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First Security Bank tops list of best ROA ratios

For the sixth time in the past seven years, family owned First Security Bank of Searcy has the best return on assets (ROA) of the privately owned banks doing business…

Truckload carriers coming off strong first quarter, driver shortage continues

The truckload industry looks to have experienced one of the strongest first quarters in a period that is typically weak while a driver shortage continues to show no signs of…

Stone Bank opens fourth Arkansas branch

Stone Bank has opened its fourth bank branch in Arkansas with the renovation of the 18,000-square-foot second floor of the Three Financial Centre building at 900 S. Shackleford Road in…

Foghorn’s expands into Core Brewing Co. locations

A conversation between two Springdale-based business owners in December led to a venture combining craft beer and chicken wings into one establishment that’s growing across the state. Jeff Hodges, owner…

Brightwater hosts ‘Final Table’ event of the World Food Championships

Bentonville stepped into the international limelight this weekend to host the “Final Table” event of the World Food Championships, and the winner has close ties to Arkansas. For the first…

Rep. Hill remembers Barbara Bush, discusses tax cuts and House leadership

U.S. Rep. French Hill, a veteran of the George H.W. Bush White House, fondly remembered former First Lady Barbara Bush, who passed away at the age of 92 last week….

Transit supporters give tips on improving public transportation

Business leaders from North Carolina and Indianapolis explained why their regions have supported transit with sales and income taxes, and how one region overcame perceptions that public transit is only…

Fort Smith-based bank crafting community image in NWA

The more things change, the more they stay the same. For The First National Bank of Fort Smith, those are reliable words to live by. The Fort Smith market leader’s…

Despite the spring chill, summer farmers markets make ready

Freezing temperatures in April were not kind to budding pear, peach and nectarine trees. But local farmers say their strawberry crops look healthy, and Lad Hiatt of Hiatt Blueberry Farm…

Florida investor completes $27 million acquisition in Rogers

A two-building commercial development and an undeveloped lot all near the front gate of Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers have sold for a combined $27 million. Tampa-based investment firm Hachem…

RevUnit’s Michael Paladino named entrepreneur of the year by UA’s Walton College

Michael Paladino, co-founder and chief technology officer of Bentonville software company RevUnit, was named entrepreneur of the year at the annual awards banquet held Thursday (April 19) by the Sam…

FCRA voices approval of Fort Smith Schools’ proposed millage increase

The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) lended its support to the upcoming school millage vote on May 22. The FCRA board approved a resolution on Thursday (April 19) endorsing the…

Former Sen. Files federal sentencing set for June 18

After several date and time changes, the sentencing of former Sen. Jake Files is set for 10 a.m., June 18, in Fort Smith with U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes III…

Panelists discuss economic development challenges in Jonesboro

The U.S. economy is rapidly evolving, and automation will dramatically change what jobs workers perform in the future, according to Jonesboro Unlimited Vice President for Economic Development Mike Downing. This…

Andrea Allen named interim director of ASU Delta Center

Andrea Allen has been named interim executive director of the Delta Center for Economic Development, Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse announced Thursday (April 19). A 1997 ASU graduate, Allen…

J.B. Hunt expects double-digit revenue growth, operating income to rise faster in 2018

J.B. Hunt Transport Services has seen demand unlike ever before in this upcycle and expects double-digit revenue growth in 2018, and operating income to rise at a faster rate than…

Highlands Oncology Group eyes Springdale for its third cancer center

Highlands Oncology Group is bursting at the seams in its Fayetteville cancer treatment center as the region’s population continues to grow beyond 500,000. Need for additional space has prompted the…

Real Deals: Flintco leads construction of Rogers’ 16th elementary school

Flintco Inc. in Springdale is using a building permit valued at $15.81 million for a 25-acre project at 3131 W. Garrett Road in Rogers. Rogers Public Schools is the land…

Coulson Oil to build new corporate HQ in NorthShore Business Park

Coulson Oil will build a new corporate headquarters in the NorthShore Business Park off I-430 at Crystal Hill Road in North Little Rock. The cost of the new headquarters was…

Sebastian County election officials roll out ‘vote-anywhere’ voting centers

Sebastian County election officials will launch the area’s first “voting centers” during the May 22 preferential primary. The centers will replace traditional precinct-based voting in which voters had to vote…