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Cureate, Forge to select 10 food and beverage entrepreneurs for 10-week program

Business consultant Cureate and Forge Inc., a revolving community loan fund in Arkansas, are accepting applications for a 10-week business development program for food and beverage entrepreneurs in Northwest Arkansas….

Financial Park Place in Little Rock sold in $2.15M transaction

A multi-tenant office building at 11219 Financial Centre Parkway in Little Rock changed hands recently for $2.15 million. Acadia Properties LLC, registered to Ali Raja, bought the three-story, 32,767-square-foot Financial…

UA Little Rock launches another two-year half-off tuition and fees program

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is offering half-off course tuition and fees for freshmen who enroll at UA Little Rock for the fall 2022 semester. First-time freshmen, as…

Car wash, apartments top recent NEA property transactions

State Line Properties LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from July 15 through Aug. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The…

Carvana expands vehicle delivery service to Fayetteville, Fort Smith

Phoenix-based online vehicle dealership Carvana announced Wednesday (Sept. 15) the launch of as-soon-as-next-day vehicle delivery service in Fayetteville and Fort Smith. Customers can purchase or sell their vehicle using the…

Sam’s Club enters NIL playing field, offers 10 student-athletes named ‘Sam’ $10,000

Bentonville-based retailer Sam’s Club announced Tuesday (Sept. 14) that it’s leveraging new NCAA NIL (name, image and likeness) guidelines by offering $10,000 each to 10 student-athletes across all NCAA divisions. In a…

Complainants sue NanoMech in federal court for $3 million

NanoMech, formerly a Springdale-based nanotechnology manufacturer, has been sued again and faces a federal case that involves a previous complainant and a Connecticut-based private school seeking a combined $3 million…

Gas-to-liquids plant near Pine Bluff moves forward with million-dollar contract

GTL Americas (GTLA), a commercial scale natural gas-to-liquids project in Arkansas, is moving forward with engineering and environmental work for its 1,800 acre, multi-billion dollar site near Pine Bluff. The…

Women in Northwest Arkansas celebrate successes, discuss career paths

Women of all ages, ethnicities and professions are taking time this week to celebrate successes, discuss challenges and continued work toward gender equality and empowerment at the Northwest Arkansas Business…

UAFS enrollment declines, student success and retention position filled

According to an unofficial University of Arkansas at Fort Smith enrollment report on Sept. 8, there was a headcount of 2,444 continuing students, down 13.9% from the 2,838 continuing students…

Rice industry donates 169,000 pounds to the Arkansas Foodbank

The Arkansas rice industry has donated 169,700 pounds of rice to the Arkansas Foodbank in honor of National Rice Month. The donation from six mills will provide over 1.27 million…

Analysts project Walmart+ reaches 32 million subscribers

Walmart+, the subscription membership program the retail giant launched last year, has grown to an estimated 32 million subscribers, according to analysts with Deutsche Bank. Walmart has not confirmed, nor…

Hogs coach Pittman upgrades on Lake Hamilton with $2 million acquisition

Arkansas Razorbacks football coach Sam Pittman has upgraded his real estate holdings on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs. According to Garland County real estate records, Pittman and his wife Jamie…

Connections: Junior Achievement USA adds Adam Arroyos to board

Junior Achievement USA, which aims to prepare young people for business and financial success, recently appointed Dr. Adam Arroyos of Fayetteville to its board of directors. Arroyos is CEO of…

Curry resigns as Waco Title Co. CEO; Heck appointed successor

After more than eight years of working for Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank, Sara Heck was recently appointed CEO of Springdale-based Waco Title Co. Heck was asked to become CEO of Waco…

WM3’s Damien Echols files lawsuit against West Memphis Police Department

Evidence in the infamous West Memphis Three case has either been lost or destroyed and now one of the men who has claimed for nearly 30 years that he’s innocent…

UA Little Rock debuts project management lab aimed at construction industry grads

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has unveiled a new state-of-art project management lab sponsored in part by Little Rock-based Clark Contractors, which has hired a number of the…

Delta Center to host series of economic development seminars on pandemic recovery

Arkansas State University’s Delta Center for Economic Development will present an eight-part COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency webinar series slated to start Sept. 14. The Arkansas Economic Development Institute (AEDI), and…

InMarket Report: Walmart leads retailers for customer loyalty

A new report from InMarket tagged the Top 10 retailers in the second quarter based on loyalty – average return visits per customer. Walmart received the top score for customer…

New city of Fort Smith website could launch in May 2022

City leaders hope to have a new, easier to navigate website for the city of Fort Smith by late spring 2022. The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved hiring Granicus…