by - December 31, 2017 2:22 pm
America’s Car-Mart is ready to grow, and Jeff Williams, president and chief financial officer, will be leading the way when he becomes CEO in January. “We have built this big…
by - December 29, 2017 2:59 pm
Stephen Lair and Steve Turner, co-owners of Petromark Oil, announced a $250,000 gift to Arkansas Children’s Northwest. This brings the total raised for the Care Close to Home campaign to…
by - December 28, 2017 4:30 pm
When Wal-Mart Stores kicked off its annual Year Beginning Meeting in February, president and CEO Doug McMillon told suppliers: We want the absolute lowest prices in order to deliver on…
by - December 28, 2017 4:20 pm
Cooks BBQ Products announced Thursday (Dec. 28) it is opening a manufacturing facility in Pindall (Searcy County), under the name Ozark Mountain Wood Products. The company will invest approximately $1.4…
by - December 27, 2017 5:25 pm
Amazon has launched smartphone app Relay for truck drivers, and it’s expected to improve pickup and delivery at the e-commerce company’s fulfillment centers and warehouses. Its launch comes as freight…
by - December 27, 2017 4:47 pm
Dr. Jerry Stewart, the former CEO of Cooper Clinic who held numerous leadership posts in the region ranging from Fort Smith Public School Board to the creation of the Fort…
by - December 27, 2017 1:39 pm
A proposed $66 billion merger between German-based pharmaceutical giant Bayer and agricultural company Monsanto has opposition from farmers in Arkansas and other agriculture dependent states. Both companies own patents for…
by - December 22, 2017 11:20 am
The third installment of the HBO crime anthology “True Detective” created by Nic Pizzolatto and starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali will be filmed and produced in Northwest Arkansas, beginning in…
by - December 22, 2017 10:38 am
Personal income rose 0.3%, or by $54 billion, in November, from the previous month, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income increased 0.4%…
by - December 22, 2017 10:29 am
The Arkansas Department of Health is urging Arkansans to stay home if they have a fever or other flu-related symptoms as the state agency has seen an uptick in flu-related…
by - December 22, 2017 10:17 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate edged up to 3.7% in November as the state’s civilian labor force decline by more than 6,000 as fewer workers sought gainful employment ahead of the holiday…
by - December 22, 2017 9:51 am
Cam Patterson, the chief operating officer at Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, has been recommended as the next University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences chancellor. University of Arkansas…
by - December 21, 2017 7:22 pm
John McIntosh of 64.6 Downtown said the development group for the downtown Fort Smith area will be focused on hiring an executive director to help enact the Propelling Downtown Forward…
by - December 21, 2017 6:36 pm
A Blue Ribbon panel convened by Gov. Asa Hutchinson earlier this year is recommending the state launch of a $25 million, five-year economic development nonprofit to address business challenges in…
by - December 21, 2017 6:15 pm
U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. delivered an early Christmas present to Houston-based Plains and Eastern Clean Line on Thursday (Dec. 21) by striking down a complaint by Arkansas…
by - December 21, 2017 2:36 pm
College Avenue in Fayetteville is going to the dogs — at least at 2407 N. College Ave. Following the success of its first property, a Little Rock-based company is expanding…
by - December 21, 2017 12:24 pm
Consumer spending and strong business investment lifted real gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter at an annual rate of 3.2%, according to the third estimate released Thursday (Dec….
by - December 21, 2017 12:05 pm
Consumers continue to spend in Northwest Arkansas. The region’s four largest cities reported combined sales tax revenue through December rose 5.9% to $66.072 million. Each of the four cities collected…
by - December 21, 2017 11:30 am
Arkansas’ craft beer industry doubled in size between 2014 and 2016, but a Northwest Arkansas brewer said there is still room to grow, and that momentum could be helped by…
by - December 21, 2017 11:16 am
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority board of directors on Wednesday (Dec. 20) selected WER Architects/Planners of Little Rock to handle the design and planning of the unfinanced second phase…
