by - March 30, 2017 8:51 am
Fort Smith-based food manufacturer OK Foods Inc. has issued a recall for approximately 1 million pounds of breaded chicken, according to a recent press release from Industrias Bachoco, its Mexico-based…
by - March 30, 2017 8:35 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has opened its first office in Canada, with an enterprise sales office in Toronto. The announcement was made Thursday (March 30). The Lowell-based carrier has provided…
by - March 30, 2017 7:46 am
Thaden School in Bentonville will open this fall, and the private school located in the Market District downtown has announced in the past few months the hiring of a director of…
by - March 30, 2017 7:37 am
Marc Lore, CEO of Walmart U.S. e-Commerce, has promoted three company insiders to new executive leadership roles under his revamped organization. The Wall Street Journal first reported Fiona Tan’s promotion…
by - March 29, 2017 5:18 pm
Garrison Asset Management LLC — doing business as Garrison Financial Corp. — has been sold to current employees Kerry Bradley (president), Glenn Atkins (executive vice president) and James Bell (vice…
by - March 29, 2017 4:17 pm
Wal-Mart Stores recently received a U.S. patent for a system that would allow the retailer to use drones to move products between departments. Patent No. US 2017/0076354 was granted earlier…
by - March 29, 2017 4:03 pm
Fort Smith city and county sales tax numbers are off to a good start after closing 2016 with slight gains in the wake of a $1.41 million downward budget revision…
by - March 29, 2017 1:59 pm
Ecoark Holdings of Rogers announced a corporate restructuring ahead of the company’s efforts to be uplisted on Nasdaq’s Capital Market. CEO and founder Randy May will step back as CEO…
by - March 29, 2017 10:50 am
The Springdale City Council on March 28 approved new design standards for downtown properties in its regular meeting, and it passed an emergency clause making them effective immediately. The council…
by - March 28, 2017 3:51 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken is done with sewer rate increases for the foreseeable future, stating his administration would no longer entertain increases as long as prices were at…
by - March 28, 2017 1:40 pm
Traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport is off to a good start in 2017, with numbers up almost 14% year-to-date and building upon a 2016 that saw marginal…
by - March 28, 2017 11:58 am
Heath Rhodes decided a free giveaway on social media was the best way to spur his hunter dog box business, DHK Manufacturing. The specialty boxes made by his company can…
by - March 28, 2017 10:26 am
Kaaren Biggs, the Biggs family and Packaging Specialties Inc. have donated $2 million to Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale, it was announced Tuesday (March 28). “Throughout the years, our family…
by - March 28, 2017 7:31 am
Former Fort Smith School Board candidate Greg Murray blasted the School Board for circumstances surrounding his loss to current Board member Talicia Richardson at Monday night’s (March 27) meeting. Richardson…
by - March 27, 2017 4:39 pm
Storm Nolan will be the first person to tell you his idea for a medical marijuana cultivation facility in Fort Smith isn’t a given. After all, state officials are proceeding…
by - March 27, 2017 4:25 pm
Renting is on the rise in Northwest Arkansas and the rest of the country. The percentage of renters vs. buyers in the Northwest Arkansas housing market grew to 37% of…
by - March 27, 2017 3:58 pm
One of Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin’s goals has been to eliminate homelessness in the city. A new program, Helping Underserved Belong, HUB will be launched April 4 to help him…
by - March 27, 2017 10:57 am
Brig. Gen. Tamhra Hutchins-Frye, director of joint staff at Arkansas Air National Guard, will be a keynote speaker for NWA TechFest on May 18 at the Fayetteville Town Center. Hutchins-Frye…
by - March 23, 2017 6:25 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director John Parker will retire on March 31 after 20 years with the facility and close to 10 as director. It’s not likely a new director…
by - March 23, 2017 4:24 pm
The pace of home sales in Benton and Washington counties accelerated through the first two months of 2017 compared to a year ago, according to the latest data. Realtors in…
