by - December 18, 2019 8:31 pm
The Central Business Improvement District board on Tuesday (Dec. 17) agreed to move ahead with an assessment on property within the district. The board also agreed that not-for-profit organizations within…
by - December 18, 2019 7:46 pm
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) announced Wednesday (Dec. 18) a $181,931 investment to support Opportunity Zones (OZ) in communities across Arkansas. Opportunity Arkansas, an initiative of the Arkansas Economic Development…
by - December 18, 2019 7:32 pm
The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking steps to potentially redefine the requirements of accredited investors, which would expand access to private capital markets. Details of the proposal…
by - December 18, 2019 4:56 pm
The Nucor board of directors has approved an expansion project which will add a coil paint line at the company’s sheet mill in Mississippi County. The new coil paint line…
by - December 18, 2019 3:38 pm
The first study on the long-term effects of vaping shows a link between it and respiratory illnesses, while another study found 12% of young people self-reported vaping in the last…
by - December 18, 2019 2:29 pm
Little Rock-based solar power company Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) and electric utility Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative (SWAECC) will build a 1-megawatt solar array near the headquarters of the cooperative in…
by - December 18, 2019 1:41 pm
Springdale-based United Bank has appointed Darrin Pitts as chairman of its board of directors. Pitts has served on the board for the past seven years. Donnie Pitts, his brother, has…
by - December 18, 2019 9:46 am
Springdale-based Community Clinic announced Wednesday (Dec. 18) the appointment of a new CEO. James A. “Judd” Semingson II of Rogers, who currently serves as the associate medical director for Community…
by - December 18, 2019 9:29 am
Industrial and manufacturing production increased 1.1% in November, from October, according to the Federal Reserve. The increase can be attributed to a rise in the output of motor vehicles and…
by - December 17, 2019 8:49 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted down a resolution that would have sold the city-owned property that is former River Valley Sports Complex but passed a resolution to improve…
by - December 17, 2019 7:29 pm
House and Senate negotiators have reportedly agreed to $25 million in federal government spending to study gun violence, according to multiple national news organizations. For decades, federal funding has effectively…
by - December 17, 2019 6:52 pm
Little Rock-based Encore Bank (formerly The Capital Bank) has recruited two new executives to join its leadership team in Northwest Arkansas. Patrick Woodruff and Hunter Norton have joined the bank…
by - December 17, 2019 6:48 pm
An online, searchable database of Arkansas nonprofit organizations is now available from Arkansas Community Foundation at arcf.org/directory. Made possible by support from the Walmart Foundation, the online directory of 501c3…
by - December 17, 2019 4:27 pm
Fort Cannabis, the licensed medical marijuana dispensary in Fort Smith, will open for business at noon Wednesday (Dec. 18), with owners hoping to tap into a market that as of…
by - December 17, 2019 4:27 pm
Six members of New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine-Arkansas’ inaugural class were matched to U.S. military residencies last week and will begin their Graduate Medical Education (GME)…
by - December 17, 2019 2:36 pm
In the third quarter of 2019, the average return on assets (ROA) for Arkansas banks was 1.49%, ranking the state’s lenders as the top performers among the seven states that…
by - December 17, 2019 2:32 pm
The beef industry is poised to have a solid finish in 2019 as sharply higher carcass weights continue to boost beef production since October, according to Derrell Peel, extension livestock…
by - December 17, 2019 10:32 am
Bentonville-based America’s Car-Mart will expand into Illinois when it buys the dealership assets of Taylor Motor Co. and Auto Credit of Southern Illinois, based in Benton, Ill. The Taylor Motors…
by - December 17, 2019 9:52 am
As temperatures cooled down in November, apartment renters also saw a slight drop in lease rates, according to a new report. The average national rent decreased by 0.2% in month-over-month…
by - December 17, 2019 9:23 am
While many of us tend to consider our own place of residence “the center of the universe,” it probably isn’t. At AcreTrader, we have farmland investors on our platform from…
