by - December 17, 2021 2:05 pm
Feb. 8 Fort Smith sales tax vote to get more scrutiny
A special called study session for the Fort Smith Board of Directors at 6 p.m. Monday (Dec. 20) will allow directors to discuss the Feb. 8 special election for the…
Regions
by - December 17, 2021 11:09 am
Connections: Kendrick Fincher Hydration for Life hires new CEO
NEW HIRES Nonprofit Rachel Cox Rogers Employer: Kendrick Fincher Hydration for Life Title: CEO Previous employer: Compassion House Previous title: CEO Banking & Finance Randy Torres Siloam Springs Employer: Generations…
by - December 16, 2021 6:03 pm
Judge rules in favor of city of Fort Smith on alleged FOIA violation
Circuit Court Judge Greg Magness on Thursday (Dec. 16) ruled in favor of the city of Fort Smith in a lawsuit alleging Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) violations on the…
by - December 16, 2021 3:14 pm
Westrock Coffee expanding to Conway; will add operations in North Carolina and Malaysia
Arkansas-based Westrock Coffee Co. announced Thursday (Dec. 16) it would expand operations with a facility in Conway. When fully built, the plant will be the largest facility of its type…
by - December 16, 2021 3:04 pm
Gov. Hutchinson tours tornado-ravaged Trumann
State officials hope to have preliminary tornado damage estimates in Northeast Arkansas done by Friday (Dec. 17) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Gov. Asa Hutchinson toured hard-hit Trumann on…
by - December 16, 2021 2:51 pm
CARTI opens cancer center in El Dorado
CARTI has opened its new cancer center in El Dorado, its fifth comprehensive care center in Arkansas. The new facility is located at 1601 North West Avenue and provides medical…
by - December 16, 2021 2:00 pm
High vehicle prices pressuring margins
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart is facing margin pressures as a result of high used car prices, but they are expected to support credit performance, analysts said. In recent research on Car-Mart’s…
by - December 16, 2021 10:57 am
UA Walton College promotes Erin Rongers to top fundraiser
The University of Arkansas announced Thursday (Dec. 16) the promotion of Erin Rongers to director of development for the Sam M. Walton College of Business. Rongers has been Walton College’s…
by - December 16, 2021 7:53 am
Arkansas Parks, Heritage and Tourism Department partners with Walmart UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
Experience Fayetteville announced Wednesday (Dec. 15) that the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism (ADPHT) is now an official partner of the Walmart 2022 Cyclo-cross World Championships. The event…
by - December 16, 2021 7:42 am
Car-Mart to acquire 2 dealerships in Tennessee
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart announced Wednesday (Dec. 15) a deal to purchase the dealership assets of Smart Auto Inc., Smart Auto Johnson City Inc. and Bright Motors Co. Financial terms of…
by - December 15, 2021 7:21 pm
Research finds positive cover crop impacts to soybean yields
Arkansas is one of the top soybean producing states and new research may have found a method for improving crop yields. A three-year study conducted by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment…
by - December 15, 2021 7:16 pm
Shareholders of Home Bancshares, Happy Bancshares approve merger
Shareholders of Conway-based Home Bancshares and Amarillo-based Happy Bancshares have both approved a proposed a $918 million merger that was announced earlier this year. Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial…
by - December 15, 2021 6:56 pm
Economic development group picks leaders for 2022
The membership of Arkansas Economic Developers and Chamber Executives (AEDCE) has elected the following people to its board of directors with terms beginning Jan. 1, 2022. Graycen Bigger, Pocahontas Steven…
by - December 15, 2021 6:05 pm
Judge Magness hears arguments about alleged city of Fort Smith FOIA violations
Though Arkansas Municipal Code allows procedures for removing items from an agenda, Little Rock Attorney and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) expert Robert Steinbuch argued that the way “part” of…
by - December 15, 2021 5:54 pm
ACHE breaks ground on $22.5 million mixed-use building
Officials with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education broke ground Wednesday (Dec. 15) on a 78,131 square-foot, $22.5 million commercial building at the Village at Heritage in Fort Smith. The…
by - December 15, 2021 4:48 pm
TempleLive restarts Cleveland work, plans to buy a ‘Gold Dome’ and names new president
Rogers-based Beaty Capital Group, which owns and manages TempleLive in downtown Fort Smith, is back on track with a $60 million project in Cleveland and has hired Rob Thomas as…
by - December 15, 2021 2:02 pm
Northwest Arkansas’ arts and entertainment industry sees post-COVID growth
As the arts and entertainment industry emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, it has changed and begun to recover. Audiences have returned to venues, and area executives expect to build on…
by - December 15, 2021 1:48 pm
XNA enplanements, projections inch closer to 2019 levels
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill is expected to have more than 600,000 enplanements in 2021 as projections for the year continue to improve. CEO Aaron Burkes discussed Wednesday…
by - December 15, 2021 9:44 am
Real Deals: $9.29M permit backs Preformed project in downtown Rogers
Nabholz Construction Corp. in Rogers recently paid the city of Rogers for two commercial building permits with a combined valuation of $9.29 million. Nabholz is using the permits to expand…
by - December 15, 2021 12:01 am
Fulfer, Unger in GOP runoff; Parks wins Democratic nomination in Senate District 7 race
District 7 voters around Springdale advanced Colby Fulfer and Steve Unger into a runoff in the State Senate special election to replace Sen. Lance Eads, R-Springdale, who resigned earlier this…