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New steel line opens at Big River facility in Osceola

The world is changing, US Steel president and CEO Dave Burritt said Thursday (Oct. 12), and perhaps it is no more evident than in the new line that can produce…

Bentonville entrepreneur’s healthcare engagement platform Sober Sidekick featured in Harvard Business School curriculum

In September, Bentonville entrepreneur Chris Thompson was a guest speaker for three classes full of students at Harvard Business School, the graduate business school of Harvard University. Thompson is the…

Walker Foundation pledges $1 million to UAMS Cancer Institute

The Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation pledged $1 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The funds will support the Cancer…

The Women’s Leadership Collaborative selects Remarkable Women award winners

The Women’s Leadership Collaborative (WLC), established earlier this year, is an expansion of the efforts being done by the Women’s Leadership Center on the campus of Arkansas State University. The…

Clinton Foundation to host summit for the future of national service in LR

On October 26, former President Bill Clinton will convene a diverse group of leaders from the AmeriCorps network, as well as public and private partners, at the Clinton Presidential Center…

Good Samaritan Clinic planning to move out of downtown Fort Smith

The Good Samaritan Clinic in Fort Smith is working to raise $500,000 to fund a move to a bigger clinic and service more patients. The move out of downtown Fort…

Philanthropist Alice Walton’s $40M gift aims to boost museum access nationwide

Walmart heiress and philanthropist Alice Walton is donating grants totaling $40 million to 64 museums throughout the country. The grants range from $56,000 to more than $2 million, and they…

Moxy building new headquarters in Springdale

Northwest Arkansas commercial printing company Moxy (formerly Moxy Ox) is investing more than $2 million to build a new headquarters west of Interstate 49 in Springdale. The company’s new building…

Farmland owned by foreigners may be significantly underreported

Chinese investors have been interested in farmland near several U.S. military bases and many in the federal government think a better system of tracking farmland owned by foreigners needs to…

Paragould to host 7th Annual ‘Get Downtown’ Festival

Downtown Paragould is set to host its 7th Annual Get Downtown Festival, a community-wide celebration this weekend. Sponsored by the Greene County Future Fund and funded in part by the…

Fort Smith to buy former ACME Brick property for $2.88 million

The Fort Smith Board of Directors has approved an ordinance appropriating funds that will allow the city to purchase property owned by ACME Brick Co. for a city park. It’s…

Walmart’s Mexican subsidiary under federal scrutiny

Walmart de Mexico, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walmart Inc., is under investigation for alleged price-fixing. Mexico’s Economic Competition Commission said the retailer was accused of price collusion with a supplier…

FCRA responds to merit pay complaint filed with state commission

The 2% merit pay received by Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) CEO Daniel Mann is legal because it’s for his work with a “political subdivision” in Arkansas, according to an…

Sen. Boozman said new Farm Bill to pass around end of year

The $1.5 trillion Farm Bill expired on Oct. 1, but U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., believes that a new bill will be passed by the end of the year or…

J.B. Hunt expected to miss Wall Street expectations in Q3 due to freight market pressures

Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is expected to post declines in earnings and revenue in the third quarter as margins are squeezed by pricing pressures and rising costs….

Elicia Dover joins JF Media+Marketing

Former KATV anchor and reporter Elicia Dover has joined JF Media+Marketing, an Arkansas-based fractional marketing and communications company owned by her husband, Jeremy Flynn. Dover, an award-winning journalist, will be…

Christy Bjornson to lead ABC division

Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) Secretary Jim Hudson announced Tuesday (Oct. 10) that Christy Bjornson will serve as the new Director of the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)…

State of NWA region, business analysis luncheon is Oct. 25

The Center for Business and Economic Research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, in collaboration with the Northwest Arkansas Council, will release the…

Arkansas wildland firefighters to battle Mississippi wildfires

Gov. Sarah Sanders authorized Tuesday (Oct. 10) a crew of 10 wildland firefighters from the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division to assist the State of Mississippi with their ongoing…

Experienced real estate execs launch commercial brokerage in NWA

A group of experienced real estate leaders from multiple firms in Northwest Arkansas have combined to launch a new commercial brokerage. Genesis Commercial is a full-service boutique commercial real estate…

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

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