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Marshals manager getting ready for team’s second season

The community welcomed the Fort Smith Marshals during the baseball team’s first year in the city, and Greg Kigar is working to address issues to help the team better connect…

Connections: Crowne receives promotion at Walmart AMP

Brian Crowne has been promoted to vice president of the Walmart AMP and strategic initiatives. The AMP, which began at the Northwest Arkansas Mall parking lot in 2005, is located…

2024: Notable Deaths in NWA, Fort Smith metro

Significant contributors to the Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith metro business and civic communities died in 2024. February Glenn Atkins, 60, Feb. 24 — Atkins earned a finance degree —…

F-35 jet arrival, I-49 work, consent decree among top 2024 Fort Smith metro stories

The first two of many fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets roared into Fort Smith in late December to mark another milestone in the foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National…

Chief Justice fires employees, five justices stand against terminations

Newly sworn-in Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker terminated key employees at the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), but five of the high court’s justices contend she lacks…

President Biden blocks U.S. Steel sale to Nippon

Citing national security concerns, President Joe Biden has blocked the sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-based Nippon Steel Corporation. The $15 billion deal, more than a year in the making,…

Year in Review: The top 10 Northwest Arkansas stories of 2024

A $700 million investment in health care, a 2,700-acre land sale, and a new CEO, basketball coach and mayor comprise some of the top Northwest Arkansas business stories of 2024….

ARDOT director reflects on 41 years with the state agency

Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) Director Lorie Tudor retires Jan. 10, 2025, after 41 years with the agency. She started as a clerk typist, left to obtain an engineering degree,…

Federal Home Loan Bank provides $1 million to Gravette housing project

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas recently awarded a $1 million grant to a 40-unit senior housing development in Gravette. Spavinaw Creek Senior Housing received the grant as part…

Most Arkansas-based companies see stock price gains in 2024

Six of the 11 Arkansas publicly traded companies posted stock gains for the full year, compared to five of 11 that had gains to end the third quarter. Walmart posted…

Lower tax rates push Arkansas revenue down almost 3%

Arkansas’ fiscal year-to-date (July 2024-December 2024) tax revenue is $3.973 billion, down 2.9% compared with the same period in the previous fiscal year, according to Friday’s (Jan. 3) report from…

Baptist Health announces 3 new urgent care centers in Central Arkansas

Baptist Health announced Thursday (Jan. 2) it will open three new urgent care locations in early 2025 in Cabot, Conway and North Little Rock. Both Conway and Cabot centers will…

Fort Smith businessman, community ‘advocate’ Kelly Newton has died

Longtime Fort Smith businessman and community supporter Kelly Newton has died following what his family says was a “courageous fight with pancreatic cancer.” He was 74. Newton for decades owned…

Mabee Foundation gives $2 million to Arkansas Children’s Northwest

Arkansas Children’s Northwest has received a $2 million challenge grant from the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation to support its expansion project, according to a Thursday (Jan. 2) news release….

Ruling could revoke marijuana cultivation license for River Valley Relief

A Dec. 30 ruling by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert Wright Jr. again places in jeopardy the future of Fort Smith-based River Valley Relief (RVR), which is one of eight…

$1.5 million home sale tops NEA real estate deals

470 Investments LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County from Nov. 15 to Dec. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company…

A-State graduates fall 2024 class

The Arkansas State University Fall Commencement took place in December at First National Bank Arena. Chancellor Todd Shields and Dr. Calvin White Jr., provost and executive vice chancellor, conferred the…

UAMS receives DOJ grant for emergency responses in LR schools

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a three-year, $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to create a community-based…

Ponder recalls her memories of Pearl Harbor attack

In the days leading up to the Dec. 7, 1941, attack at Pearl Harbor, military code breakers were at work trying to decipher Japanese codes. Japan was waging war in…

Educational agents of change

As 2024 comes to a close, the subject of New Year’s resolutions often arises. Looking for something new or stuck in a rut, many of us vow to ourselves or…