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…
by - September 28, 2021 5:46 pm
Being a woman in a manufacturing career may not be the norm or even easy, but panelists involved in the Women in Manufacturing-National Panel segment of the Fort Smith Chamber…
by - September 28, 2021 5:31 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest has published its second annual Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) report, with the trucking and logistics company noting it is working with Institutional Shareholder Services to…
by - September 28, 2021 11:42 am
Corey Seats, a longtime deputy prosecutor, will seek to become the Prosecuting Attorney of the Second Judicial District. The District, the second largest in the state, comprises six counties in…
by - September 28, 2021 8:54 am
Springdale furniture maker James+James bolstered its leadership team recently by hiring retail data scientist Bill Akins as chief operating officer. Akins worked in a leadership role for Walmart Global Tech…
by - September 27, 2021 8:44 pm
After a lengthy discussion, the Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education on Monday (Sept. 27) voted four to three to extend the mask mandate in all its school buildings…
by - September 27, 2021 5:26 pm
Van Buren, the second largest city in the Fort Smith metro area, has seen an almost 8% increase in sales tax revenue. Sales tax revenue to date from the 1.5%…
by - September 27, 2021 5:12 pm
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield awarded $100,000 over the next five years to Arkansas Baptist College to help expand its Department of Nursing’s associate degree program. The college’s nursing…
by - September 27, 2021 4:26 pm
University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald Bobbitt has named longtime Division of Agriculture executive Chuck Culver as interim vice president of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture….
by - September 27, 2021 4:03 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) is seeking feedback on a new four-lane highway that would connect Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill to Arkansas Highway 612, or the…
by - September 27, 2021 11:43 am
7hills Homeless Center in Fayetteville has hired Mike Williams as its new CEO, effective Monday (Sept. 27). Williams is director of development for the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank, a newly…
by - September 27, 2021 10:04 am
At least 15 people died last week from COVID-19 at St. Bernards Medical Center and the surge in deaths is still being fueled by unvaccinated patients. The Jonesboro-based medical provider…
by - September 27, 2021 9:14 am
Pennsylvania-based preschool education provider Goddard Systems Inc. (GSI), the franchisor of The Goddard School, will increase its footprint in Northwest Arkansas this fall when a fourth location opens at 3703…
by - September 26, 2021 2:25 pm
Mark Zweig of Fayetteville, an entrepreneur and developer, has been named group chair for the Northwest Arkansas chapter of Vistage International, a global peer advisory organization. Dating back to 1957,…
by - September 26, 2021 8:15 am
Little Rock-based BSR Real Estate Investment Trust acquired Aura 36Hundred Apartments, a new garden-style residential community with 356 apartment units in the Round Rock sub-market of Austin, Texas for $93.8…
by - September 26, 2021 7:29 am
More than 74,000 fans packed Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville on Sept. 11 for the Arkansas Razorbacks football game against the Texas Longhorns. Following the Hogs’ 40-21 victory,…
