by - June 2, 2025 4:10 pm
Creative Arkansas Community Hub & Exchange (CACHE) will host a free professional development workshop for arts professionals on June 11 at The Medium at 214 S. Main St. in Springdale….
by - June 2, 2025 1:56 pm
Former Crawford County Library Director Deidre Gryzmala is suing Crawford County and Quorum Court member Tammy Hamby alleging defamation of character and breach of contract. The filing seeks a jury…
by - June 2, 2025 1:18 pm
Investigators from the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office led an organized retail crime blitz in Jonesboro with the cooperation of the Jonesboro Police Department and 13 retail store locations last week,…
by - June 2, 2025 1:12 pm
Batesville-based Citizens Bank has launched Citizens Bank Mortgage, a full-service mortgage division. As the mortgage industry experiences significant growth, with total mortgage origination volume projected to increase to $2.3 trillion…
by - June 2, 2025 1:10 pm
A 272-unit student housing project near the University of Arkansas is expected to open in August 2027, according to a Monday (June 2) news release. A commercial building permit valued…
by - June 2, 2025 1:08 pm
Little Rock-based Southern Bancorp, Inc., a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and holding company for Southern Bancorp Bank, plans to acquire Ozarks Heritage Financial Group, and its wholly owned subsidiary,…
by - June 2, 2025 11:15 am
Jonesboro Unlimited (JU) has broken ground on an expansion of industrial water service to more than 600 acres inside the Craighead Technology Park. “We are grateful for the partnership among…
by - June 2, 2025 10:50 am
Large-scale solar power facilities are on about 0.2% of Arkansas agricultural land, with utility-scale solar ranging in land use between 445 acres for a 50-megawatt site to 2,670 acres for…
by - June 2, 2025 10:11 am
Fort Smith metro home sales through April were down 3.8%, but the value of the homes sold was up 5.5%. Sebastian County, the largest in the metro, posted an almost…
by - June 2, 2025 8:20 am
Olivia Walton, a champion for improving maternal health in Arkansas, is promoting recent Arkansas changes nationally as part of an effort to continue more improvements in aiding mothers’ and infants’…
by - June 2, 2025 7:32 am
Kendra Pruitt, former chief of staff for the City of Little Rock, announced Monday (June 2) the launch of Solution Seekers, a boutique consulting firm offering a variety of services…
by - June 1, 2025 1:59 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has a busy June 3 regular meeting, with an Arkoma sewer service agreement delay, $2.5 million in entrance work to Ebbing Air National Guard…
by - June 1, 2025 11:16 am
Walmart has announced a new platform for insurers and benefit managers that the company says can encourage healthy eating by using the data it collects on customers. The tool, “Everyday…
by - June 1, 2025 11:06 am
The Education and Health Services sector continues to drive job growth in the Fort Smith metro, accounting for roughly 60% of the region’s year-over-year job gains in April, according to…
by - June 1, 2025 10:00 am
The 32nd annual Distinguished Performance Awards at Arkansas State University were presented to six staff members and one staff group for excellence in a department or team. The annual campus…
by - May 30, 2025 3:59 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories about the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Link here for the first story. Link here for the first story. When the…
by - May 30, 2025 1:02 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. has completed its seventh asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction that includes issuing $216 million in asset-backed notes with an average coupon of 6.27%, according to a Friday…
by - May 30, 2025 12:59 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway and Mexico rail provider Grupo México Transportes (GMXT) have launched a new intermodal service in Mexico, modeled after…
by - May 30, 2025 7:48 am
OG&E Community Affairs Manager Eddie Lee Herndon will receive the 2025 Jack White Community Leadership Award. Herndon is the first OG&E employee to receive the award since it was renamed…
by - May 30, 2025 7:45 am
Will Reaves has been added as the new director of two Arkansas State University Heritage Sites. He will take the helm of Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home and…
