by - January 30, 2018 2:06 pm
January was a banner month for sales tax revenue in Bentonville, but the collection tally may face future revision. The city reported a whopping 326% increase with $3.778 million in…
by - January 29, 2018 10:30 pm
Economic indicators in Craighead County and its seat Jonesboro, have slowed in recent months, and sales tax receipts are no exception during the first month in 2018. Craighead County collected…
by - January 29, 2018 5:38 pm
Chris Joannides, executive director of Fort Smith’s Riverview Hope Campus, provided a status report and discussed goals for year two at a Monday (Jan. 29) meeting of the Future Fort…
by - January 29, 2018 3:44 pm
State Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, pleaded guilty on Monday (Jan. 29) to one count of wire fraud, one count of money laundering, and one count of bank fraud. He…
by - January 29, 2018 1:00 pm
Russellville-based brokerage Little John Transportation Services recently combined two Fayetteville offices into a 9,809-square-foot building at 5106 S. Thompson St. in Springdale. On Aug. 18, Dale Brothers of Northwest Arkansas…
by - January 26, 2018 2:50 pm
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to note that Republican Party Chairman Doyle Webb did not say Gov. Asa Hutchinson would defeat challenger Jan Morgan in the GOP primary….
by - January 25, 2018 7:32 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday (Jan. 25) approved a two-year contract extension for FCRA Executive Director Ivy Owen. The approval came with a 3% pay increase for Owen,…
by - January 25, 2018 4:07 pm
Arkansas State University has hired Maurice Gipson to be the first cabinet-level chief diversity officer, Chancellor Kelly Damphousse said. Gipson worked the past three years as an assistant vice chancellor…
by - January 25, 2018 3:24 pm
Move over kidney pie. One year after expanding to the Middle East, Fayetteville-based restaurant chain Slim Chickens now has its sights set on Europe. The company announced Thursday (Jan. 25)…
by - January 25, 2018 3:04 pm
Wal-Mart is making room for its new corporate headquarters by relocating some distribution center operations in Bentonville and Fort Smith into a 1.03 million square foot warehouse space now under…
by - January 25, 2018 7:48 am
The number of residential building permits issued in Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities last year was collectively down 18% from the previous year. According to the data from each city,…
by - January 25, 2018 6:44 am
Poteau, Okla.-based Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center will serve as a clinical rotation facility for students at Fort Smith-based Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM). Rrotations will begin in July 2019…
by - January 24, 2018 2:17 pm
The Walton Family Foundation has entered into a one-year partnership with the Minneapolis-based nonprofit, real estate developer and property manager Artspace to assess the arts community and market in Northwest…
by - January 24, 2018 12:42 pm
At the end of Tuesday’s (Jan. 23) study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors, Director Tracy Pennartz asked for a Feb. 13 study session to discuss cutting the…
by - January 24, 2018 12:11 pm
Toys R Us locations in Fort Smith and Little Rock will shutter their doors in 2018, according to information provided by a company spokesperson following the blog that announced 180…
by - January 24, 2018 11:13 am
An established nonprofit in Siloam Springs has a new name. Soderquist Leadership, the leadership development organization that traces its roots to the late Don Soderquist, has changed its name to…
by - January 24, 2018 8:36 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ brokerage segment, Integrated Capacity Solutions, recently eclipsed a milestone company founder Johnnie B. Hunt once thought elusive for the Lowell-based carrier. In a LinkedIn post, Shelley…
by - January 23, 2018 5:28 pm
Arkansas State University alumnus Christy Clark fought and won a battle with breast cancer 10 years ago, and now she hopes to bring that kind of resolve to the ASU…
by - January 23, 2018 5:20 pm
Four Arkansas counties will host a conference Feb. 27 at the Salem High School to help farmers prepare their herds for the upcoming spring season. The North Central Arkansas Beef…
by - January 23, 2018 5:08 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors were not ready to accept a settlement offer from attorney Joey McCutchen at Tuesday’s (Jan. 23) study session following McCutchen’s judicial victory over the…
