by - January 2, 2022 9:58 am
San Francisco-based crowdfunding company Wefunder recently opened a Northwest Arkansas location as it seeks to build a presence in underserved markets across the central United States. Kate Lynn, NWA/Tulsa lead…
by - December 31, 2021 12:53 pm
For the first time in 57 years, the Fowler family in Jonesboro is not in the KFC franchise business. Fowler Foods President Chris Fowler told Talk Business & Politics his…
by - December 30, 2021 3:56 pm
After the pandemic hit in March of 2020 the U.S. beef market entered into a spiral. Dining out all but stopped in many parts of the country causing prices to…
by - December 30, 2021 12:17 pm
Deadly tornadoes ransacked parts of Northeast Arkansas in early December. The twisters carved a path of destruction that damaged and destroyed homes and killed at least two people in the…
by - December 29, 2021 1:50 pm
The number of homes sold in the Fort Smith metro in the first 11 months of 2021 is up more than 31% compared with the same period in 2020, with…
by - December 29, 2021 10:35 am
Capstone Commercial Advisors in Rogers is no longer affiliated with global commercial real estate brokerage firm NAI Global. Capstone had been a member of NAI since 2015. Randy Crossno, Capstone’s…
by - December 29, 2021 9:54 am
Farmers, agribusiness professionals, students and educators across the Mid-South will have an opportunity to learn about new information in the agriculture sector along with policy education at Arkansas State University’s…
by - December 28, 2021 4:46 pm
The U.S. Marshals Service continues to support the completion of the U.S. Marshals Museum following the arrest of U.S. Marshals Museum President and CEO Patrick Weeks on Dec. 21 on…
by - December 28, 2021 4:30 pm
Dr. D. Antonio “Dean” Cantu will start Feb. 1 as the new dean of the College of Health, Education and Human Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith….
by - December 28, 2021 2:34 pm
The Walton brothers’ holding company in Bentonville, Runway Group, had a quiet leadership shuffle several weeks ago. Chad Yoes, the CEO since early 2019, resigned in mid-October. The company promoted…
by - December 28, 2021 2:01 pm
A United Way of Northwest Arkansas (UWNWA) internship program is proving popular enough that organizers are looking for additional corporate sponsors to fund expansion. The Tyson Summer Community Internship Program…
by - December 28, 2021 11:31 am
The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to spread across Arkansas and cases have spiked in Northeast Arkansas following the Christmas holiday. Craighead County reported 180 new cases on…
by - December 28, 2021 9:22 am
The Little Rock Port Authority will receive $3 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s port infrastructure development program. The money will be used to replace 15…
by - December 27, 2021 4:06 pm
The board of directors for Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. has named Bobby Gosser as president and CEO of the company, effective Jan. 1, 2022. Former President and CEO Scott…
by - December 27, 2021 3:56 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ largest city and the Music City are about to make a special connection. Six weekly round-trip flights to Nashville International Airport will be added to Jonesboro’s Air Choice…
by - December 27, 2021 3:44 pm
As the final months of 2021 are tabulated, Fort Smith’s sales tax revenues continue to be significantly higher than expected. Fort Smith’s share of the Sebastian County sales tax was…
by - December 27, 2021 3:36 pm
Massachusetts-based nonprofit Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) has selected two cohorts for its first business accelerator programs in Northwest Arkansas, giving young startups the chance to take their business to the…
by - December 27, 2021 12:49 pm
Three of the top five earning executives at Tyson Foods received salary raises in 2021 largely because of increased duties. The company’s overall financial performance, against which executive salaries are…
by - December 27, 2021 12:20 pm
As rice was removed from Arkansas fields it was churning out 169 bushels per acre in the fall of 2021 which would be a state record. But, once it’s milled…
by - December 26, 2021 2:49 pm
Nick Olano, co-founder and CEO of Fayetteville-based startup American Hunt Inc., had struggled with the high cost to lease hunting spots while living in Louisiana and the lack of websites…
