by - October 4, 2021 9:13 am
University of Arkansas engineering researchers led by distinguished professor Alan Mantooth will use a $17.87 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build and operate a national silicon…
by - October 4, 2021 9:08 am
A Rogers microbrewery was the state’s lone winner at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Denver. Natural State Beer Co., which is at 5214 W. Village Parkway in the…
by - October 3, 2021 8:29 am
The growth in Northwest Arkansas continues. Following the release of census data in August that showed Fayetteville now the second-largest city in the state, an article released by online media…
by - October 2, 2021 11:16 am
An old-time coal chute and a man named Charlie Vergos changed dining in Memphis and throughout the South almost six decades ago. In 1948, Vergos co-owned Wimpy’s, a “three and…
by - October 2, 2021 11:04 am
Simmons Bank had a trifecta of news late last week as the Pine Bluff-based financial institution announced plans for an expanded presence in Memphis and west Little Rock and two…
by - October 1, 2021 2:14 pm
The city of Bentonville has a new police chief. Mayor Stephanie Orman announced Friday (Oct. 1) that Captain Ray Shastid has been promoted to chief, effective immediately. Shastid leads the…
by - October 1, 2021 2:03 pm
One of the state’s largest banks is selling off 16 branches to multiple buyers. Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank has deals in place to sell the assets to Arkansas banks Cross County…
by - October 1, 2021 12:19 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart announced Friday (Oct. 1) the opening of its 152nd dealership in El Reno, Okla. The buy here, pay here used car dealer recently purchased the ongoing assets…
by - September 30, 2021 5:08 pm
ERC Holdings is expanding its housing developments at Chaffee Crossing in hopes of expanding the area’s live-work-play destination. The new areas are projected to have a combined economic impact in…
by - September 30, 2021 4:29 pm
To continue building a Northwest Arkansas where everyone feels welcome, Walmart announced a 3-year, $5 million investment in regional diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. Walmart generates roughly $1 million…
by - September 30, 2021 4:11 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart has extended the term of its revolving credit facilities to Sept. 29, 2024, and increased total permitted borrowings to $600 million, an increase of $274 million, according…
by - September 30, 2021 4:03 pm
Governors, legislators and highway department officials from Arkansas and Missouri were among a crowd of at least 200 people who gathered Thursday (Sept. 30) to celebrate the opening of the…
by - September 30, 2021 11:45 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed Thursday (Sept. 30) 14 new members to the Arkansas State Plant Board to fill positions left vacant under an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling earlier this year….
by - September 30, 2021 11:07 am
Patrick Curry, former CEO of Springdale-based Waco Title, recently established title agency Allegiance Title Co. of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Curry is owner and president of the company doing business as…
by - September 30, 2021 6:01 am
Walt Disney’s career was on the verge of collapse. He’d created a highly popular cartoon character, Oswalt the Lucky Rabbit. When the cartoon’s distributor, Universal Pictures, seized the rights to…
by - September 29, 2021 9:50 pm
Mainstream Technologies will present cybersecurity insights at a Lunch ‘N Learn event to a group of Venture Center entrepreneurs and others interested in B2B cybersecurity on Friday, Oct. 8 at…
by - September 29, 2021 7:02 pm
The Van Buren Chamber of Commerce and the city of Van Buren are working with Community Growth Strategies of Columbia, Mo., to help grow the economy in the city and…
by - September 29, 2021 4:45 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest has signed a deal to acquire Chicago-based MoLo Solutions, a truckload freight brokerage firm, in a cash deal of at least $235 million. The deal will place…
by - September 29, 2021 11:58 am
Heartland Forward announced Wednesday (Sept. 29) that it is raising $4 million to support the expansion of a new idea accelerator program to 1,000 entrepreneurs by 2023. Heartland Forward’s new…
by - September 29, 2021 10:00 am
Springdale-based Legacy National Bank is in the preliminary phase of a Washington County expansion. In May, Legacy completed two land deals worth a combined $110,000 to assemble land at 205…
