by - July 7, 2026 12:24 pm
A team of students from Arkansas State University will compete for a $25,000 prize on a new television show “Cast in Steel.” The show will start streaming Thursday (July 9)…
by - July 7, 2026 12:18 pm
The Arkansas Wheat Promotion Board has distributed $83,533 in funding for research and promotion projects. The selected projects will support the growth and market development of Arkansas’ wheat industry. “These…
by - July 7, 2026 11:52 am
Value continues to matter to consumers when shopping for consumables and discretionary items, and it’s also changing how retailers operate, according to a new report from McKinsey & Co. Value…
by - July 6, 2026 6:46 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced on Monday (July 6) she has appointed Steve Kueter of Paragould as the newest member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Kueter will serve a…
by - July 6, 2026 6:18 pm
Oobotic, an advanced manufacturing company, has established its first production facility in Melbourne. The company plans to invest approximately $6.5 million in the facility and create up to 70 jobs…
by - July 6, 2026 5:00 pm
Fayetteville Mayor Molly Rawn said Monday (July 6) the city has established a new paid parental leave policy that will allow employees to receive six weeks of paid leave following…
by - July 6, 2026 3:59 pm
With less than a month remaining for candidate packets with signatures to be submitted to the Fort Smith city clerk’s office, 29 candidate packets have been picked up from the…
by - July 6, 2026 2:51 pm
The first agenda item on the Tuesday (July 7) Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting will be a vote to place a change-of-government question on the November general election ballot….
by - July 6, 2026 1:08 pm
Tim Conklin, executive director of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission, said the region needs about $6 billion in transportation infrastructure improvements over the next 25 years but has identified…
by - July 6, 2026 11:35 am
It’s been 10 years since PECO Foods began operations in Northeast Arkansas. The company spent $200 million to build a poultry processing plant in Pocahontas and a feed mill in…
by - July 5, 2026 11:06 am
Cave Springs-based Thrilled Land Investments LLC, parent company of Leadership Properties and Thrilled Home Builders, recently named Fayetteville business leader Steve Toth as the company’s first president. Toth has more…
by - July 5, 2026 10:29 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank said its 16th annual Million Meals campaign raised more than $214,000 to help over 30 food partners in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro area to…
by - July 2, 2026 10:26 pm
Edgar Escobar has been named vice president of government guaranteed loans at Stone Bank. He joins Stone Bank from Veritex Bank in Dallas, Texas, where he was a vice president….
by - July 2, 2026 9:23 pm
Farmers & Merchants Bank announced the appointment of Brent Morgan as regional oresident for Central Arkansas, as the Stuttgart-based bank expands its presence in the Little Rock market. In his…
by - July 2, 2026 3:43 pm
More than $370,000 in money from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP) will support restoration and rehabilitation projects at the Franklin and Logan County courthouses. The awards were part of…
by - July 1, 2026 6:20 pm
Durant, Okla.-based Choctaw Nation plans to invest $140 million to expand and renovate its gaming, hotel and dining facility in Pocola. Work is expected to begin later this year on…
by - July 1, 2026 3:29 pm
Kendall Ross, associate vice chancellor for economic and workforce development at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS), is one of 45 “rising academic and administrative professionals” selected for…
by - July 1, 2026 12:00 pm
FCPT Holdings LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County from May 15 to June 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. It spent…
by - July 1, 2026 11:39 am
Main Street Fort Smith is again accepting applications for a matching mini-grant program designed to improve the look of buildings in downtown Fort Smith. The fiscal year 2027 grant cycle…
by - July 1, 2026 11:27 am
A multimillion-dollar hangar development comprising nearly 55,000 square feet was recently completed at Bentonville Municipal Airport at Thaden Field. The Neighborhood One development has six hangars. It was built by…
