by - December 22, 2012 10:55 am
The Fayetteville-based Bassett Law Firm announced that Joel I. Farthing, Amanda R. Moore, and K.C. Dupps Tucker are new partners with the firm. Farthing’s practice areas include complex tort and…
by - December 20, 2012 3:55 pm
Employees of Gerdau’s North American special steel producing mill in Fort Smith have purchased $7,500 in Christmas gifts for area children less fortunate. The gifts were purchased with the money…
by - December 20, 2012 12:55 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named Karen Roberts general counsel to replace Jeff Gearhart, who will take on new duties related to the company’s global compliance efforts following allegations of bribery in…
by - December 19, 2012 4:11 pm
The Fort Smith Fire Department will host three special ceremonies over the next few days, and the public is invited to attend. The first event will be a promotion ceremony…
by - December 19, 2012 3:55 pm
Sandra Moore has been named the assistant bank branch manager for the Arvest location on Zero Street. She has been with Arvest for more than three years and previously served…
by - December 18, 2012 11:46 pm
Barry Callebaut acquires chocolate division from Petra Foods Barry Callebaut, a major chocolate supplier to Nestle and Hershey agreed to by Petra Foods cocoa operation for $950 million. The Petra…
by - December 18, 2012 2:04 pm
Wal-Mart and Springdale city officials confirmed Tuesday (Dec. 18) plans to build a new supercenter near Interstate 540 and Elm Springs Road bringing an estimated 300 new jobs to the…
by - December 17, 2012 11:41 pm
Arvest Bank will break ground for its newest location in Fayetteville on Thursday (Dec. 20). The new bank branch is located at southwest corner of College Avenue and Township Boulevard….
by - December 17, 2012 6:49 pm
Cox Communications experienced a weekend email outage for all Arkansas customers who use the cox.net email platform, according to Kelly Zega, a public affairs representative for the company. The outage…
by - December 14, 2012 10:32 am
The Jones Trust launched an endowment campaign Friday (Dec. 14) with news of $20 million in contributions from the Walton Family Foundation and Care Foundation, a fund of Endeavor Foundation….
by - December 13, 2012 9:29 pm
Springdale-based Harps Food and Smart Chicken will donate approximately 8,600 pounds of chicken to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank on Tuesday (Dec. 18). This donation marks ten years of giving…
by - December 13, 2012 11:43 am
Finalists from Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas have qualified as finalists for the 2013 Henry Awards. The 2013 Henry Awards winners will be revealed at the 39th Annual Arkansas Governor’s…
by - December 13, 2012 11:33 am
Greg Phillips, a 15-year veteran of the Main Street Arkansas downtown development program, has been named the new director of Main Street Arkansas, according to Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Director…
by - December 13, 2012 10:47 am
Dr. Joel Funk, assistant professor of biology has been awarded an Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence grant to fund his research program on bacteria for the next two…
by - December 12, 2012 4:41 pm
Fort Smith has been named the number one “True Western Town” by True West Magazine for the year 2013. This is the eighth year that the 60-year-old monthly publication has…
by - December 12, 2012 2:49 pm
The Arkansas Tech University Career Center has been honored by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), which named the technical center for high school students one of its “most improved…
by - December 12, 2012 11:41 am
Competitive pressures and a perceived customer demand have prompted Dollar General to add cigarettes and other tobacco products to the majority of its 10,000 U.S. stores by the middle of…
by - December 12, 2012 11:05 am
Graduating seniors in the College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith continue to demonstrate a high level of student performance and success by scoring in the…
by - December 11, 2012 5:22 pm
A community service project of Bentonville Noon Rotary Club and Nunnally Chevrolet, “Wraps for Packs,” is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, (Dec. 14-15) at the Bentonville auto dealership on Moberly…
by - December 11, 2012 10:01 am
Heather Marie Wells, education technology coordinator for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, was recently elected as a director of the Southeast Museums Conference (SEMC). She will serve a three-year…
