by - January 13, 2022 10:46 am
During the 1990s one of the most prosperous counties in Northeast Arkansas took a deep plunge. Eaker Air Force Base closed in Blytheville and throughout the decade 9,000 jobs, mostly…
by - January 13, 2022 10:28 am
The Arkansas Cinema Society board of directors elected a new slate of officers for 2022. Producer Christina McLarty Arquette will succeed Larry Stone as board president. Stone served in the…
by - January 13, 2022 9:38 am
After 13 years, Wayne Mays retired as head of the Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce at the end of 2019. Mays’ post-retirement career still focuses on economic development, but it’s…
by - January 12, 2022 5:44 pm
The announcement by U.S. Steel that it will build a $3 billion plant in Osceola will make Mississippi County the nation’s leading steel-producing county and sets the stage for Arkansas…
by - January 12, 2022 4:29 pm
The Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission voted at its January meeting Wednesday (Jan. 12) to send a recommendation to the Fort Smith Board of Directors to name the city’s…
by - January 12, 2022 3:27 pm
The city of Fort Smith might have prevailed in a lawsuit filed against them in December alleging Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) violations in regard to proposals related to 0.75%…
by - January 12, 2022 1:11 pm
Jonesboro’s record-shattering sales and use tax collections pace will eventually subside, but for nearly a decade Northeast Arkansas’s largest city has set a new record each year. This last year…
by - January 12, 2022 12:48 pm
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) announced Wednesday (Jan. 12) plans for a new $9 million, 20,000-square-foot music center in Little Rock’s East Village. The state-of-the-art facility will be named the…
by - January 12, 2022 12:09 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) announced Wednesday (Jan. 12) that Bentonville attorney Brian Burke will be its new general counsel and director of compliance. Burke, the former chairman of the…
by - January 12, 2022 10:47 am
Business consultant Cureate and Forge Inc., a revolving community loan fund in Arkansas, recently completed an eight-week business development program for food and beverage entrepreneurs in Northwest Arkansas, and applications…
by - January 12, 2022 9:51 am
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) in partnership with The Venture Center, and the state of Arkansas officially unveiled its fourth annual ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator cohort during a virtual…
by - January 12, 2022 9:34 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has partnered with the Farm Credit Associations of Arkansas for the seventh annual Arkansas Farmers Market Promotion Program and the Arkansas Farmers Market Bag Program….
by - January 12, 2022 9:17 am
A special general election is set to fill the vacancy in State Senate District 7. On Tuesday (Jan. 11), Colby Fulfer defeated Steve Unger in a GOP primary run-off election….
by - January 12, 2022 8:10 am
To encourage entrepreneurs and other technology professionals to relocate to Northwest Arkansas, the Northwest Arkansas Council announced Wednesday (Jan. 12) that it would offer $10,000 in bitcoin as an incentive….
by - January 11, 2022 8:39 pm
The city of Fort Smith is working to replace a city dog park that was closed the first of December, and City Administrator Carl Geffken announced during a Fort Smith…
by - January 11, 2022 3:32 pm
When Big River Steel first started operations near Osceola in Mississippi County in 2014, it was one of the largest industrial projects ever in the state of Arkansas. BRS, now…
by - January 11, 2022 11:07 am
Fayetteville brokerage AcreTrader, the online farmland investing platform, said Tuesday (Jan. 11) it had raised $40 million in Series B funding. According to a news release, London-based Anthemis Group led…
by - January 11, 2022 9:05 am
WeWork Labs Northwest Arkansas recently relocated from its initial location in downtown Bentonville to a larger space that’s also home to other organizations, including The Collaborative. Chandler Abbott, WeWork Labs…
by - January 10, 2022 8:09 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools voted Monday (Jan. 10) at a called board meeting to reinstate a mask mandate for 30 days or unless the district falls to 49 or less…
by - January 10, 2022 5:42 pm
Sebastian County Election Commission Chairman David Damron, who refused in late 2021 to discuss who drew a map outlining new zones for the Sebastian County Quorum Court, resigned his position…
