by - March 12, 2024 6:03 am
Bentonville holding company Runway Group announced on Tuesday (March 12) that co-founder Tom Walton would assume the role of CEO. Chris Seay, the former chief executive since the fall of…
by - March 11, 2024 6:05 pm
Tyson Foods is closing a pork plant in Perry, Iowa. The Springdale-based meat giant is eliminating 1,200 jobs, with the closure slated for June 28. The plant slaughters about 9,000…
by - March 11, 2024 5:12 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest is the presenting sponsor of the newly formed Fort Smith Marshals baseball team. No terms were disclosed on the sponsorship amount, which will cover the 2024 and…
by - March 11, 2024 4:00 pm
Capitol lobbyist Susanna Watt has founded a new government relations and lobbying firm, Anchor Strategies, which will be located in Little Rock. The firm is a woman- and veteran-owned and…
by - March 11, 2024 3:03 pm
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at Arkansas State University will offer several opportunities in March for small business owners to learn about growing a business. Summits…
by - March 11, 2024 2:24 pm
Beaty Capital Group Inc., a family-owned investment company based in Rogers, is proposing a 16-story, 207-room hotel and entertainment project in the Pinnacle Hills area of Rogers. According to a…
by - March 11, 2024 2:02 pm
“Significant” federal funding has been approved for work in the ongoing effort to establish a foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith, but more will be needed for the estimated…
by - March 11, 2024 11:27 am
Sara Deuster is officially the director of parks and recreation for the city of Fort Smith, having served as the interim director for more than eight months. Her initial challenges,…
by - March 11, 2024 11:04 am
Springdale-based Tyson Foods issued $1.5 billion in new debt with $600 million of senior notes due 2029 and $900 million in longer-term debt due 2034. Tyson said it will use…
by - March 11, 2024 10:21 am
Destinations Aviation of Tulsa has opened a flight training center at 2 Executive Hangar Road at the Rogers Executive Airport. The owner says it is Arkansas’ only flight training center for…
by - March 10, 2024 3:57 pm
Raphael LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from Jan. 15 to Feb. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company spent…
by - March 10, 2024 3:26 pm
John Davis, president of First Security Bank North Little Rock since 2013, has announced his retirement, effective at the end of March. Though he spent a total of 42 years…
by - March 10, 2024 10:41 am
Located in Bentonville, Product Connections is a stone’s throw from Walmart’s new corporate campus, which is under construction. There, the full-service marketing firm uses technology to create in-store promotions, demo…
by - March 10, 2024 8:37 am
A joint venture between Springdale’s George family and Springdale business owner Joe Ehrhardt is partnering on a 47,900-square-foot Class A office building on the city’s west side. According to planning…
by - March 8, 2024 4:15 pm
Recent federal wage data from the third quarter of 2023 shows Benton County’s average weekly wage at $1,310, the highest among Arkansas’ 75 counties. Pulaski County is second with $1,146,…
by - March 8, 2024 12:45 pm
Blue Crane, the Bentonville developer, has completed a real estate acquisition for approximately 54 acres in Bella Vista in three separate deals totaling $33.9 million, laying the groundwork for future…
by - March 8, 2024 11:18 am
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. posted a loss and revenue decrease in the third quarter of fiscal 2024 amid lower sales and higher vehicle prices. Before the markets opened Friday (March…
by - March 8, 2024 9:30 am
Walmart announced Thursday (March 7) plans to build and operate a milk processing plant in Robinson, Texas, a small community south of Waco. The $350 million facility will employ about…
by - March 7, 2024 3:55 pm
A proposed change in the number of ArcBest shareholder votes required to approve a sale or merger is giving life to previous conjecture that the Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics…
by - March 7, 2024 3:34 pm
Developers broke ground Thursday (March 7) in downtown Springdale on a $17 million real estate project to address housing affordability. Big Emma is a 77-unit mixed-income apartment development near the…
