by - April 7, 2025 10:00 am
Barbell Gyms of NWA
A Siloam Springs gym was selling all of its weightlifting equipment, and Bobby Bittle saw an opportunity. For more than three years, Bentonville had been without a gym where heavy…
Regions
by - April 7, 2025 9:30 am
Water for Good
About 713 million people globally don’t have access to reliable water, or about one in 12 people on Earth. That number balloons to one in four when the number of…
by - April 7, 2025 9:00 am
Northwest Arkansas Food Bank
June Self recognized that hunger was an issue in Northwest Arkansas. In 1988, she founded what would become the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank. After researching how to start, operate, and…
by - April 7, 2025 8:30 am
Havenwood
Many single mothers and their children were struggling in the Bentonville area in the early 1990s. They had trouble finding safe and stable housing. A group of people came together…
by - April 7, 2025 8:00 am
7hills
On any given night in Northwest Arkansas, there are approximately 900 individuals experiencing homelessness. Homelessness can range from couch surfing to staying in a temporary place like an emergency shelter…
by - April 6, 2025 4:24 pm
Downtown Fort Smith tourism mural could be ready by summer
As the Fort Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) settles into its newly renovated and fully functional office space at 524 Garrison Avenue, work continues on the portions that will…
by - April 6, 2025 9:00 am
Presenting the 2025 Northwest Arkansas Outstanding Business Award finalists
As we enter the second quarter of 2025, it’s time to recognize some outstanding businesses in our community through our annual Northwest Arkansas Outstanding Business Awards, presented by Arvest Bank….
by - April 4, 2025 10:19 am
Home sales down 1.5% in the Fort Smith metro
The Fort Smith metro home sales market is off to a slow start, with total sales down 1.5% in the first two months of 2025 compared with the same period…
by - April 4, 2025 9:53 am
George family gives $1 million to Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Robin and Gary George and family have donated $1 million toward Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s historic expansion project. The investment will enhance subspecialty care access for children across the region. For…
by - April 3, 2025 7:52 pm
Johnson family to establish $1 million scholarship endowment at Hendrix College
Jeff and Katherine Arnold Johnson have given a $1 million gift to Hendrix College to create an endowed scholarship fund in support of future generations of students. This gift is…
by - April 3, 2025 4:00 pm
Demolition of former Citizens Bank building completed
The former Citizens Bank building in downtown Jonesboro has been demolished. Nabholz Construction, the company hired by the city to do the demolition, has filed a project closure form with…
by - April 3, 2025 3:26 pm
NWA planning commission wants feedback on area transportation plan
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission is seeking feedback for the region’s long-range transportation plan, Forward2050. The plan will provide a policy framework for the region’s transportation system over the…
by - April 3, 2025 3:20 pm
Fort Smith parks director frustrated with vandalism
Fort Smith Parks and Recreation officials have a message for Fort Smith citizens and visitors to the city’s parks: They are just as disappointed as park users about the graffiti…
by - April 3, 2025 12:44 pm
Fort Smith consent decree report notes actions taken, money shortage
The City of Fort Smith in 2024 completed two major sewer basin projects, cleaned 32,971 linear feet of sewer system lines, and finished assessment of 456.7 miles of sewer system…
by - April 3, 2025 11:48 am
Then & Now: Hudson helped pave way for woman justices
In May 2010, Courtney Hudson became the first woman elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court in a contested race. Now, four of the seven justices are women. In fact, women…
by - April 3, 2025 11:25 am
The Supply Side: Crisp acquires Shelf Engine, plans to further reduce food waste
Retail data solutions provider Crisp has acquired Seattle-based Shelf Engine, an artificial intelligence (AI) provider for retailers and the fresh food supply chain. Terms of the deal were not disclosed….
by - April 3, 2025 9:30 am
Ritter Communications
The COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, and many holes in systems throughout society were exposed. One in Arkansas and in surrounding states was the lack of high-speed internet in many…
by - April 3, 2025 9:00 am
FNBC
When FNBC President Chad Hudson applied for his first full-time job in the banking industry, he had an unplanned advantage. The bank was looking to hire a loan officer who…
by - April 3, 2025 8:30 am
Engines Inc.
Cameron Wofford cleaned the offices and bathrooms at his family-owned business, Engines Inc., was in high school. Years later he worked his way into the parts department and continued to…
by - April 3, 2025 8:00 am
Coldwell Banker Village Communities
It was 1966 and Carroll Caldwell needed a job. Developer John Cooper was building the first retirement community in the United States, a town called Cherokee Village that spanned into…