by - August 5, 2023 8:01 pm
When Greenway Equipment CEO Marshall Stewart began working for the company more than 25 years ago, the agriculture industry was very different. By far the biggest change has been the…
by - August 5, 2023 5:20 pm
The Birrer Laboratory at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute helped discover a proteogenomic signature in ovarian cancer that may improve the way…
by - August 4, 2023 8:00 pm
Little Rock-based pediatric healthcare organization Arkansas Children’s has received $25 million, the largest gift in its history, from Fayetteville nonprofit Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation. The money, spread over…
by - August 4, 2023 9:50 am
Tracey Geren, president and CEO of Fort Smith-based Weldon, Williams and Lick (WWL), will retire in 2024 after 38 years with the company. Ron Wilson has been named company president…
by - August 3, 2023 3:45 pm
It’s another down cycle for Tyson Foods. The Springdale-based meat giant is expected Aug. 7 to report a third fiscal quarter net income of $95.3 million, well below the consensus…
by - August 3, 2023 11:38 am
Ritter Communications announced Thursday (Aug. 3) a $3.5 million investment that brings RightFiber services to select neighborhoods in Marion, Ark. The service uses 100% fiber optic technology to deliver reliable…
by - August 3, 2023 10:59 am
Construction slowed in the Fort Smith metro area in July but year-to-date numbers are still much higher than those in 2022. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren combined for $26.564…
by - August 3, 2023 9:32 am
Billionaire developer and philanthropist Johnelle Hunt, co-founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., has pledged $250,000 to establish the Hunt Family Fund for Excellence at the University of Arkansas for…
by - August 3, 2023 8:35 am
The largest law practice in Northwest Arkansas relocated its Fayetteville office this year and is under new leadership. Kutak Rock, a national law firm headquartered in Omaha, Neb., moved from…
by - August 2, 2023 6:52 pm
The Fort Smith International Film Festival has taken a step up, growing from a festival into a film market thanks to a partnership with Porter + Craig Film and Media…
by - August 2, 2023 12:57 pm
A Cleveland-based entrepreneurship education and experiences organization for K-12 students is expanding into Northwest Arkansas after receiving more than $1.21 million from the Walton Family Foundation, according to a Wednesday…
by - August 2, 2023 12:50 pm
A newly formed company, Hybar, has started construction on its scrap metal recycling steel rebar mill project. The mill is being built on a 1,300-acre site in Osceola. The $700…
by - August 2, 2023 12:38 pm
A ban on white, non-basmati rice exports by India could bolster prices for American rice farmers, said Alvaro Durand-Morat, associate professor and agricultural economist for the University of Arkansas System…
by - August 2, 2023 9:02 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 1) approved an ordinance that amends the fowl ordinance adopted July 11 that will allow property owners of large tracts of…
by - August 2, 2023 7:58 am
Total Document Solutions Inc. (TDSiT) of Lowell, an IT imaging company, has acquired office IT and print services provider Business World Inc. (BWI) of Little Rock. Financial terms were not…
by - August 1, 2023 3:05 pm
HanesBrands has confirmed it is closing its hosiery production plant in Clarksville at the end of September. The move shutters a plant that once employed at least 570 in the…
by - August 1, 2023 1:58 pm
Haas Hall Academy will open the newest high school Aug. 10 on the fourth floor of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) Research Institute Health and Wellness Center in…
by - August 1, 2023 12:45 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture will receive $5.6 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) program to improve food supply chain operations…
by - August 1, 2023 12:34 pm
The Academies of Central Arkansas entered into a formal partnership between Baptist Health and two high schools within the North Little Rock School District. The partnership with North Little Rock…
by - August 1, 2023 11:38 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville has hired Brooke Brewer as its first full-time athletic director. The college issued a news release Tuesday (Aug. 1). Brewer teaches and coaches at…
