by - July 19, 2017 4:47 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved three resolutions related to the city’s federal consent decree totaling $1.929 million at Tuesday night’s (July 18) meeting. The resolutions all related specifically…
by - July 18, 2017 5:37 pm
A business group representing the city of Fort Smith’s trucking industry has agreed to support the Propelling Downtown Forward strategic development plan after a compromise was reached on a truck…
by - July 18, 2017 4:31 pm
The Arkansas State Alumni Association has hired a new executive director. Lindsay Burnett, a 2005 marketing graduate from ASU, will replace Beth Smith who retired earlier this spring. “Lindsay has…
by - July 18, 2017 3:33 pm
Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services rose nearly 2% after the carrier reported second-quarter earnings declined 6% and issued lowered 2017 expectations Monday (July 17). “A combination of low expectations…
by - July 18, 2017 1:13 pm
It’s been four years since Wal-Mart Stores Inc., announced its commitment to buy $250 billion more in American-made products over a 10-year period. Since that time, dozens of new suppliers…
by - July 18, 2017 12:32 pm
Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc., a technology firm located in the Arkansas Research and Technology Park at the University of Arkansas, has received a $750,000 award from the U.S. Air Force….
by - July 18, 2017 10:26 am
Matt Timboe is a fan of Chickadee’s Fresh Fare, near the library on the south side of downtown Siloam Springs. The restaurant opened in early June, and in less than…
by - July 17, 2017 8:05 pm
The Fort Smith School District has rejected a $250,000 bid from the city of Fort Smith’s sanitation department for trash collection and recycling services. Fort Smith Schools Superintendent Dr. Doug…
by - July 17, 2017 3:29 pm
More than 100 years ago, Arkansas State University opened its doors for the first time. Its first classroom space was in downtown Jonesboro. A century later, ASU has a presence…
by - July 17, 2017 12:19 pm
Vicki and Gary Jech of Springdale and their family will give $250,000 to Arkansas Children’s Northwest, a 233,613-square-foot pediatric hospital under construction west of Interstate 49 in Springdale. Arkansas Children’s…
by - July 17, 2017 11:58 am
The University of Arkansas has named Donald Judges as vice provost for distance education and leader of the Global Campus, the UA announced Monday (July 17). Judges officially took on…
by - July 17, 2017 11:50 am
For decades the heart and soul of every community across America was its downtown. Families traded at the local grocery store, children rode their bikes along tree-lined sidewalks, neighbors stopped…
by - July 17, 2017 10:43 am
Chris Ward was working for the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agriculture Service in Afghanistan when he realized he needed to do something different on his livestock farm near…
by - July 17, 2017 10:07 am
Future School of Fort Smith has received a $600,000 matching grant from the Siloam Springs-based Windgate Foundation. Future School Founder and Superintendent Trish Flanagan told Talk Business & Politics on…
by - July 16, 2017 8:23 pm
If the Northwest Arkansas economy was a professional sports athlete, most folks would think it necessary to test for steroids or some other performance enhancing drug. But it’s all natural…
by - July 14, 2017 12:36 pm
North Little Rock-based Advanced Cabling Systems LLC has opened an office in Fort Smith. The new location is at 5009 S. 35th St. and has three employees, according to marketing…
by - July 14, 2017 11:39 am
Crossland Construction Co. in Rogers recently paid the city of Bentonville for a building permit valued at $7.31 million. The permit is being used to build a two-story, 46,500-square-foot office…
by - July 14, 2017 8:28 am
Tyler Clark, development director for Springdale-based Community Clinic, has been hired as the new executive director of the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas. Clark, 36, is replacing Jody…
by - July 13, 2017 6:44 pm
Powdered milk in Spain more than 70-years ago may change the modern farming culture in Arkansas. Dan West, an American farmer who volunteered to help fight hunger during the Spanish…
by - July 13, 2017 6:24 pm
When the Don Tyson School of Innovation in Springdale reopens its doors this fall, it will begin its fourth school year with almost 800 students, grades 7-11. It is launching…
