by - March 13, 2014 6:32 pm
Arkansas medical marijuana advocate thinks measure is a ‘shoe in’
While the race between Tom Cotton and Mark Pryor for the U.S. Senate is getting a lot of attention, at least one other race is bound to create a buzz….
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by - March 13, 2014 5:44 pm
NWA mayors talk leadership, opportunities and growing pains
Pizza, Mexican food and a snoring wife are what keeps local mayors up at night. At least those were the comical responses to the first question asked of four Northwest…
by - March 13, 2014 5:14 pm
Tyson Foods names new president for its Mexican business unit
Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. announced the promotion of Rick Thomason to president and general manager of Tyson de Mexico, the company’s oldest international business. In his new role, Thomason will…
by - March 13, 2014 4:30 pm
Rick Thomason Named President, GM of Tyson de Mexico
Thomason joined Tysons corporate cost accounting group in 1991 and has held many different positions within the finance and accounting group during his career.
by - March 13, 2014 4:07 pm
Beebe’s institutional memory, experience may be hard to replace
During his eight years as Arkansas’ chief executive, Mike Beebe has seen his party lose ground time and again. Five out of the six members of the Arkansas congressional delegation…
by - March 13, 2014 1:44 pm
Mike Malone named to Arvest Bank in Fayetteville board of directors
Arvest Bank in Fayetteville is pleased to announce that Mike Malone, the President and CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Council, has joined the bank’s board of directors. Established in 1990,…
by - March 13, 2014 1:40 pm
Mike Malone Joins Arvest Board of Directors
Arvest Bank of Fayetteville announced Thursday that Mike Malone, president and CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Council, has joined the banks board of directors.
by - March 13, 2014 1:28 pm
Retail sales rebound in February
American shoppers powered through the winter weather lifting retail sales in February. The gains were only fractional compared to January, but up 2.3% from a year ago, according to the…
by - March 13, 2014 10:45 am
Mercy breaks ground on $3 million clinic in Centerton
Mercy Northwest broke ground Thursday (March 13) in Centerton on a new 7,351-square-foot clinic. The site is located on 6.2 acres of commercial frontage property on Highway 102 at 1225…
by - March 13, 2014 10:30 am
Brandy Cox named new head of UA Alumni Association
Brandy Cox, a University of Arkansas graduate who grew up in Hot Springs Village, has been named associate vice chancellor for alumni and executive director of the Arkansas Alumni Association…
by - March 13, 2014 9:47 am
Mercy Breaks Ground On $3M Centerton Clinic
Mercy Northwest Arkansas began construction Thursday on a new, 7,351-SF multispecialty medical clinic in Centerton.
by - March 13, 2014 6:21 am
Regional and statewide foreclosure activity slows in February
Foreclosures continue to be a smaller part of the local housing markets of Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro area. Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac reports just 398 foreclosure filings across…
by - March 12, 2014 11:21 pm
IRI finds health-conscious products dominate new launches
Good-for-you products once again dominated the most successful consumer packaged goods (CPG) launches last year, according to the 2013 New Product Pacesetters report from IRI Worldwide. The consumer marketing firm…
by - March 12, 2014 8:50 pm
Governor’s Cup seeding entrepreneurial spirit in Arkansas
Even though the economy has been slow to recover since the start of the Great Recession in 2008, it has not stopped Arkansas’ budding entrepreneurs from not only having dreams…
by - March 12, 2014 7:58 pm
Spring could bring spike in stormy weather in Arkansas
Much of Arkansas is in the area of “greatest risk” for severe weather that may include a spike in tornadoes and damaging thunderstorms and is expected to begin in early…
by - March 12, 2014 6:56 pm
Analyst cuts J.B. Hunt guidance on weather disruptions
Mother Nature has not been kind this winter to many business sectors from retail to airlines, and certainty not trucking and logistics firms who lose money every day trucks and…
by - March 12, 2014 5:57 pm
U.S. Marshals Museum opening delayed to 2017
The U.S. Marshals Museum, a more than $50 million museum to be built along the banks of the Arkansas River, will still have a September groundbreaking, but the opening of…
by - March 12, 2014 5:30 pm
Tyson CEO expects soaring meat prices, record profits
Tyson Foods CEO Donnie Smith took a seat on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” segment Wednesday (March 12) to discuss food inflation and any potential impact on the meat giant’s profits going…
by - March 12, 2014 4:58 pm
NWA, Fort Smith Realtors mixed on the benefits of Zillow and Trulia
Real estate is a local business, but two global marketers Trulia and Zillow have been hard at it transforming aggregated local data into booming businesses and brands of their own….
by - March 12, 2014 4:49 pm
Sparks and Summit CEO Resigns
Charles Stewart, announced as CEO of Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Summit Medical Center in Van Buren last September, has resigned.