by - September 10, 2018 9:44 am
Fayetteville-based creative and branding agency Blkbox has a new equity owner. The business is now owned by CEO Shayne Hart and President Judson Lee. It was formerly owned by Hart…
by - September 10, 2018 8:36 am
Arkansas Department of Education Commissioner Johnny Key has appointed Don Benton as the new assistant commissioner for research and technology. Benton will assume the role on Sept. 17. “Mr. Benton’s…
by - September 9, 2018 9:15 pm
U.S. Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon knows how the power of positive thought can translate into business success. When she and her husband Vince McMahon were building their wrestling entertainment…
by - September 9, 2018 2:57 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenues continued to improve in July but not by much, with $3.729 million collected from the city’s 2% tax, 1% of which goes to streets, 0.75%…
by - September 9, 2018 10:10 am
Arkansas voters overwhelmingly favor constitutional proposals to require voter ID and to tighten term limits, and by a 2-to-1 margin they oppose a measure to alter civil lawsuits and court…
by - September 9, 2018 9:04 am
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has provided a $592,000 grant to the World Trade Center Arkansas to focus on job growth and export expansion in counties affected…
by - September 7, 2018 3:30 pm
The research department at Highlands Oncology Group in Rogers and Fayetteville was part of a recent clinical trial, leading to a new drug that treats breast cancer. The drug, Kisqali,…
by - September 7, 2018 2:19 pm
Biking is big business around Northwest Arkansas with millions of dollars spent on an expansive labyrinth of trail systems suitable for various riding tribes such as mountain bikers, serious roadsters…
by - September 7, 2018 12:29 pm
Issue 1, the contentious tort reform constitutional amendment on the November ballot, may be down after a Thursday ruling by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Mackie Pierce, but it’s definitely not…
by - September 7, 2018 12:24 pm
Fayetteville natural foods retailer Ozark Natural Foods (ONF) has canceled plans to relocate the co-op to a location closer to downtown. The co-op announced earlier this year it had a…
by - September 7, 2018 12:10 pm
More than 200,000 jobs were added to the expanding U.S. economy in August although the total number of new workers on payrolls in June and July was revised downward by…
by - September 6, 2018 6:06 pm
The Federal Communications Commission announced that Little Rock-based Aristotle Unified Communications won a $12.2 million award to deploy broadband in historically unserved rural areas. Aristotle is one of 103 providers…
by - September 6, 2018 5:58 pm
Arkansas State University had a smaller than expected incoming freshman class in 2017, and retention numbers had been lower than projected. Both numbers rebounded strongly this fall. Arkansas State reported…
by - September 6, 2018 4:06 pm
The residential units of the mixed-use Uptown Fayetteville Apartments+Shops development were sold earlier this week for $55.6 million. The deed was filed Wednesday (Sept. 5) at the Washington County Courthouse….
by - September 6, 2018 11:28 am
Walmart announced this week a pilot test of grocery delivery service called “Spark.” While the service is available only in Nashville and New Orleans, Tom Ward, vice president of digital…
by - September 6, 2018 11:15 am
More than 4,500 beneficiaries of the state’s Arkansas Works program were in danger of losing their health insurance Saturday, although the state’s Department of Human Services said the final numbers…
by - September 6, 2018 10:55 am
Longtime banker Mary Beth Brooks is the new director of the University of Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC). “I am thrilled to be working with partners around…
by - September 6, 2018 9:50 am
Batesville-chartered The Citizens Bank, which has three offices in Northwest Arkansas, has named its first regional president. Ron Branscum, previously the lender’s city president in Rogers, is now executive vice…
by - September 6, 2018 8:30 am
Oklahoma-chartered Grand Savings Bank will expand its footprint in Northwest Arkansas with a full-service branch in downtown Fayetteville. The company announced Thursday (Sept. 6) it will open a new location…
by - September 6, 2018 7:58 am
Karen Knutson has been selected to lead all government relations activities for Tyson Foods, the company announced Wednesday (Sept. 5). As the new senior vice president for global government affairs,…
