by - March 16, 2021 7:53 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted to fund a new slide at Parrot Island Waterpark. The city and Sebastian County Quorum Court each previously voted to contribute $250,000 toward…
by - March 16, 2021 6:09 pm
The City of Fort Smith is considering using the Blue Lion facility in downtown Fort Smith as a meeting space for the Fort Smith Board of Directors and other city…
by - March 16, 2021 4:26 pm
Walmart said this week it plans to invest $400.06 million into its Canadian business to refurbish roughly 60% of its stores in 2021. The retail giant said that is the…
by - March 16, 2021 2:34 pm
Ernest Hemingway’s first novel may have been turned into a movie but he was not pleased. “A Farewell to Arms,” a book he mostly wrote while staying with his wife…
by - March 16, 2021 11:24 am
Andrew Berner, president of Jonesboro-based Jetton General Contracting, has been appointed to the New York Institute of Technology’s board of trustees. Berner, who resides in Northeast Arkansas, is a member…
by - March 16, 2021 10:25 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will seek approval Wednesday (March 17) to build an $85 million orthopedic and sports medicine facility in Northwest Arkansas. Consideration of the…
by - March 16, 2021 8:11 am
A Dickson Street parking lot in Fayetteville is where the University of Arkansas will build a new research facility. Laura Jacobs, chief of staff to Chancellor Joe Steinmetz, confirmed to…
by - March 15, 2021 3:22 pm
The three rounds of federal COVID-19 stimulus for higher education institutions and students have been very beneficial, Arkansas State University President Chuck Welch said during ASU’s recent quarterly meeting. Guidance…
by - March 15, 2021 3:14 pm
Bank OZK said Monday (March 15) it has received approval from the Arkansas Public Service Commission and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to construct a solar power plant at a…
by - March 15, 2021 2:24 pm
Walmart has invested $153 million for a 0.9% stake in Japanese tech giant Rakuten in an effort to boost its presence in Japan and globally. Rakuten operates more than 70 technology…
by - March 15, 2021 10:42 am
Springdale law firm RMP LLP promoted Kasper Huber, Trae Norton and Bo Renner to partner. Huber’s practice focuses on tax planning and tax controversies, trusts and estates, business and real…
by - March 14, 2021 4:05 pm
The cities of Augusta and Stuttgart will soon have 100% fiber high-speed internet services available to local residents thanks to help from the Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) Broadband Grant Program….
by - March 14, 2021 1:23 pm
A 237-unit multifamily asset in Springdale changed hands recently for $31.7 million. The purchase price equals $133,755 per unit. TB Towne Park LLC, owned by Kansas City, Mo.-based Block Multifamily…
by - March 14, 2021 1:17 pm
Tusk Private Investment, a private investment firm with offices in Dallas and Northwest Arkansas, led a $1 million capital raise from investors to support Fayetteville startup Natural Way Food Group….
by - March 14, 2021 10:43 am
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson said there have been lessons learned one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. In Arkansas, there have been more than 5,400…
by - March 13, 2021 12:32 pm
A satellite clinic for UAMS Health’s kidney and liver transplant patients living in northeast Arkansas opened Friday (March 12) at UAMS’ Northeast Regional Campus in Jonesboro. Post-transplant follow-up care will…
by - March 13, 2021 9:42 am
FFO Home stores in Siloam Springs and Fort Smith have been acquired by Ohio-based American Freight and re-branded as American Freight Furniture, Mattress, Appliance stores. Financial terms of the deal…
by - March 13, 2021 8:49 am
Shops at Parker LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from Jan. 15 through Feb. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s office. The…
by - March 12, 2021 12:48 pm
The city of Fayetteville and the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) will partner on a nearly $50 million project to build Interstate 49 interchanges at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard…
by - March 12, 2021 11:49 am
Bentonville nonprofit BikeNWA recently announced it has joined a nationwide program that matches those with a bicycle to donate to someone who needs one. Bike Match is a program started…
