by - January 14, 2022 4:24 pm
With almost 13,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in Arkansas Thursday (Jan. 13) and 2,621 active cases in Sebastian County, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) has decided to…
by - January 14, 2022 2:30 pm
Tyson Foods has decided to move its annual shareholders meeting slated for Feb. 10 to a virtual event. This comes as Northwest Arkansas continues to be a hot bed for…
by - January 14, 2022 1:40 pm
As many as 500,000 Arkansans may be infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 through February if trends continue, with 1,764 Arkansans hospitalized and 341 additional deaths by Feb. 8….
by - January 13, 2022 6:01 pm
U.S. Marshals Museum President and CEO Patrick Weeks has a court date set for Feb. 15. Weeks was arrested Dec. 21 on two felony charges of aggravated assault with a…
by - January 13, 2022 4:50 pm
Arkansas Tech University alumnus Stan Miller and his wife, Patrice, made a $5.3 million gift to the Arkansas Tech University Foundation that will support the establishment of the Miller Center…
by - January 13, 2022 4:44 pm
Arkansas again set a record with 12,990 new COVID-19 cases reported Thursday (Jan. 13) by the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). Of the total new cases, 25.6% were from two…
by - January 13, 2022 3:47 pm
The city of Little Rock will host the 50th annual Miss Gay America pageant starting next week, the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau said Thursday (Jan. 13). The pageant…
by - January 13, 2022 1:16 pm
An Einstein Bros. Bagels franchise is expected to open this spring at Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill. Mike Philip, co-owner of Springdale-based franchisee Philip Enterprises Inc., said the…
by - January 13, 2022 11:56 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Thursday (Jan. 13) that Navient, one of the nation’s largest student loan servicers, has agreed to a $1.85 billion settlement to resolve allegations of…
by - January 13, 2022 10:46 am
During the 1990s one of the most prosperous counties in Northeast Arkansas took a deep plunge. Eaker Air Force Base closed in Blytheville and throughout the decade 9,000 jobs, mostly…
by - January 13, 2022 10:28 am
The Arkansas Cinema Society board of directors elected a new slate of officers for 2022. Producer Christina McLarty Arquette will succeed Larry Stone as board president. Stone served in the…
by - January 13, 2022 9:38 am
After 13 years, Wayne Mays retired as head of the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce at the end of 2019. Mays’ post-retirement career still focuses on economic development, but it’s…
by - January 13, 2022 7:33 am
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., sent a letter Wednesday (Jan. 12) to Arkansas’ statewide elected officials, legislators, and county judges warning them that the Chinese Communist Party may try to influence…
by - January 12, 2022 5:44 pm
The announcement by U.S. Steel that it will build a $3 billion plant in Osceola will make Mississippi County the nation’s leading steel-producing county and sets the stage for Arkansas…
by - January 12, 2022 4:29 pm
The Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission voted at its January meeting Wednesday (Jan. 12) to send a recommendation to the Fort Smith Board of Directors to name the city’s…
by - January 12, 2022 1:37 pm
Construction is expected to start in March on a 135-megawatt solar farm that will provide electricity for Conway after solar energy company Lightsource bp closed on a $533 million financing…
by - January 12, 2022 1:11 pm
Jonesboro’s record-shattering sales and use tax collections pace will eventually subside, but for nearly a decade Northeast Arkansas’s largest city has set a new record each year. This last year…
by - January 12, 2022 12:48 pm
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) announced Wednesday (Jan. 12) plans for a new $9 million, 20,000-square-foot music center in Little Rock’s East Village. The state-of-the-art facility will be named the…
by - January 12, 2022 10:47 am
Business consultant Cureate and Forge Inc., a revolving community loan fund in Arkansas, recently completed an eight-week business development program for food and beverage entrepreneurs in Northwest Arkansas, and applications…
by - January 12, 2022 9:51 am
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) in partnership with The Venture Center, and the state of Arkansas officially unveiled its fourth annual ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator cohort during a virtual…
