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Simmons Severances

Simmons First National Bank, which recently bought Metropolitan National Bank for $56 million, has started culling the staff at MNB locations across Northwest Arkansas.

Bankruptcy Deal

A commercial asset in the Metro South addition of Rogers was sold out of bankruptcy in a settlement deal worth $5.6 million.

Kudos on downtown support

It’s no secret that numerous changes in residential, commercial and traffic patterns during the past several decades have resulted in the decay – if not abandonment – of thousands of…

The UA 4th in SEC drug arrests

The above is not a headline that parents of college students at the state’s flagship campus like to see, but as always, “the devil is in the details.” Yes, while…

NWA Mercy Foundation hosts 20th Anniversary Charity Ball

Despite icy road conditions in Northwest Arkansas, more than 1,000 guests attended Mercy Health Foundation’s 20th annual charity ball, O’Night Divine, Saturday (Dec. 7). The gala is the foundation’s signature…

Icy weather didn’t stop the A&M Christmas Train

Around 2,000 people from all over the region braved icy roads and bone-chilling temperatures Saturday (Dec. 7) to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus aboard the 10th annual Children’s Christmas Train….

Razorback sports’ programs rank 12th in Learfield Sports program

The University of Arkansas is ranked first in the Southeastern Conference and 12th in the nation in the initial 2013-14 Learfield Sports Directors Cup standings released this week by the…

Northwest Arkansas jobless rate down in October

The Northwest Arkansas jobless rate in October was 5.1%, down compared to September, but an estimated increase in the number of unemployed pushed the rate higher than the 5% in…

Chambers Bank Files to Merge Decatur State Bank

The merger will complete a series of transactions that began in the fourth quarter of 2012 when Chambers Bank bought the bank.

The Friday Wire: Office space and ‘Oh Baby’

Badgered Wal-Mart Board members, concerns about consumer confidence, and more notes on a U.S. manufacturing renaissance are part of the Northwest Arkansas Friday Wire for Dec. 6. NOTES & ANALYSIS…

First Security Bank Names New NWA Market President

Adam Rutledge has replaced Jim Taylor, who has taken a job as senior vice president of the banks holding company, First Security Bancorp, in Little Rock.

Admiral Moving Services Receives Million Dollar Club Award

The full-service agent for Mayflower Transit LLC was honored as a top revenue producer in 2012.

Hoping for another Rockwell

In this space in September we encouraged, no, we begged, Alice Walton, the Wal-Mart heiress and the signature/dreamer builder/financier of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, to please purchase…

The Supply Side: ARROWSigns awaits national Walmart rollout

They say necessity is the mother of invention and that’s certainly the case for ARROWSigns founder Rhonda Pieracci. The southern California entrepreneur has invested more than two years into developing…

Jingle Bell Jog 5K & Reindeer Relays

Downtowns new part of Northwest Arkansas Council strategy

A move announced Wednesday (Dec. 4) by the Northwest Arkansas Council is geared to build upon the past several years of renewed interest in developing downtown areas in Northwest Arkansas….

Agri-mom finds success in the baby food business

As a fifth generation Arkansas family farmer, Fran Free set off to the University of Arkansas to study agriculture so she could learn the latest innovation to keep the farm…

Snow Village & Christmas Train

The largest Snow Village and Trains Exhibit in the South takes you back to the 1930´s through the 1950´s landscape of small town Americana. The village is comprised of Department…

Sather Leaving for Des Moines CBS Affiliate

Brian Sather had been the president and general manager of KHBS/KHOG-TV, Channels 40/29, since 2010.

Report: Walmart Footing Legal Fees For More Than 30 in Bribery Probe

An anti-corruption lawyer says the numbers suggest the U.S. Department of Justice is digging deep in its investigation.

Escobar named VP at Stone Bank

Arkansas Community Foundation board selects Smiley, Ronnel to lead

Brent Morgan to lead Central Arkansas region for Farmers & Merchants Bank

Franklin, Logan County courthouses receive state preservation funds