by - February 21, 2018 7:54 pm
NEA Baptist plans to expand its operations with a new clinic in Brookland, immediately north of Jonesboro. The new 7,000-square-foot-clinic is set for the corner of U.S. 49 North and…
by - February 21, 2018 7:36 pm
At least two Fort Smith Directors are not supportive of how the city handled the employment of Police Officer Lindsay Herring. But Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken said Herring…
by - February 21, 2018 6:38 pm
It was another big sales tax revenue payday for Bentonville in the February report following triple-digit growth in January. City leaders have said they don’t get too excited about boon…
by - February 21, 2018 4:45 pm
A 27,000-square-foot, single-story structure in Fayetteville will be the first in Arkansas built with cross-laminated timber, or CLT. The engineered wood is made by gluing together wooden beams under high…
by - February 21, 2018 8:12 am
The residential housing market in Northwest Arkansas started with a strong showing in 2018. According to the latest figures, real estate agents in Benton and Washington counties finished the first…
by - February 20, 2018 9:30 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors have cleared the final pathway for Riverfront Drive Skate and Bike Park at the original site of the United States Marshals Museum (USMM) in…
by - February 20, 2018 6:47 pm
The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority (NARIFA) has selected Graycen Bigger as its new executive director. Bigger told Talk Business & Politics she will start work immediately. Bigger is…
by - February 20, 2018 5:35 pm
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent Jason Frankenberger encouraged the use of two-factor authentication and stronger passwords along with better employee education programs in Tuesday’s (Feb. 20) Cyber Security…
by - February 20, 2018 4:02 pm
Truck dealer Murphy-Hoffman Co., or MHC, based in Leawood, Kan., has started construction on a 65,800-square-foot dealership on 12.3 acres at Interstate 49 and Wagon Wheel Road in north Springdale….
by - February 20, 2018 3:57 pm
America’s Car-Mart closed two Arkansas dealerships, but opened one in the state and another in Kentucky as the company continues to focus on training and recruiting managers. On Monday (Feb….
by - February 19, 2018 6:59 pm
Lindsay Herring needed a break when she brought her appeal of termination before the Fort Smith Civil Service Commission on Monday (Feb. 19). In 2017, the new mom and six-year…
by - February 19, 2018 4:18 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson met with Vice President Mike Pence, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and other lawmakers about a month ago to ensure the U.S. will remain in the North…
by - February 19, 2018 2:04 pm
A GOP primary is in the works for Arkansas House of Representatives District 76 seat that represents the eastern and southern parts of Fort Smith. Cindy Crawford announced Sunday (Feb….
by - February 19, 2018 12:01 pm
The University of Miami opted to not play a scheduled football game against Arkansas State University in Jonesboro on Sept. 9, and now the two institutions are locked in a…
by - February 19, 2018 7:49 am
The voters of Arkansas let Conner Eldridge know in November 2016 he should practice law. That’s a lighthearted way of summarizing Eldridge’s quest to unseat U.S. Sen. John Boozman, the…
by - February 18, 2018 3:12 pm
Every day, John Coleman, regional director for energy consultant Entegrity Partners, looks out his window from his office along Archibald Yell Boulevard, or U.S. Highway 71B, in Fayetteville and watches…
by - February 18, 2018 2:48 pm
Conventional wisdom suggests voter approval of a millage increase for Fort Smith schools will be tough to obtain, especially in the wake of rising costs citizens pay for the federally…
by - February 15, 2018 7:32 pm
Union Partners announced Thursday (Feb. 15) plans to build a new steel processing facility on the Big River Steel campus in Osceola. The new facility will be adjacent to BRS’s…
by - February 15, 2018 6:50 pm
Member cities of the Frontier Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) have until April 2 to turn in their signage submissions for a wayfinding program in the Fort Smith region. Western Arkansas…
by - February 15, 2018 6:38 pm
Jonesboro didn’t hit its building permit targets in 2017, but 2018 could be different. The city issued $9.493 million in commercial and residential permits in January, a 22% gain over…
