by - September 16, 2024 4:52 pm
Chris Hoover has had a lead role in helping the City of Fort Smith receive grants for the city’s fire department, climate and pollution control, and infrastructure needed for the…
by - September 16, 2024 4:06 pm
Walmart’s Marketplace business helped the Bentonville-based retail behemoth cross $100 billion in online sales last year. That was a milestone, but Walmart is doubling down with its bet that the…
by - September 16, 2024 12:39 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. will be the first company to participate in a program to test a new truck that runs on renewable natural gas. According to J.B….
by - September 16, 2024 9:12 am
The McMillon Innovation Studio, the University of Arkansas’ innovation hub, has doubled its footprint to nearly 2,500 square feet after expanding into the seventh floor of the Harmon Avenue Parking…
by - September 16, 2024 9:00 am
Humans and machines were both in motion at the Phillips Corporation showroom in Little Rock Sept. 12-13. The showroom hosted a two-day Haas Automation “Don’t Fear Automation” Demo Days event…
by - September 15, 2024 3:28 pm
Kathleen McLaughlin, president of the Walmart Foundation for the past decade, will be chair of the Walmart Foundation Board of Directors and will continue as chief sustainability officer at Walmart….
by - September 13, 2024 10:59 am
Rogers-based Harvest Group, a national integrated commerce agency, recently partnered with Seattle-based Stackline, a retail intelligence and software company. According to a news release, the collaboration gives Harvest Group access…
by - September 13, 2024 10:56 am
The Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses, a nonprofit seeking to bridge the gap between Arkansas and Asian businesses, will host its second annual Global Talent of Arkansas Forum on Sept….
by - September 13, 2024 5:09 am
Colliers | Arkansas has hired TJ Johnston as vice president of the Conway market. His position marks the firm’s official expansion to the Faulkner County area. A University of Central…
by - September 12, 2024 3:15 pm
The Northwest Arkansas real estate market experienced strong home sales and low vacancy rates in multifamily and commercial properties in the first half of 2024, according to Arvest Bank’s new…
by - September 12, 2024 2:13 pm
For Hog fans in Arkansas yet unfamiliar with two of the state’s largest publicly-held companies, good news. The logos of Bentonville-based Walmart and Springdale-based Tyson Foods will be on the…
by - September 12, 2024 1:59 pm
Lyon College has received a $1.953 million Title III Strengthening Institutions grant from the U.S. Department of Education to launch the Thriving Scot Program. The five-year initiative aims to support…
by - September 12, 2024 1:59 pm
A $6 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit related to the 2021 death of Larry Price Jr., in the Sebastian County Jail. As expected, the settlement will cost…
by - September 12, 2024 1:52 pm
The Arkansas Delta Women’s Leadership Academy (ADWLA) had a successful first year of the program, with 25 participants in its inaugural class and now nominations are being sought for the…
by - September 12, 2024 11:13 am
The Fort Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is renovating the new Fort Smith Visitors Center at 524 Garrison Ave., for an opening later this year and needs local photos…
by - September 12, 2024 10:49 am
Fayetteville School District is the new owner of 19.72 acres east of North College Avenue in separate deals with a combined value of $4.05 million. The purchase price equals $205,547…
by - September 12, 2024 10:45 am
Fayetteville nonprofit Nelms Dyslexia Center recently opened in a 10,500-square-foot building that was formerly a guitar store. The center provides dyslexia assessments, reading therapy, teacher training and information for families….
by - September 12, 2024 10:22 am
Arkansas is at the bottom of the barrel for Medicaid, commercial insurance, and self-insured employer reimbursement rates paid to healthcare providers, according to Larry Shackelford, CEO of Washington Regional Medical…
by - September 11, 2024 5:09 pm
It was the early 2000s, and it seemed like every other person in Northwest Arkansas with a hammer and a tape measure was a home builder. “Teachers, lawyers, doctors, everybody…
by - September 11, 2024 4:56 pm
The Benton County and Washington County affiliates for Habitat for Humanity have merged to become Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Arkansas, according to a Tuesday (Sept. 10) news release. The…
