by - August 2, 2017 7:56 am
Tyson Foods has agreed to a $5.8 million settlement with roughly 3,900 of its workers, past and present, at the meat giant’s pork processing plant in Storm Lake, Iowa. The…
by - August 1, 2017 8:24 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors unanimously approved the Propelling Downtown Forward strategic redevelopment plan at Tuesday night’s (Aug. 1) meeting from the Fort Smith Public Schools Service Center. The…
by - August 1, 2017 4:34 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill oversaw its largest number of local enplanements ever in the month of June. There were 68,274 enplanements — or outbound passengers —…
by - August 1, 2017 12:40 pm
It’s been nearly ten years since Arkansas State University changed its mascot from the Native American Indian to the Red Wolf. The university is about to expand its role to…
by - August 1, 2017 12:35 pm
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service has named associate vice-president Rick Cartwright as its new director. Cartwright’s appointment will begin Aug. 1. He served as interim…
by - July 31, 2017 4:51 pm
In 1887, George F. Degen, director of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Fort Smith, Ark., discovered a railroad worker had been horribly injured. Degen collected his hat and marched several…
by - July 31, 2017 1:04 pm
As the building boom rolls on in Northwest Arkansas, the region can feel like one giant construction zone at times. Red dirt and new developments appear seemingly overnight, to say…
by - July 31, 2017 12:54 pm
Downtown neighborhoods in Northwest Arkansas have increasingly become centers for businesses and activities related to holistic health and exercise. Downtown Bentonville, for example, has a number of businesses that focus…
by - July 31, 2017 12:38 pm
USA Truck has appointed Allen Lowry as vice president of safety and risk management. The Van Buren-based carrier announced the appointment on Thursday (July 27). Lowry joined the company after…
by - July 31, 2017 7:38 am
American Idol winner Scotty McCreery will be the headline act at the 9th annual Downtown Jonesboro BBQ and Music Festival slated for Sept. 30, in downtown Jonesboro. Thousands attend the…
by - July 30, 2017 2:10 pm
In 2012, Rev. Pamela Cicioni and Meritt Hutchinson, who had recently lost her mother to cancer, began dreaming about creating a healing garden in Northwest Arkansas. That dream drew one…
by - July 30, 2017 1:51 pm
Dean Weber’s life was changed forever on a hot, humid Monday early in his career as an athletic trainer at the University of North Carolina. One of his players collapsed…
by - July 29, 2017 3:08 pm
Following news of corporate layoffs at Wal-Mart Stores’ headquarters in Bentonville, several major leadership changes were announced Friday via an internal memo by Charles Redfield, head of the grocery division,…
by - July 29, 2017 2:43 pm
President Donald Trump has fired Delta Regional Authority co-chairman Chris Masingill. The co-chairman was informed of his termination late Thursday afternoon. His removal was immediate, DRA spokesman Andrew Moreau told…
by - July 29, 2017 12:29 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday (July 28) that murals created by artist Lakwena in the Sebastian County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) as part of The Unexpected Project provide inspiration for…
by - July 28, 2017 2:57 pm
In response to customer demand, Slim Chickens will build its sixth Northwest Arkansas restaurant in Springdale in the Ozark Center Point Place shopping center at the Highway 412/Interstate 49 intersection….
by - July 28, 2017 10:21 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has completed construction of a nearly 144,000-square-foot office building at its corporate headquarters east of Interstate 49 in Lowell. On Friday (July 28), the carrier announced…
by - July 28, 2017 9:27 am
A boost in tonnage and the number of shipments helped Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. post second quarter net income of $15.777 million, up 54% compared to the same quarter in…
by - July 28, 2017 7:55 am
A building designed by Fayetteville firm Marlon Blackwell Architects is one of 22 American projects that have been shortlisted for this year’s World Architecture Festival (WAF) awards. The American finalists…
by - July 27, 2017 10:51 pm
There is a scene at the end of the Oscar-winning film High Noon where retired U.S. Marshal Will Kane — having disposed of the bad guys in his last act…
