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Fort Smith chamber names members of 2019 JLA class

The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has named the Junior Leadership Academy Class of 2019. The number of students in the class has grown from 30 to 40 to…

Writer-in-Residence selected for the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum

Kate Osana Simonian of Texas Tech University has been selected to serve as the inaugural Writer-in-Residence for the month of June at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum & Educational Center. She will…

Fayetteville’s Chef Chrissy earns praise from USA Today

Chef Chrissy Sanderson found out she was named to USA Today’s “50 States: 50 Female Chefs” list not long after her wife, Leigh Helm, left her position at Lowell-based carrier…

Acxiom speeds up efforts to sell Marketing Solutions business with executive bonuses

Acxiom Corp. said last week it is seeking “strategic alternatives” for its Marketing Solutions division, including a potential sale of the core business that propelled the company’s growth as an…

Downtown Bentonville Inc. hires new executive director

The nonprofit group Downtown Bentonville Inc. (DBI) announced Monday (April 9) the hiring of Andrew Heath as executive director. He is replacing Monica Kumar, who held the job from 2015…

Tyson Foods grows foodservice division to a $12.6 billion business

Tyson Foods is a household name for branded retail products like frozen chicken tenders and Jimmy Dean sausage, in all commanding 42 miles of retail freezer aisle space in the…

UA conference attendees discuss blockchain disruptions, benefits

Blockchain is seen as another disruptive technology – along with machine learning, internet of things and virtual reality – that has the potential to impact nearly all business sectors. There…

Aerobotics to lead drone class at Northwest Technical Institute

Springfield, Mo.-based Aerobotics LLC will host an entry-level class for those interested in flying drones from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 21 at Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale. Rick…

Springdale receives feedback on street bond projects

Nearly 75 people attended a meeting to provide feedback on street projects that would be paid for with a bond issue that Springdale voters approved with 84% of the vote….

Business, school leaders push for millage increase at citizen forum

Business and school officials pressed for voter approval of the proposed 5.558-mill increase for the Fort Smith Public School district during a Thursday (April 5) League of River Valley Voters…

Jonesboro appoints new city parks director

Danny Kapales has been named the new city parks and recreation director for the city of Jonesboro. Kapales, who has served as interim director since the Feb. 12 resignation of…

Ozark Regional Transit to receive $3.6 million to help restore burned bus fleet

Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) will receive a $3.6 million federal grant to replace the majority, if not all, of the remaining buses that have yet to be replaced after a…

David Cheesewright joins Walmart Canada as part-time consultant

David Cheesewright, former chief executive officer for Walmart International, ended his full-time employment with Walmart on March 31 and transitioned to a part-time consultant role for Walmart Canada for the…

Walton Family Foundation official sees ‘great opportunity’ in developing on-street cycling infrastructure

Walton Family Foundation Home Region program director Karen Minkel says the best opportunity to strengthen Northwest Arkansas’ already growing bicycle and trail system economy lies in the further development of…

Solar net metering facilities jumped 72.3% in NWA last year

The number of net metering facilities in Northwest Arkansas increased dramatically in 2017. According to annual filings with the Arkansas Public Service Commission (PSC), there were 517 net metering facilities…

Thousands flock to Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce Business Expo

Jim Heath has operated his Jonesboro-area business, Jim Heath Floor Care for more than 35 years. When he hired Makaleigh Wright as his marketing coordinator she had some new ideas…

Fort Smith, Little Rock festivals announce 2018 music lineups

Arkansas’ two largest cities dropped details of their annual music festivals Wednesday (April 4), with Little Rock-based RiverFest Music Festival and Fort Smith-based Peacemaker Festival announcing headliners. RiverFest will be…

XNA recommends access road study, discusses terminal renovation

Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) officials want to take a new approach to the airport access road that has been studied for more than 12 years to improve access to…

NWA planners buy transit planning software, discuss future highway projects

Northwest Arkansas cities and two transit providers will soon have access to a cloud-based software that has over the past year provided route planning information to Springdale-based transit provider Ozark…

Fort Smith faces delay on making case before Arkansas FOIA Task Force

The Fort Smith parties involved in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case will have to wait a little longer to make their cases before the newly formed Arkansas FOIA…