by - November 2, 2018 1:30 pm
Since opening in 2014, the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) has been a primary amenity driving Northwest Arkansas’s growing arts and entertainment economy. In the past five years the Walton…
by - November 2, 2018 12:49 pm
Dr. Edward Serna, interim chancellor, and other representatives from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith touted the university’s workforce education programs at the Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce’s First…
by - November 2, 2018 8:15 am
The Bentonville contact center that handles customer and store calls for Walmart Inc. will close in the spring of 2019 to make room for the company’s new headquarters, according to…
by - November 1, 2018 5:07 pm
Shane Speights, D.O., dean, at the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State (NYITCOM at A-State), announced Thursday (Nov. 1) the formation of a new fellowship program in coordination…
by - November 1, 2018 4:43 pm
ArcBest blew past third quarter revenue and net income estimates thanks primarily to higher shipping prices, a “steady freight environment” and fuel surcharges. Net income in the quarter was $40.776…
by - November 1, 2018 1:49 pm
Highlands Oncology Group COO Kathey Rhoads, who was the company’s initial employee when it originated in 1996 with medical oncologists Thaddeus Beck, Daniel Bradford and Malcolm Hayward, said she is…
by - November 1, 2018 1:33 pm
The trucking industry is about in the middle of transitioning to electronic logging devices (ELDs), said Joe DeLorenzo, director of the office of compliance for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety…
by - November 1, 2018 11:40 am
Little Rock-based Baptist Health has closed on the acquisition of Sparks Health System operations in Fort Smith, Van Buren and clinics in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. The move to…
by - November 1, 2018 10:32 am
Rogers-based firm Sage Partners is now an alliance member of New York-based Cushman & Wakefield. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed in a news release. Sage Partners will…
by - October 31, 2018 9:15 pm
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) announced Wednesday (Oct. 31) that it is partnering with The Venture Center in Little Rock to launch the ICBA ThinkTech Accelerator. The new…
by - October 31, 2018 7:28 pm
Soybean farmers have been inundated with challenges this season and those problems continued through the end of October. As of Monday (Oct. 28) about 63% of Arkansas’ 3.25 million soybean…
by - October 31, 2018 7:20 pm
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities Board of Directors has selected Dr. Chuck Welch, president of the Arkansas State University System in Little Rock, as its Chair-elect. Welch,…
by - October 31, 2018 6:31 pm
With more than 4,600 U.S. store locations, Walmart continues to seek opportunities to use its massive footprint in unique ways such as anchoring “town centers” to improve consumer experiences. L.B….
by - October 31, 2018 3:44 pm
Developing downtown Fort Smith is more about hitting “doubles and singles” than home runs, with the area’s future “pretty vibrant, pretty exciting,” according to Bill Hanna, one of three panelists…
by - October 31, 2018 3:00 pm
A 30-foot renovation to the security checkpoint at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) about 12 years ago was supposed to add enough extra capacity to last 20 years, but growth…
by - October 31, 2018 10:17 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank is hoping to boost its state-leading home loan business through a new digital mortgage application platform called Home4Me. Loan applicants can use the app to submit the…
by - October 30, 2018 3:40 pm
Glenn Mack abruptly resigned his position as executive director of the Brightwater culinary school in Bentonville on Oct. 15. Only a few days earlier, his employer had prepared two options…
by - October 29, 2018 6:39 pm
Voter turnout during the first week of early voting was up 40% in Sebastian County compared with the same period in the 2014 mid-term elections, with one politico unsure what…
by - October 29, 2018 5:51 pm
Bill Zook graduated from Arkansas State University during the 1950’s and went onto a successful career at IBM. Zook has decided he wants to help create more alums at the…
by - October 29, 2018 5:47 pm
The city of Walnut Ridge is seeing a significant jump in city sales and use collections in 2018. Through October, the city has collected $87,055 in sales tax receipts, a…
