by - January 10, 2019 1:48 pm
A new startup accelerator in Bentonville has chosen its initial cohort of businesses. Fuel, a 16-week program for supply chain startups, focuses on preparing early-stage companies to work with large…
by - January 9, 2019 11:52 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson joined The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the Little Rock Venture Center and a host of other city and state business and community leaders on Wednesday…
by - January 9, 2019 7:43 pm
Erin Langston Carrington loved to read when she was in her youth. She would often go to That Bookstore in Blytheville, perhaps the most well-known bookstore in Arkansas. It was…
by - January 9, 2019 7:19 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Art Museum has big plans for 2019. A $12 million endowment from the Windgate Foundation will make certain the center can focus on those plans. The…
by - January 9, 2019 5:56 pm
Board members of the Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority renewed the WAIA’s commitment to fighting for the transportation improvement needs of the Sebastian-Crawford counties area at its regular board meeting Wednesday…
by - January 9, 2019 5:35 pm
NEA Baptist Center for Good Grief will host a four-week, closed Family Grief Group starting on Jan. 29. There will be weekly sessions, each Tuesday through February 19, according to…
by - January 9, 2019 3:49 pm
A Springfield, Mo., multifamily developer completed two separate land purchases in Benton County totaling 18.96 acres for a combined $3.44 million. The purchase price equals $4.16 per square foot. Bryan…
by - January 9, 2019 3:28 pm
Mary Kennedy of Little Rock has been named as the director of the new Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College in Conway. She started the position on Jan. 7….
by - January 9, 2019 11:05 am
Bentonville software firm RevUnit has announced three promotions that will restructure its executive leadership team. Josh Stanley, who joined the company as a result of the company’s acquisition of Teamvvork…
by - January 9, 2019 9:44 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services has reached a deal to purchase New Jersey-based carrier Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery for $100 million as the company continues to invest into…
by - January 8, 2019 9:40 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors unanimously approved two rezoning requests at the regular board meeting Tuesday (Jan. 8). The first rezoning ordinance changes zoning at the 8210 Massard Road,…
by - January 8, 2019 6:10 pm
China customs has announced it will allow imports of U.S. rice and industry leaders are waiting for the first orders. The move is part of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Protocol…
by - January 8, 2019 6:01 pm
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has extended the deadline for agricultural producers to apply for payments under the Market Facilitation Program as provided by the trade mitigation program administered…
by - January 8, 2019 3:45 pm
The announced merger of Fort Smith-based Zero Mountain with Sioux City, Iowa-based Cloverleaf Cold Storage began in September when Zero Mountain Board Chair Mark Rumsey learned that private equity firm…
by - January 8, 2019 3:32 pm
Gulfside Casino Partnership announced Tuesday (Jan. 8) it will establish the Pope County Education Foundation if granted a license in the state. The Arkansas-based nonprofit would be funded by tax-deductible…
by - January 8, 2019 3:27 pm
Paradise Advertising & Marketing has been selected as the agency of record for the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB), the official destination marketing organization for Arkansas’ capital city….
by - January 8, 2019 3:25 pm
A California couple partnered with two local investors to offer modern Asian cuisine in an upscale environment at Komodo in the Village on the Creeks development in Rogers. Reid and…
by - January 8, 2019 10:57 am
Nucor Steel, which has a major presence in Northeast Arkansas’ “steel corridor,” has announced a major multibillion-dollar steel mill investment in an unknown location in the Midwest part of the…
by - January 8, 2019 10:37 am
Bentonville-based technology company TeleComp Holdings Inc. has acquired TeleGen Solutions of Tulsa. TeleComp announced the deal Tuesday (Jan. 8), and the purchase was completed Dec. 17. Financial terms of the…
by - January 7, 2019 5:46 pm
The Fort Smith metro jobless rate fell to 3.4% in November from 3.5% in October, but the number of jobs in the region continues to decline, according to U.S. Bureau…
