by - January 7, 2020 7:16 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Jan. 7) approved an ordinance to make a portion of Fort Chaffee Boulevard – a section also part of legal action –…
by - January 7, 2020 7:14 pm
Alcoa Corp. has agreed to sell its Arkansas waste treatment facility in Gum Springs (Clark County) to Veolia ES Technical Solutions (VTS) in a transaction expected to close in the…
by - January 7, 2020 4:27 pm
The Arkansas Farmer’s Industrial Hemp Conference, a two-day meeting designed to give farmers the pros and cons of adding industrial hemp to their crop rotation will be held Feb. 14…
by - January 7, 2020 4:15 pm
Conway-based Nabholz Corp. announced Tuesday (Jan. 7) a leadership change in its Midwest regional office Effective Jan. 1 Jon Pahl, former Midwest regional president, assumed the role of Nabholz’ first…
by - January 7, 2020 3:37 pm
As construction of new commercial projects continues in the concentrated Pinnacle Hills area of Rogers, one developer said designs about vertical parking are becoming more of a consideration. Burke Larkin,…
by - January 7, 2020 2:46 pm
Former Arkansas Speaker of the House and current Regional President for Centennial Bank in Jonesboro Davy Carter has been selected to serve as a Federal Reserve Bank branch director in…
by - January 7, 2020 2:14 pm
The Fort Smith metro jobless rate was 3.4% in November, up from 3.3% in November 2018, with the region seeing only marginal changes in the size of the available workforce…
by - January 7, 2020 1:18 pm
As communities around the country prepare for the decennial Census, conversations about population changes and shifts will become more frequent. There is a lot at stake when establishing a decade-long…
by - January 7, 2020 1:08 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is expected to report declines in earnings per share for the fourth quarter and for 2019 as weakness continues in the brokerage segment…
by - January 7, 2020 9:42 am
Jeffrey Thomas is the new managing director at Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. He succeeds R.T. Beard, III who has served as managing director for the past seven…
by - January 6, 2020 8:35 pm
Cotton yields might not be as good as projected during the 2019 growing season, but Bill Robertson, extension cotton agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, thinks…
by - January 6, 2020 8:24 pm
Janet R. Moore, a 40-year banking veteran, has joined Stone Bank as Chief Operations Officer. She was most recently chief operations officer and executive vice president with Citizens Bank in Batesville….
by - January 6, 2020 3:38 pm
Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville announced Monday (Jan. 6) the hiring of Birch Wright as chief operating officer and hospital administrator. The job is effective March 1. Wright will…
by - January 6, 2020 1:40 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods said it has sold the Golden Island Jerky Co. business for an undisclosed amount to Wisconsin-based Jack Link’s Beef Jerky. This divestiture also meant the closure of…
by - January 6, 2020 1:14 pm
The Siloam Springs Chamber of Commerce on Monday (Jan. 6) named Arthur Hulbert its new president and CEO. Hulbert succeeds Wayne Mays, who retired Dec. 31 after 13 years with…
by - January 6, 2020 12:48 pm
Developers are going all-in on building apartments to help meet the growing demand in Northwest Arkansas. According to data from CoStar Group, which provides commercial real estate information, Northwest Arkansas’…
by - January 6, 2020 2:49 am
Tommy Jumper believes Delta farmers have been looking for a crop to add to their rotation for both soil improvement and for what he calls “risk mitigation,” but until now,…
by - January 5, 2020 9:40 pm
The promise of some portion of $550 million in new federal funding brought together a consortium of state and national broadband leaders in mid-December at the Association of Arkansas Counties…
by - January 5, 2020 3:49 pm
Hatton Weeks is vice president and general manager of KAIT-TV, a subsidiary of Gray Television, Inc. Weeks, who grew up in Harrisburg, previously served as news director for KAIT and…
by - January 3, 2020 5:43 pm
When Regina Burkett was appointed in April as the director for community development for the city of Jonesboro, she brought a vast amount of experience with her. She’d worked in…
