by - September 15, 2025 1:04 pm
Average weekly wages during the first quarter of 2025 in Crawford and Sebastian counties, the two largest in the region, declined compared with the same quarter in 2024. Job numbers…
by - September 15, 2025 12:26 pm
The immortal music group, The Beatles, only stopped in Arkansas once very briefly and the town where they stopped is going to party like its 1964 this weekend. The annual…
by - September 15, 2025 12:24 pm
The first phase in creating the Career Readiness Education & Skills Training (CREST) Center at Arkansas State University has been approved by the board of trustees. This phase will cost…
by - September 15, 2025 10:25 am
Fayetteville nonprofit Cobblestone Farms will host its largest annual fundraiser, Cultivating Community Dinner, from 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 18 at Barn at the Springs in Springdale, according to a…
by - September 15, 2025 10:18 am
University of Arkansas alumni recently contributed $225,000 to the Land of Opportunity Scholarship campaign. As of July 31, the campaign had raised 66% of its goal in 25% of the…
by - September 13, 2025 2:12 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors will on Tuesday (Sept. 16) be asked to approve final payment for major Creekmore Pool renovations. The work is more than $100,000 under budget,…
by - September 13, 2025 1:06 pm
The University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions will collaborate with the Academic Language Therapy Association and Fayetteville-based Nelms Dyslexia Center to build a “stronger, better-prepared workforce” of…
by - September 13, 2025 12:58 pm
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Fort Smith, Choctaw Nation Agreement The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma have signed a…
by - September 12, 2025 2:53 pm
Two Benton County multifamily developments comprising 318 units recently changed hands in separate transactions that exceeded $58.91 million. The combined purchase price equals $185,255 per unit. Los Angeles-based AndMark Promenade Commons…
by - September 12, 2025 2:42 pm
Kansas City, Mo.-based Academy Bank opened its first Arkansas location in the Pinnacle Hills area of Rogers, according to a Wednesday (Sept. 10) news release. The privately held bank is…
by - September 12, 2025 8:02 am
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas announced Thursday (Sept. 11) the hiring of Amanda Brogdon as vice president of education and training. Brogdon brings nearly two decades of experience in education and…
by - September 11, 2025 6:50 pm
Dr. Jay Barth said he is leaving his post as director of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library after 3 1/2 years at the helm. In a post on his…
by - September 11, 2025 5:15 pm
A significant decline of shipments between ports on the Arkansas River and disruptions caused by President Donald Trump’s tariff policies key factors in tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River down…
by - September 11, 2025 2:30 pm
Officials with OVG, the Denver-based firm managing the Fort Smith Convention Center, say they are close to securing facility naming rights that could generate up to $400,000 a year in…
by - September 11, 2025 2:12 pm
For the third consecutive year, all graduates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Doctor of Physical Therapy program passed the national licensing exam on the first try, according…
by - September 11, 2025 1:41 pm
Sam Dean, CEO of the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville, has been elected to a two-year term as chair-elect on the board of directors for the Association of Science and…
by - September 11, 2025 12:45 pm
A faculty member at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University recently received a $472,592 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in…
by - September 11, 2025 11:59 am
Farm bankruptcies are on the rise, commodity prices are so far underwater it’s inviting comparisons to the Titanic, and a generation of farmers may be at risk of extinction. The…
by - September 10, 2025 7:30 pm
CHI St. Vincent announced Wednesday (Sept. 10) it has received a $5 million gift from Isabel and John Ed Anthony for the creation of the Anthony Center for Advanced Cardiac…
by - September 10, 2025 7:20 pm
A $25,000 gift from the Rorick family will support students in the Arkansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) through the newly established Rorick Family Veterinary Medicine Scholarship. The…
