by - May 22, 2024 1:44 pm
Fayetteville retirement community Butterfield Trail Village Inc. has hired Kevin Spears as its chief executive officer, succeeding interim CEO Jack Mitchell. Spears was most recently CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation…
by - May 22, 2024 12:06 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed Tuesday (May 21) to table a resolution that would be the first step in reimbursing customers who erroneously were charged sales tax on…
by - May 22, 2024 11:13 am
Tracy Poole says a traditional venture capital (VC) fund is typically only as good as the fund manager’s network. Recently, he tapped into a pretty big one with a strategic…
by - May 22, 2024 10:52 am
An Arkansas State University professor in the College of Agriculture is part of a team that has received a grant of almost $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)….
by - May 22, 2024 10:09 am
Food and beverage services company Nestlé will be the lead tenant for a new four-story office and retail building under construction in Rogers’ Pinnacle Hills area called “The Visionary.” Project…
by - May 21, 2024 8:23 pm
Arkansas’ worst-in-the-nation voter registration and turnout rankings are part of a larger challenge of civic engagement that the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute and its partners are working to address. The Institute…
by - May 21, 2024 8:07 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 21) approved a bond program that allows Mars Petcare to expand its Fort Smith plant, which employs more than 600 people….
by - May 21, 2024 7:51 pm
The University of Central Arkansas has announced the establishment of the College of Science and Engineering. The announcement was made during Tuesday’s (May 21) board of trustees meeting. The college…
by - May 21, 2024 7:43 pm
The Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Auxiliary announced a record-breaking donation of $1.55 million from its annual fundraising efforts over the past year. The contribution marks the 14th consecutive year the…
by - May 21, 2024 3:30 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools have met all the requirements suggested by the Arkansas School Safety Commission thanks to a $595,000 school safety grant. Part of the grant money is paying…
by - May 21, 2024 3:14 pm
Progress is being made to build the long-awaited slackwater harbor in Van Buren. An engineering firm has been hired to conduct the environmental impact review, and advertising for design work…
by - May 21, 2024 2:19 pm
Jim Rollins, president of Northwest Technical Institute (NWTI) in Springdale since 2020, will resign due to health reasons. The resignation will be effective June 30 this year. School officials announced…
by - May 21, 2024 7:57 am
Talk Business & Politics, in partnership with Arvest Bank, recently honored the top businesses in 2024 throughout Northeast Arkansas. Nominees were gathered from around the region and a select panel…
by - May 21, 2024 7:29 am
Logistics technology startup FR8relay of Bentonville has received a $100,000 matching grant from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC). The funding complements the company’s Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)…
by - May 21, 2024 6:57 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) in Bentonville will use a $736,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to bolster training and skill development for students pursuing nursing and emergency…
by - May 21, 2024 6:54 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the May 6 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - May 21, 2024 6:46 am
Construction industry materials producer WinTech of Missouri has acquired Pocahontas Aluminum Company, a window and door manufacturer based in Pocahontas. Pocahontas Aluminum Company, established in 1963, manufactures materials used in…
by - May 20, 2024 8:16 pm
Fort Smith Board of Directors members agreed Monday (May 20) that more citizen involvement might be necessary before they make any decisions on increasing water rates later this year. Because…
by - May 20, 2024 6:14 pm
City officials are questioning census data that shows the Fort Smith population declined over the past year. According to U.S. Census Bureau data released May 16, Fort Smith’s population declined…
by - May 20, 2024 6:10 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) seeks to address an estimated shortage of more than 200 nurses in the Fort Smith metro by restarting its nursing degree program,…
