by - October 22, 2018 7:51 pm
Simmons First National Corp. kept its streak of record quarterly profits in 2018 by nearly doubling its earnings from a year ago as the Pine Bluff-based banking group rests from…
by - October 22, 2018 5:09 pm
Stephanie Lampkin, founder and CEO of Silicon Valley company Blendoor, is focused on increasing diversity and reducing unconscious bias in technology companies. Lampkin, who earned an engineering degree from Stanford…
by - October 22, 2018 2:38 pm
Lindsey Wingo had a big decision to make. She grew up in the small town of Rector in Northeast Arkansas, and when it came time to choose a college, she…
by - October 22, 2018 1:45 pm
The Arkansas Bankers Association (ABA) board of directors has unanimously chosen Lorrie Trogden as its new president and CEO. The hiring took effect Oct. 16. She is the ABA’s ninth…
by - October 22, 2018 11:33 am
While the sale of Sparks Health System to Little Rock-based Baptist Health is viewed by many as a positive for the Fort Smith metro, local governments and schools stand to…
by - October 22, 2018 11:20 am
Little Rock technology firm Mainstream Technologies has made an undisclosed financial gift to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to upgrade a computer forensics lab. “This is a great…
by - October 22, 2018 10:26 am
Fayetteville-based computer software startup Engine has closed on a $3.5 million fundraising round. Company co-founder and CEO John James declined to disclose the investors. Earlier this year, Engine raised $1…
by - October 21, 2018 5:14 pm
Movers and shakers in Northwest Arkansas have worked for a year volunteering more than 3,000 hours toward the upcoming Northwest Arkansas Technology Summit and its two pre-summit events. It will…
by - October 21, 2018 4:45 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson thinks the trade war with China should end and he sent a message to President Donald Trump through Vice President Mike Pence recently. The tariffs imposed by…
by - October 19, 2018 5:32 pm
North Little Rock-based Garver, the largest engineering, planning, architectural and environmental services firm in Arkansas, announced Dan Williams, president, CEO and board member, will retire in December 2019, and chief…
by - October 19, 2018 1:23 pm
Arkansas’ unemployment rate fell to an all-time low in September, eclipsing the previous record touched in August and the summer of 2017 when the state’s labor pool climbed to more…
by - October 19, 2018 1:04 pm
Included on a 16-member search committee named to help hire a University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) chancellor are ArcBest Chairman, President and CEO Judy McReynolds, and Fort Smith…
by - October 19, 2018 12:38 pm
Frank Yiannas, Walmart’s vice president for food safety, was hired by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as deputy commissioner for food policy and response. He replaces Stephen Ostroff, who’s…
by - October 19, 2018 12:31 pm
City officials, poultry industry representatives and employees of Siloam Springs-based broiler breeder Cobb-Vantress Inc. recently celebrated the opening of its 35,000-square-foot corporate office building in downtown Siloam Springs. Nearly 200…
by - October 19, 2018 12:19 pm
Northwest Medical Center – Springdale, a hospital of Springdale-based health system Northwest Health, has earned accreditation from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program as a comprehensive…
by - October 19, 2018 12:13 pm
The capability of the manufacturing sector to switch the fuels it uses in furnaces, boilers and ovens has declined in recent decades, but manufacturers can take advantage of price differences…
by - October 18, 2018 9:01 pm
Rising wear and tear is boosting expenses at the Parrot Island Water Park, and boredom with the same amenities is cutting into income and attendance, members of the Fort Smith…
by - October 18, 2018 6:27 pm
Third quarter results for the Arkansas bank formerly known as Bank of the Ozarks fell well short of Wall Street expectations as the regional banking group incurred charge-offs at commercial…
by - October 18, 2018 5:51 pm
At least 67% of the state’s cotton crop has been harvested, well above the 42% average during the last five years through mid-October. But, a significant problem is looming. Perpetual…
by - October 18, 2018 4:32 pm
Efforts to attract higher paying jobs to the Northeast Arkansas metro, and to better educate the workforce, are starting to bear fruit. The 2017 median income for the Jonesboro metro…
