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Buc-ee’s West Memphis location to be delayed

West Memphis is still getting a Buc-ee’s but it will open at least a year later than planned. The travel center, slated to be built on a 34-acre swath just…

Walmart adds technology veteran to its board of directors

Walmart has added Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Superhuman, (formerly Grammarly), to the company’s board of directors. He will serve on the board’s compensation and management development committee and the technology…

Walton Family Foundation provides more than $525,000 to UCA program

The Walton Family Foundation has given a three-year grant of $525,361 to the University of Central Arkansas to support a program that provides training and technical assistance to Northwest Arkansas…

More music, family events requested in Main Street Fort Smith survey

Input from almost 1,200 survey responses point to a desire for more downtown Fort Smith music and events. The results also give Main Street Fort Smith goals to pursue and…

Analysts: J.B. Hunt Q4 revenue to fall, earnings to rise

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., a Lowell-based transportation services provider, is expected to post earnings growth in the fourth quarter of 2025 and for the year. Revenue is projected to…

Garver releases technology to track street light efficacy

Arkansas engineering firm Garver recently released a first-of-its-kind technology that allows city and state transportation departments to measure the effectiveness of street lighting while traveling at highway speeds. Lumitracker, a…

Walton Arts Center, Walmart AMP release 2025 impact report

The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville and the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers released Wednesday (Jan. 7) its 2025 community impact report that shows the two venues sold…

Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln, former House Speaker Benny Petrus among Agri Hall of Fame inductees

The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is set to add six new members to its ranks. The newest inductees will be recognized for their contributions to the fields of soybean,…

Big decline reported in active Fort Smith water leaks

The city of Fort Smith reduced the number of water leaks by almost 90% in 2025, with city crews fixing on average 5.3 leaks a day. The work marks major…

Board-supported Bend Advisors opens in Fayetteville

Andrew Dyrhood recently launched a Fayetteville-based executive coaching, business advisory, and investment firm overseen by a board of directors with diverse leadership experience. The Springdale native said the recent launch…

Tourism sector boosts Arkansas job numbers, jobless rate rises to 4.1%

Growth in tourism and education and health services jobs helped push Arkansas job numbers up 1.3% in November, but the number of unemployed rose more than 17% in November compared…

Julia Wintner named Bradbury Art Museum director

The Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University has named a new director. Julia Wintner, whose work bridges global contemporary art, community-engaged museum practice, and academic leadership, has been…

Arkansas awarded $14.7 million preschool development grant

The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) announced Tuesday (Jan. 6) that Arkansas has been awarded a Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) from the U.S. Department of Health…

Avian influenza spreading among flocks in Arkansas

There are at least three counties in Arkansas where avian influenza has been detected in poultry flocks, said Dustan Clark, extension poultry veterinarian for the University of Arkansas System Division…

Farmers’ sales tax exemption card now available

The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) announced a “Farmers Sales Tax Exemption Card” is now available. The card, which is the result of Act 621 of 2025, makes…

Derrick Smith named managing partner at Mitchell Williams law firm

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. has selected attorney Derrick Smith as the law firm’s new managing director. Smith will work with Mitchell Williams’ board of directors to lead…

Then and Now: Collins influenced NWA entrepreneurial scene

After two decades of helping cultivate Northwest Arkansas’s startup landscape, longtime ecosystem builder Jeannette Balleza Collins is charting a new chapter as director of strategic alliances at Fayetteville-based Zenwork Inc….

Pentagon, Lockheed deal to expand missile production in Arkansas

The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin on Tuesday (Jan. 6) announced a unique seven-year deal to boost production of advanced Patriot-system missiles from around 600 a year to 2,000 a year….

Donor, retired colonel give $1.25 million to UA

An anonymous donor and a military veteran has contributed $1.25 million to the University of Arkansas to create endowments for speakers and communication research. The anonymous $1 million gift to…

Immerse comes to Northwest Arkansas

Immerse Arkansas, a Little Rock-based nonprofit focused on addressing needs gaps for teens and young adults, is expanding to Northwest Arkansas, opening an office in Lowell. Scott Bull has been…

Marine Glisovic promoted to director at Electric Cooperatives

New World Screwworm arrives in the U.S.

Lakeport Plantation Museum to host ‘The Mississippi River in American Memory’ event

Average weekly wages rise in the Fort Smith region