by - October 9, 2017 3:50 pm
The reaction to the Sept. 15 announcement by Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon that the company was going to invest in a new home office campus in Bentonville has been…
by - October 9, 2017 3:18 pm
A residential construction boom is in effect in Bella Vista. According to city data, 126 building permits were issued in the first eight months of the year. By comparison, that’s…
by - October 9, 2017 2:50 pm
Comedian and author David Sedaris will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, kicking off the 2017-18 LOL@WAC Series. Sedaris’ works include the bestsellers…
by - October 9, 2017 2:29 pm
AMP Fest, an event that mixes technology demonstrations, beer, music and food, is planned for Saturday (Oct. 14) from 4-9 p.m. at the Walmart AMP in Rogers. Attendees will be…
by - October 9, 2017 9:53 am
Michael Singleton, associate director of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named to the accreditation committee for…
by - October 9, 2017 9:50 am
U.S. households are expected to spend $1,977, or about 2.4% of their income, on gasoline in 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In 2008, households spent $2,715 or…
by - October 8, 2017 8:35 pm
Each weekday at 2:30 p.m., Lisa Hastings looks out the window of her cupcake shop on Second Street in Rogers, and watches the change in downtown. That’s when more than…
by - October 8, 2017 8:27 pm
Students today need to graduate high school with two things: a plan and a skill. That was the key takeaway from Jason Green, vice-president of human resources for Baldor, in…
by - October 8, 2017 4:28 pm
The 2017 Parade of Homes, presented by the Greater Fort Smith Association of Home Builders (GFSAHB), kicked off Thursday night (Oct. 5) with a VIP reception from this year’s Showcase…
by - October 8, 2017 4:12 pm
NASA’s Student Launch program has selected 23 teams to participate in its rocket production and launch event to be held April 4-8, 2018. Held near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center…
by - October 8, 2017 4:04 pm
Denso North America, which has a manufacturing plant in Osceola, Ark., is investing $1 billion in expanding a facility in Tennessee that will add about 1,000 new jobs, including technicians…
by - October 8, 2017 12:23 pm
Sales tax collections in Jonesboro declined in September as compared to the same month in 2016, but overall, Northeast Arkansas’ hub city is still on pace to set an all-time…
by - October 6, 2017 6:10 pm
Lineus Medical’s SafeBreak Vascular product has been chosen by the nonprofit foundation New England Pediatrics Device Consortium for a $50,000 grant to fund the development of solutions to the issue…
by - October 6, 2017 5:54 pm
Wal-Mart Stores is making a tender offer to purchase certain outstanding debt securities issued by the retail giant to reduce the company’s interest expense. The $8.5 billion tender offer was…
by - October 6, 2017 2:21 pm
CARTI CEO Adam Head announced Friday (Oct. 6) two new members of its senior management team. Patti Moser has joined the cancer care nonprofit as vice president of medical oncology,…
by - October 6, 2017 1:37 pm
U.S. Senator John Boozman, R-Rogers, and Congressman Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, announced Friday (Oct. 6) that the Departee Creek Watershed Improvement District and…
by - October 6, 2017 11:40 am
Mike Maulden, director of business and economic development for Entergy Arkansas, will retire at the end of January after working 34 years for the company, CEO Rick Riley said. “It…
by - October 6, 2017 11:08 am
A new service from Grandslam Performance Associates (GPA) in Fayetteville looks to harness talent from a growing population of displaced workers, retired executives, military veterans, interns, recent graduates and freelancers…
by - October 6, 2017 9:23 am
Bentonville will host the 2017 Outdoor Blogger Summit Oct. 27-29, according to the city’s tourism bureau, Visit Bentonville. The annual event was founded in 2015 and is designed to help…
by - October 6, 2017 5:56 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors and Sebastian County Quorum Court will soon consider the possibility of expanding Parrot Island Waterpark facilities with a two-slide expansion at a cost of…
