by - June 30, 2021 4:00 pm
The new more contagious COVID-19 variant, known as Delta, is sweeping across the country and Arkansas and the Northeast section of the state are not immune. The Delta Variant, first…
by - June 30, 2021 11:12 am
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith will begin construction on a $162 million expansion of its emergency room and intensive care unit in early 2022 with completion estimated in 2024. The project…
by - June 30, 2021 9:55 am
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill recently updated its 2021 enplanement projections to between 500,000 and 550,000. Enplanements, or outbound passengers, are projected to be 553,281 in 2021. In…
by - June 30, 2021 6:30 am
Each year, the number of women involved in the business and civic sectors continue to grow, and Talk Business & Politics is set to honor the best of them in…
by - June 29, 2021 5:28 pm
Tyson Foods joined ABB Technology Ventures, Tekfen Ventures and three other venture capital firms to invest a combined $10 million into Soft Robotics, to further the tech company’s work in…
by - June 29, 2021 5:11 pm
A $22 million extension of the primary runway at the Fort Smith Regional Airport necessary for the planned arrival of a foreign military pilot training center will cost the city…
by - June 29, 2021 1:06 pm
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) announced Tuesday (June 29) it had been granted Early Initial Accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Board of Trustees. According to the…
by - June 29, 2021 12:12 pm
State Rep. Fred Love, D-Little Rock, announced his candidacy Monday (June 28) for the Arkansas State Senate District 31 seat currently held by Sen. Joyce Elliott, who is term-limited. No…
by - June 29, 2021 12:02 pm
As the U.S. economy emerges from a recession and the shutdowns brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, employers are increasingly finding it difficult to find and retain employees. One organization…
by - June 29, 2021 11:59 am
Four new members have been named to the Hendrix College Board of Trustees: Dr. John C. Byrd ’87, Latoya M. Goree ’01, Eric Jackson ’72, and Dr. Marquita Norman ’97….
by - June 29, 2021 11:19 am
Two of Northwest Arkansas’ newest residents are planning one of the region’s latest hospitality assets to bolster the mountain biking tourism economy. Jeremy and Tiffany Rose of Bella Vista are…
by - June 28, 2021 7:54 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools Peak Innovation Center will not open in August as originally planned, according to a presentation by HOAR Program Management (HPM) of Dallas, the project manager for…
by - June 28, 2021 3:42 pm
Rock Region Metro in central Arkansas was awarded $4,900,000 – its largest competitive grant award to date – in Federal Transit Administration funds to purchase up to five 40-foot battery…
by - June 28, 2021 3:24 pm
For several years, civic leaders in Jonesboro have been pushing efforts to improve the quality of living in Northeast Arkansas’s hub city. Several entities are coming together to massively upgrade…
by - June 28, 2021 1:24 pm
It’s not often a commercial building on the square in downtown Bentonville changes hands. So when it does, it’s news. According to property records, the 4,552-square-foot building at 104 E….
by - June 28, 2021 8:25 am
Mary Ann Greenwood founded a pioneering woman-owned business in Fayetteville in 1982 when she started M.A. Greenwood & Associates, a registered investment adviser (RIA). As a woman in a male-dominated…
by - June 27, 2021 10:51 am
Fort Smith’s sales tax revenue stayed strong in May. Though it dipped a little from April, revenues are much higher than the same period in 2020. Sales tax revenues have…
by - June 26, 2021 10:11 am
Walmart has in recent years implemented a lot of technology to help store employees, but the latest investment in the Me@Walmart mobile app is the best thing local store employees…
by - June 26, 2021 9:46 am
Dr. Shannon Collier-Tenison has been named interim dean of the College of Business, Health, and Human Services at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, effective July 1. “I am…
by - June 25, 2021 5:09 pm
Col. Angela Ochoa took the helm of the 19th Airlift Wing during a change of command ceremony, June 25, becoming the first woman to assume command of Little Rock Air…
