Regions

New state law ends some Fort Smith land use rules

Gov. Sarah Sanders on Tuesday (March 18) signed HB 1510 into law as Act 314 which limits how cities can regulate property use near city limits. The new law will…

NYITCOM at A-State to host Match Day on Friday

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) will celebrate “Match Day” for the Class of 2025 on Friday (March 21) at…

Armor Bank names Bryan Wagner Jonesboro market president

Armor Bank announced Wednesday (March 19) that Bryan Wagner will serve as Jonesboro market president. A native of Blytheville, Wagner has more than 15 years of banking experience spanning business…

Fort Smith airport traffic down to begin 2025

Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic in the first two months of 2025 is down 3.1%, driven lower by a more than 11% drop in February numbers. The early trend follows…

Big Brothers Big Sisters to host Walmart CEO at anniversary event

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…

JBU to begin offering civil engineering degree

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…

Attorney Robbi Riggs joins Mitchell Williams law firm

Attorney Robbi Riggs has joined Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC in the business and transactional practice. Riggs has a background in private practice and government service, along with…

Michael Mayton named chair of AMFA Foundation; Warren and Harriet Stephens named director emeritus

The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) announced Michael R. Mayton as chair of the AMFA Foundation. In addition, Larry Middleton, Mary Ritchey, and Miles Stephens join the AMFA Foundation…

UAMS receives $2.5 million for family medicine residency programs in South Arkansas

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will expand its residency programs in south Arkansas thanks to a $2.5 million grant from the Arkansas State Legislature. The state’s PEER…

Lexicon expanding HQ, fabrication operations in Little Rock

Lexicon announced Wednesday (March 19) plans to expand its corporate headquarters and steel fabrication operations in Little Rock. The expansion will create 60 new jobs and represents a capital investment…

F-35 pilot training center cost rises to $1.2 billion, impact up to $1.4 billion

Despite global rumblings about NATO allies and other foreign nations being concerned about using the F-35 fighter, retired Air Force Col. Rob Ator said Tuesday (March 18) the F-35 pilot…

Fort Smith Directors reject budget reallocation plan

The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (March 18) rejected a plan to change the longstanding policy of allocating certain revenue to the city’s general fund which pays for…

Governor signs ACCESS Act at forum touting lithium, economic development

Repeating the notion that she wants to be known as the education governor, Gov. Sarah Sanders signed her higher education overhaul bill into law at an economic forum in Little…

XNA approves new settlement offer, Highfill OKs another

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…

Carole Farmer named to ASU System Board

Gov. Sarah Sanders has appointed Carole Farmer of Fayetteville to a seven-year term on the Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees. Farmer succeeds immediate past board chair Christy Clark…

The Supply Side: Rogers tech startup seeks to better connect online sales to consumers

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…

UA researcher designing Xtremis test site, chamber

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,…

Then & Now: Businessman Bruce Dunn is ‘just getting warmed up’

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…

Walmart to partner with Klarna on buy now pay later

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…

Fort Smith Mayor McGill said ‘our people,’ investments key to growth

Fort Smith Mayor George McGill said Monday (March 17) during his annual State of the City address that the city is seeing economic and cultural growth because of its workforce,…

Tonnage up almost 11% on the Arkansas River through May

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: USA Truck military support, Baptist Health to hold ‘MASH’ events

SGS opens Bentonville product testing lab

University of Arkansas to receive $5 million from state for food science center