
To continue building a Northwest Arkansas where everyone feels welcome, Walmart announced a 3-year, $5 million investment in regional diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. Walmart generates roughly $1 million…
by - September 30, 2021 4:22 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Thursday (Sept. 30) a $15.2 million settlement with Centene Corp. and its subsidiaries, Arkansas Total Care, Inc., Centene Management Company, and Envolve Pharmacy Solutions,…
by - September 30, 2021 4:13 pm
The Agricultural Research Service division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Thursday (Sept. 30) a vaccine candidate has been shown to prevent and effectively protect European and Asian…
by - September 30, 2021 4:11 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart has extended the term of its revolving credit facilities to Sept. 29, 2024, and increased total permitted borrowings to $600 million, an increase of $274 million, according…
by - September 30, 2021 3:55 pm
School districts can continue deciding whether to require students to wear masks after the Arkansas Supreme Court Thursday (Sept. 30) declined to issue a stay of a preliminary injunction in…
by - September 30, 2021 11:45 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed Thursday (Sept. 30) 14 new members to the Arkansas State Plant Board to fill positions left vacant under an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling earlier this year….
by - September 30, 2021 11:07 am
Patrick Curry, former CEO of Springdale-based Waco Title, recently established title agency Allegiance Title Co. of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Curry is owner and president of the company doing business as…
by - September 30, 2021 10:36 am
Arkansas’ three largest metro regions – areas with most of the workforce in the state – had 30,972 more employed in August compared with August 2020. Northwest Arkansas jobs rose…
by - September 30, 2021 6:01 am
Walt Disney’s career was on the verge of collapse. He’d created a highly popular cartoon character, Oswalt the Lucky Rabbit. When the cartoon’s distributor, Universal Pictures, seized the rights to…
by - September 29, 2021 9:50 pm
Mainstream Technologies will present cybersecurity insights at a Lunch ‘N Learn event to a group of Venture Center entrepreneurs and others interested in B2B cybersecurity on Friday, Oct. 8 at…
by - September 29, 2021 7:02 pm
The Van Buren Chamber of Commerce and the city of Van Buren are working with Community Growth Strategies of Columbia, Mo., to help grow the economy in the city and…
by - September 29, 2021 4:45 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest has signed a deal to acquire Chicago-based MoLo Solutions, a truckload freight brokerage firm, in a cash deal of at least $235 million. The deal will place…
by - September 29, 2021 4:09 pm
First Horizon Foundation, the private charitable foundation of Memphis, Tenn.-based bank holding company First Horizon Corp., announced Wednesday (Sept. 29) the first 15 grant recipients of its “Better Together” grant…
by - September 29, 2021 3:53 pm
Little Rock-based pediatric healthcare organization Arkansas Children’s is raising its minimum pay to $15 an hour. This comes after the 2019 pay bump from $10.10 to $14 per hour approved…
by - September 29, 2021 3:44 pm
Walmart is the latest retailer to announce ambitious hiring plans ahead of what is expected to be a record holiday season. The retail giant said Wednesday (Sept. 29) it plans…
by - September 29, 2021 11:58 am
Heartland Forward announced Wednesday (Sept. 29) that it is raising $4 million to support the expansion of a new idea accelerator program to 1,000 entrepreneurs by 2023. Heartland Forward’s new…
