by - September 2, 2022 5:01 pm
The Sebastian County Election Commission plans to again consider a proposed new polling place at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith in an upcoming meeting. In an Aug. 9…
by - September 2, 2022 11:12 am
University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt announced Friday (Sept. 2) four finalists to be the next chancellor for the UA campus in Fayetteville. They are listed with their date…
by - September 1, 2022 5:41 pm
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday (Aug. 31) his appointments to his National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) and Little Rock-based Windstream CEO Tony Thomas has been nominated. The council advises the…
by - September 1, 2022 5:17 pm
Little Rock-based Wilson & Associates, PLLC, and Attorney’s Title Group, LLC, affiliates of The Wilson Law Group, announced that Jillian Wilson has been named Co-Managing Partner of Wilson & Associates…
by - September 1, 2022 5:06 pm
Colleges and universities nationwide will be faced with a student shortfall in the coming years, but one school in Northeast Arkansas has fended that trend off for at least one…
by - September 1, 2022 4:50 pm
August building activity in the Fort Smith metro declined after an active July, but the year’s activity is far ahead of this time in 2021. The year-to-date total in Fort…
by - September 1, 2022 10:00 am
A 61,017-square-foot office building in Fayetteville recently sold for $12.7 million. The purchase price equals $208.13 per square foot. A tenants-in-common partnership led by Bayou Bluff LLC of Texas, managed…
by - September 1, 2022 7:32 am
Zipline Studio, a full-service marketing and advertising firm, is building roots in Fayetteville. The company has signed a two-year lease for 1,800 square feet at 1822 N. Crossover Road. The…
by - August 31, 2022 5:57 pm
The Venture Center on Wednesday (Aug. 31) announced it is growing its team of leaders to focus on building its fintech programming and to expand entrepreneurial support in the global…
by - August 31, 2022 5:19 pm
Pulaski County Judge Barry Hyde sounded the alarm on the state’s prison overcrowding issues on Wednesday (Aug. 31) during a meeting with legislators and stakeholders. Joining with the Arkansas Sheriffs…
by - August 31, 2022 1:59 pm
With a $12 million expansion investment in the Fort Smith region nearing completion, Ritter Communications expects to provide high speed internet and telephone services to businesses in Fort Smith, Van…
by - August 31, 2022 1:32 pm
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson disclosed new details Wednesday (Aug. 31) for a political event he will host this fall in Bentonville. “America Leads: An Ideas Summit” is scheduled for Oct….
by - August 31, 2022 11:33 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has created four new schools to combine the leadership and academic programs of several smaller departments into schools that better align with the…
by - August 31, 2022 11:24 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications from producers for reimbursement under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Certification Cost Share Program. Organic certification fees paid…
by - August 31, 2022 11:17 am
This month, in my hometown of Little Rock, The Venture Center hosted the inaugural VenCent FinTech Summit, which brought together leaders in the banking industry, as well as entrepreneurs and…
by - August 31, 2022 7:31 am
The Northwest Arkansas Naturals played 50 games at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale as of Aug. 15, and by then, attendance had already exceeded 2021 levels. Total ballpark attendance was 172,991…
by - August 30, 2022 8:00 pm
Ron Witherspoon was named Tuesday (Aug. 30) as the new local bank president and CEO for Arvest Bank in Little Rock, which includes parts of central and southwest Arkansas, effective…
by - August 30, 2022 5:23 pm
Dr. Jeffrey Osborn will join the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) as the vice president of research. The hiring is part of the college taking another step…
by - August 30, 2022 12:54 pm
Little Rock company Yellow Rocket Concepts announced details Tuesday (Aug. 30) for a new restaurant in south Fayetteville. Fayetteville Taco & Tamale Co. will open in spring 2023 inside the $63 million South…
by - August 30, 2022 10:53 am
The ongoing monitoring of cancer-causing chemicals in the ground from when Whirlpool operated a manufacturing plant in Fort Smith shows that the pollution plume is shrinking. Some hot spots remain,…
