by - June 27, 2023 2:37 pm
Focus Commercial Real Estate in Bentonville announced details on June 6 of a sizable acquisition in Wisconsin. According to the company, Lok Safe Storage sold its self-storage portfolio in Green…
by - June 27, 2023 2:15 pm
An ambitious economic development project in south Fayetteville was officially launched Tuesday (June 27) on South Cato Springs Road near Kessler Mountain Regional Park. Dozens of civic leaders, elected officials…
by - June 27, 2023 12:58 pm
A federal grant of more than $11 million will provide five additional years of support to the Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research led by Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., at the University…
by - June 27, 2023 12:55 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Copenhaver announced Tuesday (June 27) that the city has received a second round of federal grant funding for low-emission buses for JET (Jonesboro Economical Transportation), the city’s…
by - June 27, 2023 11:38 am
Nine of the top 10 Sebastian County property sales in May were home sales, but the largest transaction was a $1.55 million sale of a corrugated box production plant and…
by - June 27, 2023 11:05 am
After a record year, Arkansas-based Splash Car Wash is poised for more growth, especially in Northwest Arkansas. In 2022, the car wash company grew to 300 employees and served 798,328…
by - June 26, 2023 5:24 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education is looking for a company to investigate the causes of and remedies for flooding at the FSPS Peak Innovation Center. The search…
by - June 26, 2023 3:00 pm
The city of Fort Smith is asking to apply for a $20 million grant through the Department of Defense (DOD) to fund water line work along about four miles of…
by - June 26, 2023 2:52 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is set to join the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, making it the first Arkansas university to be a full member of the Kansas…
by - June 26, 2023 2:23 pm
Consumers in Benton and Washington counties continue to spend on goods and services with sales tax revenue in the four largest cities up 7.57% in the June report compared to…
by - June 26, 2023 1:50 pm
Dan Arnsperger is widely known in Northwest Arkansas for his work in the CPG (consumer packaged goods) industry. Earlier this year, though, he started a new job that took him…
by - June 26, 2023 11:23 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) approved $702 million in funding for 122 water and wastewater projects serving more than 1.253 million Arkansans. This is the largest…
by - June 25, 2023 5:13 pm
U.S. Senators John Boozman, R-Ark., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark. announced two U.S. Department of Transportation grants have been awarded to infrastructure projects in Arkansas. The city of Russellville will receive…
by - June 25, 2023 9:08 am
Siloam Springs restaurant 28 Springs recently closed after operating for 11 years. The restaurant building will become the new home for the research and development team of Siloam Springs-based Simmons…
by - June 24, 2023 9:31 am
Dustin Faulkner, a third-generation Arkansas farmer, is part of an aggressive plan by the world’s largest retailer to save billions of gallons of water in rice farming. Faulkner lives south…
by - June 22, 2023 8:20 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenues in May once again came in higher than this time last year and higher than expected, with the city’s share of the Sebastian County tax…
by - June 22, 2023 7:29 pm
Philander Smith College (PSC) announced Thursday (June 22) the appointment of Cynthia Bond Hopson, Ph.D., to interim president. Reporting to the board of trustees, Hopson will oversee the college’s strategic…
by - June 22, 2023 7:21 pm
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., a law firm with offices in in Little Rock, Rogers and Jonesboro as well as Austin, Texas, has added attorneys David Donahue, Jeff…
by - June 22, 2023 7:10 pm
The College of Agriculture at Arkansas State University has received a gift of nearly $103,000 from Lynn native and A-State alumnus Dr. J.B. Penn. The funds will be used to…
by - June 22, 2023 2:04 pm
A Heartland Forward study released Wednesday (June 21) said economic developers would be wise to note the collaborations between Tulsa and Northwest Arkansas. By examining the collaborative endeavors between the…
