by - August 4, 2021 1:45 pm
Eddie Lee Herndon, president and CEO of the United Way of Fort Smith, has been hired by OG&E as community affairs manager in western Arkansas. Herndon is resigning from the…
by - August 4, 2021 1:40 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame has postponed its Aug. 20 induction ceremony because of safety concerns related to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Arkansas. The ceremony was…
by - August 4, 2021 12:41 pm
The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has opened a $14 million civil engineering facility named for a former student. The Grady E. Harvell Civil Engineering Research and Education Center (CEREC)…
by - August 4, 2021 8:38 am
A new women’s networking and workspace is opening in downtown Little Rock’s SOMA district. The Nest is described as a “coworking community and social club designed by women for women”…
by - August 3, 2021 8:38 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a resolution Tuesday night (Aug. 3) accepting the donation of a dog park at Chaffee Crossing that will replace a dog park to…
by - August 3, 2021 4:28 pm
Jonesboro Unlimited, the city’s economic development organization, launched a multi-million dollar job creation effort five years ago known as Momentum Jonesboro. Its goal was to create 2,500 jobs in five…
by - August 3, 2021 4:20 pm
Westrock Coffee Company announced Tuesday (Aug. 3) the creation of a Financial Shared Services Center in Concord, North Carolina. The division will support the company’s domestic operations. Westrock Coffee acquired Concord-based…
by - August 3, 2021 4:06 pm
As he had promised, and just a few weeks before public schools begin a new year, attorney Tom Mars on Tuesday (Aug. 3) filed a lawsuit in the Pulaski County…
by - August 3, 2021 3:06 pm
On Tuesday (Aug. 3), Governor Asa Hutchinson put out the call for legislators to meet in a special session beginning Wednesday at 10 a.m. Hutchinson is calling on the Arkansas…
by - August 3, 2021 1:49 pm
Brian Kim has stepped down as president of the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education citing family and personal health reasons. Kim, a native of Seoul, South Korea, was…
by - August 3, 2021 11:13 am
Tax collections in July, the first month of Arkansas’ fiscal year, were down almost 22% with the numbers “distorted” because of the pandemic-relief income tax shift in 2020, according to…
by - August 3, 2021 7:36 am
Springdale-based Tyson Foods said Tuesday (Aug. 3) that it would require its U.S. workforce to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Spokesman Derek Burleson said that mandate would affect approximately 120,000 processing…
by - August 2, 2021 6:31 pm
Ahead of a special session the governor is expected to call later this week, Arkansas lawmakers heard from some of the state’s top health officials on Monday (Aug. 2). During…
by - August 2, 2021 3:14 pm
The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has tapped Arkansas State University and its sponsored initiative, the Arkansas Out of School Network, to oversee the American Rescue Plan (ARP)…
by - August 2, 2021 12:17 pm
Executive leadership coach Chuck Hyde will be the featured speaker at the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 25th annual Forty Under 40 event. The luncheon will be held on Aug. 17…
by - August 2, 2021 11:24 am
The COVID-19 virus and its latest variant, Delta, is spreading rampantly throughout Northeast Arkansas with near record numbers of patients filling local hospitals. In an effort to make vaccines available…
by - August 2, 2021 11:19 am
Springdale-based Northwest Health is building a 24/7 freestanding emergency room and urgent care on Arkansas Highway 102 near the Bentonville/Centerton border. Construction is underway at the northwest corner of the…
by - August 2, 2021 9:50 am
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector increased at a slower pace in July compared to June as labor and transportation issues impact sector growth, according to the Institute for Supply…
by - August 1, 2021 7:04 pm
A truck study, commissioned by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT), will determine the feasibility of a new U.S. 64 river crossing into downtown Fort Smith, Highway Commissioner Keith Gibson…
by - August 1, 2021 10:13 am
Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO Gretchen Hall is seeing signs of recovery in her industry, but there is still a lag from 2019 numbers and the new Delta…
