by - July 26, 2023 6:59 pm
The search for a new director of the Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) is moving forward. Eight people applied for the CVB executive director position, a job left…
by - July 26, 2023 5:53 pm
Bentonville-based Walmart and beverage/snack titan PepsiCo plan to partner over the next seven years to make $120 million worth of investments to support farmers on soil health and water quality…
by - July 26, 2023 12:00 pm
Jonesboro continues to collect sales and use tax at record rates each month, but those collections are underperforming the budgeted expectations for the year to date. The city tallied $2.160…
by - July 26, 2023 11:37 am
Arkansas Treasurer of State Mark Lowery died Wednesday (July 26) at the age of 66 the day after announcing his pending resignation from office following two debilitating strokes. Lowery was elected…
by - July 26, 2023 10:31 am
The four largest cities in Northwest Arkansas had record sales tax revenue for the region at $10.508 million reported in July. Cumulative revenue from Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale rose…
by - July 26, 2023 10:15 am
Sandy Edwards, an accomplished fundraiser at the University of Arkansas for several years and, more recently, a longtime Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art executive team member, has returned to…
by - July 26, 2023 8:27 am
Tennessee-based Crye-Leike Real Estate Services has promoted Sherry Laemmle of Bentonville to vice president and general manager of its Northwest Arkansas region, a new market position. Laemmle has nearly 30…
by - July 25, 2023 12:00 pm
Jon and Andrea Allen, owners of Onyx Coffee Lab, say they are planning a return to Springdale. In a news release Tuesday (July 25), Onyx disclosed details of opening a…
by - July 25, 2023 12:00 pm
Researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are conducting research examining soil health practices and their impacts on crop risk insurance premiums and other financial factors often…
by - July 25, 2023 11:47 am
Students at Williams Baptist University will soon have direct access to health services from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The university and the hospital, both located in Walnut Ridge, have signed an…
by - July 25, 2023 11:41 am
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded an additional $1.6 million to researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to continue a 14-year effort aimed at gaining…
by - July 25, 2023 11:32 am
Forge Institute announced Tuesday (July 25) that Acxiom, a global leader in customer intelligence and marketing technology solutions, is sponsoring its Forge Fellowship program, building upon their longtime partnership. This…
by - July 25, 2023 10:30 am
Designsteins, a retail advertising services company based in Rogers, is transitioning to an expanded office space inside the Pinnacle Heights building at 5078 W. Northgate Road. CEO and founding partner…
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…
