by - October 8, 2015 10:02 am
Fall Colors Tree Talk & Tour
BGO’s experienced horticulturist Gerald Klingaman will give an educational tree talk and tour of the Garden during the peak season for fall color. $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers….
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by - October 8, 2015 9:51 am
Stone Balancing Class
All ages are encouraged to attend this demonstration and participate in the hands-on stone balancing activities. $10 for BGO members and $15 for non-members. Children are free. Botanical Garden of…
by - October 8, 2015 9:49 am
Festive Fall Arrangements Class
The team from Rose of Sharon Floral Designs will guide you in creating a fresh floral arrangement in a pumpkin. All materials and tools will be provided. Each participant will…
by - October 8, 2015 9:47 am
Yoga in the Garden
Free adult yoga classes on the Great Lawn at BGO. Bring yourself, your family, friends, and a yoga mat. This is a free event. Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, 4703…
by - October 8, 2015 9:40 am
Children’s Emergency Shelter Donation Drive
Harry's Restaurant (formerly Harry's Hamburger Bar) will be hosting an item drive in support of the Children's Emergency Shelter on Saturday, October 17, 2015 from 10 am – 2 pm….
by - October 8, 2015 9:32 am
Arkansas WTC Builds Trade Partnership with Nigeria
The World Trade Center Arkansas and the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce signed a series of agreements.
by - October 8, 2015 8:28 am
Fewer Northwest Arkansas homeowners underwater amid rising prices
It wasn’t that long ago when a third of Northwest Arkansas homeowners were chained to mortgages valued well above what their homes were worth. But prices have rebounded in Benton…
by - October 8, 2015 8:14 am
The Video Wire: Laser tag, toilet paper, boats and Bama
This week’s The Video Wire delivers news about a merger of two Arkansas media companies, playing laser tag inside Walmart (pew pew pew!) and a less than accurate report about…
by - October 8, 2015 8:00 am
Organist Gail Archer Performs Free Concert
Gail Archer is a Grammy-nominated, international concert organist, recording artist, choral conductor and lecturer. Lucid Culture proclaimed, "Like the composers she chooses, Archer's playing spans the range of human emotions—with Bach, there’s…
by - October 8, 2015 5:37 am
Startup Talk: Most Americans Say Digital Revolution Has Improved Their Lives
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
by - October 7, 2015 10:04 pm
Walmart Canada tests online pickup lockers at 7-Eleven
Walmart Canada and 7-Eleven Canada are joining forces to do an e-commerce pilot delivery project in the Toronto area, according to Canadian media. The retail giant will place its delivery…
by - October 7, 2015 7:56 pm
ERC to build a new office park in Rogers, moving company from Fort Smith
Fort Smith-based ERC is a step closer to becoming a Northwest Arkansas-based firm. The company is building a new 5,772-square-foot office building in Rogers that will be the new headquarters…
by - October 7, 2015 7:08 pm
UA filmmaker Larry Foley set to release ‘The First Boys of Spring’
Larry Foley, the filmmaker and University of Arkansas professor known for documentaries about unique aspects of Arkansas, is set to premiere “The First Boys of Spring” on Oct. 10 at…
by - October 7, 2015 6:41 pm
Grants to help UAFS provide training for in-demand jobs
Two workforce development grants totaling more than $110,000 from the Governor’s Workforce Cabinet to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith are to fund programs designed to create career paths…
by - October 7, 2015 6:22 pm
Great Value Colleges notes value of UAFS nursing programs
Great Value Colleges recently named the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith the third-best affordable school for the RN to BSN (nursing) online degree program in the United States. …
by - October 7, 2015 6:17 pm
Coffee teaches branding – again
All I really need to know about branding I learned in a cup of coffee. In the beginning, coffee arrived on our shores in unwieldy, roughly marked burlap sacks stacked…
by - October 7, 2015 5:45 pm
Wall Street waits out personnel, policy changes at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., one of the most widely held public companies in the world, has been placed on sale by Wall Street in recent months. Management restructuring, significant investments in…
by - October 7, 2015 5:31 pm
EPA Chief Tours Little Rock’s Creative Corridor, Defends Clean Power Plan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on Wednesday (Oct. 7) defiantly shook off criticism that the final rules for the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan have been purposely delayed,…
by - October 7, 2015 5:00 pm
Wall Street Waits Out Personnel, Policy Changes At Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., one of the most widely held public companies in the world, has been placed on sale by Wall Street in recent months. Management restructuring, significant investments in…
by - October 7, 2015 4:56 pm
Jonesboro Chamber Workforce Development Group Hears About Sales Tax Proposal
The community that invests in workforce development can and will be successful, the chamber’s president said Tuesday. Mark Young spoke to the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce Workforce Development about…