by - May 1, 2025 10:44 am
Jerry Cox has learned a lot over the past year since opening a Siloam Springs office for nonprofit JLC Second Chance Trucking. He’s also done a lot of networking and…
by - May 1, 2025 10:24 am
Sarah Taldo-Brothers believes her greatest accomplishment is her latest. As part of her dedication to help revitalize Springdale, the executive broker/vice president with Weichert, Realtors-The Griffin Co., and her husband,…
by - May 1, 2025 9:45 am
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC) has named author Snowden Wright of Yazoo City, Miss., as the writer-in-residence for the summer. Wright is the author of the novel “American…
by - April 30, 2025 9:03 pm
The Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame (AWHOF) has released the names of its ninth class of inductees — seven women and one organization that have made significant contributions to the…
by - April 30, 2025 5:01 pm
The farmer members of Riceland Foods have elected three new members to its board of directors. Benjamin Nobles of Poplar Bluff, Mo. will serve as the new director representing District…
by - April 30, 2025 4:57 pm
An anonymous donor has given Williams Baptist University $250,000 to establish the Thomas O. Jones Professorship. Jones, the sixth president of WBU, led the school from 2012 to 2017. “This…
by - April 30, 2025 4:18 pm
Bentonville-based startup hub Onward HQ has two new venture capital ambassadors, Dallas-based RevTech Ventures and Houston-based Mercury Fund. Onward HQ is the home base for the Northwest Arkansas Council’s StartupNWA…
by - April 30, 2025 3:53 pm
A two-story, 20,079-square-foot Ruth’s Chris Steak House recently opened in the Pinnacle Hills area of Rogers. It’s about twice the size of the former restaurant on Pinnacle Hills Parkway. The…
by - April 30, 2025 2:47 pm
March traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up slightly compared with March 2024, but traffic numbers for the first quarter of the year are down almost 2%…
by - April 30, 2025 1:52 pm
A 0.3% decline in U.S. first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and an estimated low number of new jobs in April point to a slowing economy. Consumers in March did…
by - April 30, 2025 11:48 am
Walmart has been in the e-commerce business for 25 years, but until recently the business that gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic was mostly an unprofitable business subsidized by store…
by - April 30, 2025 11:02 am
Norwegian-based global packaging company Elopak officially opened its first U.S. carton converting plant at the Little Rock Port Authority Wednesday (April 30). CEO Thomas Körmendi and Americas President Lionel Ettedgui…
by - April 30, 2025 10:56 am
Tyson Foods may report a 34% net income boost when the company reports second quarter earnings on May 5. Market watchers predict quarterly net income of $296 million, better than…
by - April 30, 2025 10:37 am
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission wants feedback on the Razorback Greenway Corridor Plan. The commission is gathering feedback via public survey, which will be available through the end of…
by - April 29, 2025 6:34 pm
Stephens Inc. Chairman Warren Stephens was confirmed Tuesday (April 29) as the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom. President Donald Trump nominated Stephens in December. Stephens received a 59-39…
by - April 29, 2025 6:25 pm
Forward Arkansas has added Rodney Shepard of Fort Smith and Edie Stewart of Little Rock to its board of directors. Shepard is a regional executive for Arvest Bank, and Stewart…
by - April 29, 2025 4:37 pm
CJRW, Inc. announced Tuesday (April 29) that it has purchased the historic Fulk Building at 3rd and Main Streets in downtown Little Rock for $2,625,000. CJRW moved into the 21,000…
by - April 29, 2025 4:13 pm
Farmers & Merchants Bank and The Bank of Fayetteville announced Brett Liebhaber has joined the bank as a commercial loan officer. Liebhaber will be based at the bank’s Pocahontas branch…
by - April 29, 2025 2:29 pm
Springdale-based Harps Foods has acquired family-owned community grocery store — Craven Foods —- for an undisclosed sum. The Fairfield Bay grocery store will close May 19, and reopen as Harp’s…
by - April 29, 2025 2:10 pm
Six of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had jobless rate increases in March compared with March 2024, with five of the seven posting year-over-year job gains….
