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Jonesboro-based Ritter Communications said Wednesday (April 21) the company is investing $28 million to bring 100% fiber internet services and advanced cloud solutions to business customers in Springdale, Lowell, Fayetteville,…
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Fayetteville-based Priority Bank has the best return on assets (ROA) of the 29 privately-owned banks doing business in Northwest Arkansas. That’s according to an annual list compiled by the Northwest…
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The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved an ordinance Tuesday night (April 20) that removes the city from the responsibility of setting taxicab rates, along with a resolution to build…
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Fayetteville-based robotics startup MORE Technologies recently sold its technology assets and patent to Boulder, Colo.-based Sphero. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sphero makes programmable robots and educational…
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Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District commissioners voted Tuesday (April 20) to set a cap of 10 mils on a possible property assessment in the CBID – primarily in downtown…
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Bitter, unseasonably cold weather is projected to spread across the state late Tuesday (April 20) into Wednesday and farmers in the midst of early planting are keeping a wary eye….
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Fayetteville-based White River Bancshares Co., the holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas, reported Monday (April 19) net income rose 109.1% to $1.55 million, or $1.60 per diluted share, in…
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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been ranked No. 7 nationally on an annual list of Best Employers for Diversity created by Forbes magazine, it was announced…
by - April 20, 2021 10:12 am
Leslye Shellam, the daughter of Linda Blaine Flake and L. Dickson Flake, made a $100,000 donation to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to create an endowed scholarship in…
by - April 20, 2021 10:11 am
Micah Beard has been named Regional President of the North Central Arkansas Market for Batesville-based Citizens Bank. In his role, Beard will be responsible for the North Central Region and…
by - April 20, 2021 8:04 am
The Walton Family Foundation in Bentonville has its first diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) coordinator. According to a Tuesday (April 20) news release, Tanya M. Odom will serve as the…
by - April 19, 2021 3:46 pm
Springdale-based nonprofit Northwest Arkansas Council has announced the creation of a quarterly speaker series that will provide organizations, companies and people with a platform to share news, events and other…
by - April 19, 2021 12:12 pm
Four University of Arkansas at Fort Smith associations will work together to bring the Asian American and Pacific Islander Festival to UAFS students from 4:15 to 7 p.m., April 21…
by - April 19, 2021 11:59 am
Tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River during the first quarter of 2021 is down 1% compared with the same quarter of 2020, but port operator Marty Shell says barge demand…
by - April 19, 2021 8:37 am
In March, the University of Arkansas System board of trustees approved an $85 million project in Northwest Arkansas proposed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). A 185,000-square-foot…
by - April 19, 2021 7:29 am
The Arkansas Community Foundation, in partnership with the Arkansas Black Philanthropy Collaborative (ABPC), has opened applications for Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits to apply to the Building Black Communities Fund. The…
by - April 19, 2021 6:45 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $2.7 million gift from the estate of Eleanor Karam to support Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Founded in…
by - April 18, 2021 7:04 pm
Omnichannel retail agency Harvest Group in Rogers has acquired a competing firm in Rogers, TreeHouse Sales & Solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed. Paul Olinger, a Walmart and Sam’s Club…
by - April 17, 2021 9:53 am
The COVID-19 pandemic put enormous pressure on the retail supply chain, and the impact is still being felt at Walmart and other big retailers. That’s according to a report from…
by - April 17, 2021 9:02 am
The new Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center in Poinsett County is getting a $2 million boost from Greenway Equipment. Greenway executives John Conner, Jr., Chairman; Marshall Stewart, Chief Executive…
