by - July 25, 2023 7:36 am
Simmons First National Corp., parent company for Simmons Bank, saw its net income more than double from a year ago despite economic headwinds posed by rising interest rates. The Pine…
by - July 25, 2023 7:17 am
Bentonville software firm Nuqleous has secured a $26 million investment from Blue Ladder Capital. The company announced the details Tuesday (July 25). Founded earlier this year by Garrett Levey and…
by - July 24, 2023 6:00 pm
During its annual six-week campaign, Walmart and Sam’s Club raised $1.4 million for Arkansas Children’s through Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals. “We are thrilled by this news,” said Enid Olvey,…
by - July 24, 2023 5:24 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenues in June, while higher than collections last year, did not show the significant increase from last year’s revenues the city has seen in months prior….
by - July 24, 2023 5:17 pm
Progress is slowly being made on a number of road construction projects throughout Northeast Arkansas, and several new ones are slated to begin, Arkansas Highway Commission Chairman Alec Farmer told…
by - July 24, 2023 3:05 pm
Home sales through the first six months of 2023 in Northwest Arkansas’ two largest counties are off by double digits compared with the same period last year. There were 4,887…
by - July 23, 2023 10:21 am
Having grown from 250 students to more than 4,000 over the past 20 years, Amy Johnson with the Arkansas Virtual Academy (ARVA) is still in the planning stages. The ARVA…
by - July 23, 2023 9:41 am
With a big fintech summit on the horizon, state and local leaders in Arkansas are preparing to capitalize on tech and banking leaders from around the globe descending on the…
by - July 23, 2023 8:53 am
Many 65-year-olds were retiring, but Walmart founder Sam Walton sought a new challenge. Walmart had grown to more than $1 billion in sales by 1983. Walton saw the success of…
by - July 22, 2023 9:45 am
Walmart’s Spark delivery platform, which includes the GoLocal option, had 1 million deliveries last fall and continues to pick up steam. The proprietary delivery platform is similar to those used…
by - July 22, 2023 9:29 am
Jean Block was selected as the next CEO of the Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority (LRWRA), effective August 14, 2023. She is replacing Greg Ramon, who retired as CEO after nine…
by - July 20, 2023 5:49 pm
Things are moving ahead and staying on track for the Community School of the Arts in Fort Smith to open the first performing arts high school in Arkansas, according to…
by - July 20, 2023 3:39 pm
Bank OZK announced Thursday (July 20) that net income for the second quarter of 2023 was a record $167.9 million, a 26.9% increase from $132.4 million for the second quarter…
by - July 20, 2023 1:42 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, spent four years as an Army bomb tech and he’s one of the many soldiers that served during the Cold War between the United States…
by - July 20, 2023 9:25 am
With an unwavering work ethic that has shaped his life from an early age, Roger Gildehaus, the Bentonville businessman, continues to thrive in his 50th year working in the retail…
by - July 20, 2023 9:03 am
Jeff Williams, CEO of Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc., maintained his salary of $750,000 in fiscal 2023, according to the company’s proxy filed Wednesday (July 19). The pay was flat from…
by - July 20, 2023 7:50 am
After completing its big Texas merger, riding rising interest rates and navigating mixed signals in the economy, Home BancShares posted healthy second quarter profits. The Conway-based financial institution, parent company…
by - July 19, 2023 6:07 pm
Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. posted double-digit declines in earnings and revenue in the second quarter amid a soft freight market. After the markets closed Wednesday (July 19), P.A.M….
by - July 19, 2023 4:35 pm
As it faces two federal lawsuits, the Crawford County Library Board has created a new Request for Reconsideration to move books into a special 18 and older section of the…
by - July 19, 2023 3:59 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods’ venture capital arm known as Tyson Ventures held a pitch event July 11 to scout for startups focusing on sustainability issues with which the food processing giant…
