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Arkansas farm income expected to drop 8% next year

Net farm income in Arkansas this year is projected to be down sharply when compared to 2024, but there are reasons — primarily new federal aid — to think net…

Fairfield Bay Community Club acquires Cobblestone Inn

The Fairfield Bay Community Club (FFBCC) announced its acquisition of the Cobblestone Inn & Suites, a hospitality property located in Fairfield Bay. The purchase secures continued operation of the hotel…

Hendrix College receives $10 million endowment challenge from Windgate Foundation

Hendrix College received a $10 million endowment challenge grant from Little Rock’s Windgate Foundation, marking one of the largest single investments in the college’s history. Hendrix is preparing to celebrate…

Executive Summary: Dr. Johnson says region will thrive with ‘positivity and pride’

Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and non-profit executive in the…

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ArcBest amends credit agreement, UAFS professors awarded

Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. ArcBest Money Fort Smith-based ArcBest recently announced it has amended a credit agreement with U.S. National Bank, Truist Bank, Regions…

CCC chapter hosts quarterly events for industry execs

The Northwest Arkansas chapter of Contractors, Closers and Connections (CCC), an invitation-only networking organization for executives in the commercial real estate and construction industries, launched in 2024. It’s the only…

Then & Now: Eric Wolfe’s career defined by startups

Eric Wolfe’s career is defined by successfully launching four third-party logistics companies. The veteran executive of supply chain and logistics credits those successes to “great teams and a great market…

Peak Tech Labs opens in Bentonville

Roger Thomas and his wife, Sherry Thomas, recently returned to the technology business after selling the family’s shares of regional IT provider TeleComp in July 2021, according to a news…

Studies point to benefit of rice as an ingredient in brewing beer

There is archeological evidence that humans were brewing beer in China almost 10,000 years ago. Other evidence points to beer brewing in Iraq 7,000 years ago, and the ancient Egyptians…

Arkansas Waterfowler Hall of Fame Announces 2025 Inductees

The Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie announced the inductees into this year’s Arkansas Waterfowler Hall of Fame: Brent Birch, The Honorable Dale Bumpers, Frank Lyon, Jr., David Snowden and…

Rep. Crawford on Harvest for Hope and farmers’ aid

As a guest on this week’s Talk Business & Politics D.C. Edition podcast, U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, discussed his upcoming appearance in south Lonoke County at next weekend’s Arkansas…

The Supply Side: TK’s Toy Box lands deal with Walmart

Toys that foster creativity have been a passion for Tara Kennedy-Kline. As founder and president of Reading, Pa.-based TK’s Toy Box, she made the trip to Bentonville to pitch Snapo…

Car-Mart to see Q2 loss, revenue to decline, analysts say

Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. is expected to post a loss and revenue decline in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 as it works to become profitable through a strategy that…

Feds approve Arkansas broadband proposal

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved the state of Arkansas’ final proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, state officials…

A-State receives $2 million in funding for academic and workforce consortium

Arkansas State University has been awarded about $2 million in funding during the next five years from the Office of Postsecondary Education, a subdivision of the U.S. Department of Education,…

Tyson Foods to acquire the closed Cargill plant in Springdale

Tyson Foods will acquire the shuttered Cargill turkey plant located on Randall Wobbe Road in Springdale, with the city council on Tuesday (Nov. 25) approving the issuance of revenue bonds…

Fort Smith sales tax revenue up in October, beats budget estimate

Fort Smith sales tax revenue in the October report showed higher revenue than the same time in 2024 for the second month in a row, and the monthly revenue also…

Conditions improve at Hope Campus, but challenges remain

Changes in who administers the grants and a drop in community donations left Hope Campus feeling the pinch earlier this year. But conditions are improving for the Fort Smith facility…

October online grocery sales rose 10.5% from a year ago

U.S. consumers spent $11.6 billion buying groceries online in October, up 10.5% from a year ago, according to the Brick Meets Click Grocery Shopper Survey, sponsored by Mercatus. The survey…

Connections: Washington Regional adds doctors, The Compton hires executive chef

Fayetteville-based Washington Regional Medical System has hired doctors for its emergency department and to direct its infection prevention and control program. Following are recent new hires, promotions, awards, and appointments…

UA-Pulaski Tech receives $1.8 million grant for construction skills training

Tyler McDonald named interim president of CHI St. Vincent Morrilton

Online shopping becoming habitual for a majority of consumers

Bank OZK posts quarterly declines in net income, revenue