by - April 19, 2017 5:34 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors authorized appropriations for the utilities department’s capital improvement plan (CIP) for 2017 to the tune of $18.325 million in water and sewer upgrades and…
by - April 18, 2017 5:46 pm
Four years ago this month a group of eight investors, most of them from Northwest Arkansas, closed a deal to buy Grand Savings Bank, an Oklahoma-based lender established in 1981….
by - April 18, 2017 5:05 pm
Downtown Springdale Alliance executive director Misty Murphy told Talk Business & Politics-Northwest Arkansas Business Journal she is resigning her role with the nonprofit. Murphy said she is leaving to take…
by - April 18, 2017 4:12 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin told Talk Business & Politics he thinks two proposed convention centers in Northeast Arkansas’s hub city could still be completed by next year. Northern Arkansas Hotel…
by - April 18, 2017 1:17 pm
The Unexpected unexpectedly hits Fort Smith early this year. At Tuesday’s (April 18) meeting of the Central Business Improvement (CBID), event director Claire Kolberg announced the previously-held-in-September art festival would…
by - April 18, 2017 8:32 am
Confidential Business Intermediaries (CBI) of Springdale has opened an office in Tulsa. Owner Carl Grimes said Roy Still is the managing partner for the office, which opened March 1 on…
by - April 17, 2017 9:18 pm
The Fort Smith Public School (FSPS) Board eyed an increase to teacher salaries at Monday’s (April 17) committee meeting. A recommendation was presented to board members for an average annual…
by - April 17, 2017 5:08 pm
United Bank has started a renovation project of its Springdale headquarters at 2600 S. Thompson St. Bank president and CEO Nathan Gairhan said the project started the first week of…
by - April 17, 2017 2:23 pm
On July 31, 162 young men and women – average age of 24 – will populate classrooms and lecture halls of the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, bringing a building…
by - April 17, 2017 9:19 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services saw first-quarter earnings rise 2% as load volume and contracts increased across its business segments. But income was affected by low customer rates as a result…
by - April 16, 2017 6:40 pm
It took booze, barbeque, and Cinderella’s husband to establish modern-day Pocahontas as the county seat in Randolph County. The city will celebrate its 11th annual Founder’s Day Festival on May…
by - April 14, 2017 1:44 pm
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute received a $500,000 gift from the Ryan Gibson Foundation on Friday (April 14) to further cancer research within the precision medicine program. ACRI needed about $1.7…
by - April 14, 2017 11:34 am
A new Pinnacle Hills office building for upscale real estate firm Portfolio Luxury Real Estate is one of the agenda items to be considered Tuesday (April 18) at the next…
by - April 14, 2017 8:18 am
Chuck Hyde, CEO of Soderquist Leadership in Siloam Springs since 2010, is leaving the leadership development organization to pursue other opportunities, effective June 30. Hyde, 47, told Talk Business &…
by - April 13, 2017 6:25 pm
News of job cuts during 2017 from the region’s largest employer Wal-Mart Stores may become as familiar to Northwest Arkansas residents as orange barrels and interstate construction. The retail giant…
by - April 13, 2017 5:10 pm
Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Director Doug Reinert shared with the Fort Smith Board of Directors detailed plans on approximately $11.8 million in trails and greenways work the city will…
by - April 13, 2017 3:22 pm
Connie Guild, 52, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday (April 13) to stealing more than $1 million from the Benton County government, and filing a false tax return. U.S. District…
by - April 12, 2017 7:05 pm
On March 6, 2017, Fort Smith City Director Keith Lau filed an offense report against Arkansas State Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, alleging Files defrauded Lau’s KCP Property Management of…
by - April 12, 2017 3:09 pm
A proposed convention center/hotel/restaurant project on the Arkansas State University campus has been delayed. O’Reilly Hospitality Management of Springfield, Mo., is waiting for the city of Jonesboro to approve construction…
by - April 12, 2017 2:41 pm
The now famous IBM Watson has helped connect cancer research at Fayetteville-based Highlands Oncology Group with research at Mayo Clinic, M.D. Anderson and other research capable clinics. Earlier this year…
