by - May 2, 2026 4:36 pm
Following are recent news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. PRADCO and Bass Pro Birmingham, Ala.-based PRADCO Fishing, which has a major fishing division in Fort Smith, has launched…
by - May 2, 2026 7:22 am
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on behalf of Walmart Spark drivers in 11 states, recently settled with the retail giant for more than $100 million. “While Arkansas was not part of…
by - May 1, 2026 9:37 pm
Tontitown-based carrier PAMT Corp. posted a net loss and a revenue decline in the first quarter of 2026. Before the markets closed Friday (May 1), PAMT reported a loss of…
by - May 1, 2026 3:35 pm
Fayetteville-based Washington Regional Medical System said Friday (May 1) that it has promoted three of the organization’s leaders to C-suite positions. Cindy Jo Allen, vice president and assistant chief operating…
by - May 1, 2026 5:36 am
Ferrosource is completing its steel processing facility located on the Big River Steel Works (BRSW) campus in Osceola with operations scheduled to begin in August. The expansion will create a…
by - April 30, 2026 3:30 pm
The effort to place a Fort Smith form-of-government question on the November general election ballot has approximately 1,100 signatures as of April 29, with about 30 volunteers working to gather…
by - April 30, 2026 2:50 pm
Long before launching Allegiance Title Co., Patrick Curry was already rethinking how the title industry could work better. Now he’s putting that vision into practice at Allegiance by building a…
by - April 30, 2026 2:47 pm
Barbecue is a way of life for Josh and Angel Dillon and their business partner, Jesse Paschal of Elkins. The Dillons founded Rub Me Raw dry rub seasoning company in…
by - April 30, 2026 2:00 pm
Tyson Foods will report its second-quarter earnings early Monday (May 4). Consensus estimates call for the meat giant to report net income of $279 million, down 15% from $329 million a…
by - April 30, 2026 12:17 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenue is off to a good start in 2026, with the city’s share of the Sebastian County 1% tax up 5.3% in the March report, above…
by - April 29, 2026 8:09 pm
U.S. Steel announced Wednesday (April 29) it will spend $1.9 billion to build a new direct reduced iron (DRI) facility at Big River Steel Works in Osceola, the first of…
by - April 29, 2026 5:53 pm
Harvard University professor Raj Chetty and scholar and sociologist Eric Klinenberg will be the keynote speakers for the 34th Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU 34), its annual gathering of…
by - April 29, 2026 2:51 pm
Mercy Fort Smith announced Wednesday (April 29) that the hospital system has raised enough money to fully fund the $41 million expansion of its Fort Smith cancer center. What is…
by - April 29, 2026 2:16 pm
Little Rock-based Baptist Health announced to Fort Smith hospital and clinic employees on Wednesday (April 29) that it will over the next 60 days close several clinics and services, resulting…
by - April 29, 2026 1:01 pm
SyntexNRG Inc., a Rogers-based renewable fuels and technology development company, said a report showed that delays at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have stalled hundreds of grants for federally…
by - April 29, 2026 12:55 pm
Springdale nonprofit Jones Center said a 3.16-megawatt DC array in Nashville (Howard County) started operating April 22 and supports the nonprofit’s Springdale campus. According to a news release, Entegrity Energy…
by - April 29, 2026 12:38 pm
All seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas posted higher jobless rates in February compared with February 2025, with three metro areas posting rates lower than Arkansas’ February rate…
by - April 28, 2026 11:54 pm
Google broke ground on a $4 billion data center in West Memphis last year and part of that project was a $25 million fund to help scale energy efficiency in…
by - April 28, 2026 3:36 pm
OZ Trails plans to open the OZ Trails Bike Park on the Bentonville-Bella Vista border on June 12. It will be the state’s first chairlift-served mountain bike park comprising more…
by - April 28, 2026 3:27 pm
Fast-casual restaurant Goodcents recently opened a 2,740-square-foot shop at 3061 N. College Ave. It’s the third Goodcents location in Arkansas, with others in Bentonville and El Dorado. Business owners Cory…
