by - October 28, 2025 12:47 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) recently announced 12 Northwest Arkansas projects will receive a combined $3.01 million for the 2025 Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails programs. Statewide, 67 projects…
by - October 28, 2025 12:34 pm
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has named Remko van Hoek, professor of supply chain management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of…
by - October 28, 2025 6:12 am
International packaging manufacturer Elopak will expand its Little Rock manufacturing facility by another $30 million and add a third production line, the company said Tuesday (Oct. 28). The firm spent…
by - October 27, 2025 5:17 pm
Advanced manufacturing equipment to support workforce training has been installed at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS), the university announced Monday (Oct. 27). Equipment and installation was supported…
by - October 27, 2025 5:03 pm
An industrial property located at 1401 Murphy Drive in Maumelle sold for $8,729,294 on Oct. 20. Nathan Monan of Colliers | Arkansas represented the seller, Maumelle Warehouse, LLC. The buyer,…
by - October 27, 2025 4:55 pm
Molecular Processing, LLC is locating its new manufacturing operations in Hot Springs with plans to create more than 50 new jobs over five years. Molecular Processing, LLC has acquired the…
by - October 27, 2025 4:49 pm
Soybean plants often deal with and survive destructive insects and drought and if they survive they pass these “memories” onto their offspring. Researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station believe that soybean plants…
by - October 27, 2025 3:37 pm
The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in Conway announced Monday (Oct. 27) the launch of a Northwest Arkansas Advisory Council to “deepen the university’s connection” to Northwest Arkansas. The council…
by - October 27, 2025 12:54 pm
Acres.com, a Fayetteville-based land intelligence platform, recently established a partnership with the Fryar Price Risk Management Center of Excellence, a unit of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture…
by - October 27, 2025 12:52 pm
The former homesite of Bud Walton at 606 E. Central Ave. recently received a permit to operate as a botanical garden. Bentonville Planning Commission approved the permit Oct. 7. The…
by - October 27, 2025 11:45 am
Fort Smith sales tax revenue in the September report showed better results with the city seeing increases of around 7% from the same time in 2024, even though revenue came…
by - October 27, 2025 7:31 am
Olivia Walton, CEO of Ingeborg Investments and chair of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, is a new investor in the New York Liberty women’s pro basketball franchise. Multiple…
by - October 26, 2025 1:23 pm
More than $35 million in planned street, bridge and drainage work in 2026 is one of the capital improvement plans the Fort Smith Board of Directors is set to review…
by - October 26, 2025 11:49 am
Fort Smith Director Kevin Settle is not backing away from his support of a Parrot Island Waterpark expansion even with news of budget-busting water slide installation costs. But he may…
by - October 26, 2025 11:13 am
Multiple workforce programs operating in Northwest Arkansas have made a significant impact on residents across the region and the state. In turn, they’ve contributed to the area economy. The Walton…
by - October 26, 2025 11:04 am
Bethany Toldo, president of family-owned Centoco Manufacturing of Windsor, Ontario, recently made the long trip to Bentonville to pitch toilet seats her company makes in McCrory (Woodruff County), about 75…
by - October 25, 2025 10:13 am
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. U.S. Attorney Nomination Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Holmes has been nominated to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District…
by - October 24, 2025 8:34 pm
The city of Fort Smith on Friday (Oct. 24) announced organizational structure changes implemented Sept. 29. The changes, according to the city statement, were designed to “improve efficiency and customer…
by - October 24, 2025 1:07 pm
The University of Arkansas recently announced $2 million in gifts to support scholarships, teaching, and, in part, the Land of Opportunity fundraising campaign. Alumni Bill and Pat McKamey will give…
by - October 23, 2025 8:02 pm
For more than a decade, the Northwest Arkansas Council has focused on sustainable regional growth into future decades. Council leaders said Thursday (Oct. 23) that “collective commitment” will be needed…
