by - March 26, 2025 10:33 am
University of Arkansas alumni Stephanie and Kevin Wilcox of Little Rock have given $250,000 to the Land of Opportunity Scholarship Endowment, according to a university news release. “We are immensely…
by - March 25, 2025 10:32 pm
A planned soccer stadium for Ozark United FC in Rogers has grown to include a $250 million to $350 million sports-anchored entertainment district on 36 acres. Located at the intersection…
by - March 25, 2025 10:34 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank will launch its 15th annual Million Meals initiative on April 1. Since its inception in 2011, the initiative has raised more than 25 million meals and collected…
by - March 25, 2025 10:14 am
The number of homes sold and the number of building permits for home construction in Northwest Arkansas indicate a housing market that is growing and going against national trends, according…
by - March 24, 2025 2:40 pm
Remy Cofield, who recently worked as director of scouting for the Boston Celtics and played basketball for the University of Pennsylvania, is the new University of Arkansas deputy athletics director…
by - March 23, 2025 8:01 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, revealed his thoughts on a number of important federal and local issues in a wide-ranging interview on Talk Business & Politics on Sunday (March 23)….
by - March 21, 2025 7:44 pm
Walter Harris, president and CEO of the Heartland Whole Health Institute (HWHI) in Bentonville, announced Friday (March 21) he is retiring. HWHI is a nonprofit founded in 2019 by philanthropist…
by - March 20, 2025 4:16 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, is the chairman of the powerful Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) subcommittee of the House Appropriations panel. In that role, Womack will have tremendous…
by - March 20, 2025 4:03 pm
Mike Malone, the University of Arkansas vice chancellor for economic development and former Northwest Arkansas Council CEO, is taking a new job with Economic Leadership LLC, a North Carolina-based economic…
by - March 20, 2025 2:38 pm
Developers for the more than 120-acre, mixed-use Drake Farms development northwest of Gregg Avenue and Drake Street in Fayetteville have applied for five commercial building permits with a combined value…
by - March 19, 2025 11:41 am
Over the past three decades, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas has created thousands of mentoring relationships between youth (littles) and adults (bigs) in Benton and Washington counties. The…
by - March 19, 2025 11:27 am
John Brown University in Siloam Springs will start offering a civil engineering degree program this fall. The private university will prepare students to meet the rising demand for infrastructure development…
by - March 18, 2025 6:19 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) has amended its original settlement offer to allow Highfill to use $900,000 in sales tax revenue however it’d like. Highfill also approved a settlement offer…
by - March 18, 2025 10:48 am
Eric Howerton and JS Bull have teamed up to launch a new tech startup to help Walmart and its suppliers more easily increase advertising clicks within their retail media networks…
by - March 18, 2025 10:41 am
Technology startup Xtremis, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas, is designing and planning to construct a high-tech campus in southern Washington County to test wireless communications equipment. Samir El-Ghazaly,…
by - March 18, 2025 10:10 am
An entrepreneur at heart, Bruce Dunn “just keeps moving forward” at All Sports Productions, his sports event management company. That’s been his mantra throughout his career. While attending the University…
by - March 18, 2025 9:58 am
Walmart will part ways with buy-now-pay-later provider Affirm by the end of this year, and Swedish-based fintech Klarna will be the exclusive provider to the retailer’s customers for deferred payment…
by - March 17, 2025 7:38 pm
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon and Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner entered into sales agreements to reduce their personal holdings by almost 6.5% and 34%, respectively, of Walmart stock over the…
by - March 17, 2025 7:23 pm
Shelley Simpson, president and CEO of Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., received an 8.33% salary increase in 2024, and her total compensation rose 140.09% to $11.31 million, according to…
by - March 17, 2025 2:23 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Walmart announced Monday (March 17) a collaboration to increase access to nutritious food across Arkansas. The statewide program begins in March….
