by - April 16, 2025 4:01 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools new superintendent will begin earlier than expected. The FSPS Board of Education voted during a special called meeting Tuesday (April 15) to name Martin Mahan as…
by - April 16, 2025 3:26 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville have received accreditation to establish neurology and emergency medicine residency programs in Northwest Arkansas through…
by - April 16, 2025 1:11 pm
Trustees at Williams Baptist University have approved a new strategic plan for the institution and adopted WBU’s next fiscal year budget. The board approved a $19.5 million budget for the…
by - April 16, 2025 11:18 am
All three measures on the May 13 special sales tax election for the City of Fort Smith must pass in order for the city to fulfill consent decree requirements with…
by - April 15, 2025 8:23 pm
Immerse Arkansas received a $600,000 matching gift fund in support of the organization’s goal to build a pathway to healing for youth from crisis in the state. “We’re thrilled to…
by - April 15, 2025 7:44 pm
Central Arkansas will be home to another major investment from online retail giant Amazon, local economic officials revealed Tuesday (April 15). Early Tuesday, Little Rock Port Authority officials approved a…
by - April 15, 2025 6:36 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. posted declines in earnings and revenue in the first quarter but narrowly beat analyst expectations of larger declines. After-hours trading showed the company’s…
by - April 15, 2025 3:02 pm
While it has had a decline in employment from the days when it was Baldor’s corporate headquarters, the ABB operation in Fort Smith remains the global base of the company’s…
by - April 15, 2025 1:35 pm
First Community Bank has hired Cassandra Huff as vice president, commercial loan officer in the dealer direct program. In her new role, Huff will be responsible for lending and managing…
by - April 15, 2025 1:21 pm
Fayetteville-based White River Bancshares Co., the holding company for Signature Bank of Arkansas, posted a 416.4% earnings increase in the first quarter as loan growth contributed to a rise in…
by - April 15, 2025 1:04 pm
Heavy rain and storms from April 2-5 resulted in at least $78.93 million in crop-related flood damage in Arkansas, with most of the total in the eastern part of the…
by - April 15, 2025 11:20 am
University of Arkansas alumnus Jim von Gremp and his wife, Susan, recently contributed $100,000 to the Land of Opportunity Scholarship campaign. The gift establishes the Jim and Susan von Gremp…
by - April 15, 2025 11:16 am
The Arkansas Department of Higher Education awarded $750,000 to the University of Arkansas to help increase the number of data science certificates and degrees throughout the state. Karl Schubert, managing…
by - April 14, 2025 4:26 pm
Sebastian County Sheriff Hobe Runion is not running for reelection, and is instead endorsing Chief Deputy John Miller in the March 2026 election. Assistant Jail Administrator Wyatt McIntyre recently announced…
by - April 14, 2025 1:15 pm
A Fort Smith institution is looking to change hands. The owner of Irish Maid Donuts posted April 7 on social media that she is ready to sell the business that…
by - April 14, 2025 1:08 pm
Construction on the most expensive public works project in the history of the city of Jonesboro has started. Ground was broken Friday (April 11) on the $77 million multisport complex…
by - April 14, 2025 1:01 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Monday (April 14) named Dr. Tansel Karabacak as dean of the Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (DCSTEM), effective July…
by - April 14, 2025 11:46 am
Craig Rivaldo, regional executive for Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank, will retire later this year after 37 years with the bank, the bank announced Monday (April 14). His retirement results in executive…
by - April 14, 2025 11:03 am
Despite initial optimism, consumers polled by McKinsey & Company indicate they plan to spend less on discretionary categories like clothes and shoes over the next three months. Only 14% said…
by - April 14, 2025 10:58 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College Board of Trustees recently approved a campus master plan as a guide for the next five to 20 years of growth and expansion for its Bentonville…
