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Analysts: Car-Mart Q1 profit to rise, revenue to fall

Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. is expected to post mixed results in the first quarter of fiscal 2025 as vehicle sales fall and sales price growth moderates, analysts said. Before the markets…

ROYBI opens Bentonville office

San Jose, Calif.-based educational technology company ROYBI Inc. recently opened an office at Ledger in Bentonville. The award-winning company sells children’s educational robots that use an artificial intelligence (AI) platform….

Ripple effects of advancing women in business

For the past eight years I’ve been a proud volunteer for NextUp, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing women in business with one of the largest chapters right here in Northwest…

A-State researcher receives $1.77 million grant to study tooth decay health impacts

Tooth decay can have a serious impact on a person’s overall health and a faculty member in Arkansas State University’s Beck College of Sciences and Mathematics has secured a federal…

Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board appoints new chairman, officers

The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board (ASPB) recently elected three new officers to lead the organization. Brad Doyle of Poinsett County has been elected as the chairman of the nine-member board….

The Supply Side: Walmart marks 30 years in Canada; gross revenue up 1.8% from previous year

It’s been 30 years since Walmart acquired 122 Woolco stores in Canada from Woolworth for about $300 million. That was Walmart’s inaugural leap into Canada. Fast-forward to 2024, and Walmart…

Real Deals: Farmington townhomes change hands for $5 million

Farmington Hills LLC, led by Jian Fei Lin of Lowell, recently picked up 15 two-unit townhomes on North Fox Hunter Street in Farmington for $5.78 million. The purchase price equals…

‘Agile’ exercise in September to bring F-35s to Fort Smith

Eight U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jets will roar into Fort Smith for a September exercise that follows the branch’s “Agile Combat Employment” (ACE) doctrine, and provides an early test…

Tyson Foods names Curt Calaway as CFO

Tyson Foods removed the interim title and officially made Curt Calaway the chief financial officer with a base salary of $675,000 and increased target annual incentive plan to 110% of…

Developers respond to FCRA lawsuit, allege retaliation and deceptive practices

Developers included in a lawsuit filed in July by the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) have filed a counterclaim saying FCRA engages in deceptive practices and the original lawsuit was…

Arisa Health breaks ground on $9 million clinic in Rogers

The rise in demand for mental health services has led Springdale-based Arisa Health to build a $9.5 million behavioral health services clinic in Rogers. The 34,000-square-foot clinic is expected to be…

7 Brew’s meteoric growth shows no signs of slowing momentum

There has been a lot happening in Gabe Moore’s seven years with Fayetteville-based coffee shop, 7 Brew. Moore’s wife, then girlfriend Makayla, was a power tools sales rep to Home…

Protecting Arkansas workers from heat is a hot topic

In most of the nation, all you need to do is to step outside to feel one of Arkansas’ deadliest hazards: extreme heat. So far in 2024, the dangers of…

U.S. Rep. French Hill: Isolationism is ‘wishful thinking’

The United States must be an active leader in world affairs and cannot adopt an isolationist stance, U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said Wednesday (Aug. 29). “Wishful thinking is…

Fort Smith mayor appointed to Air Force Civic Leader program

Fort Smith Mayor George McGill has been appointed to the first class of the U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Civic Leader Program. He will represent Ebbing…

Blytheville top micropolitan area in Arkansas according to Heartland Forward

Transportation, manufacturing and petroleum-related industries have contributed to the overall economic strength of some of the top micropolitan areas in Arkansas, according to a new report. Bentonville-based Heartland Forward, a…

Heartland Forward poll finds broad support for AI, some concerns about job losses

Results from a poll conducted for Bentonville-based Heartland Forward suggests many people in middle America believe artificial intelligence (AI) will benefit the region’s economy, but do have concerns about data…

Main Street Fort Smith issues call for artist on downtown ‘art activation’

Main Street Fort Smith is working to bring a unique art activation to connect historic areas in downtown Fort Smith, but it needs the right artist to make it happen….

First president of Association of Arkansas Counties to be honored in Blytheville

Mississippi County’s longest serving county judge was instrumental in defining the structure of county government for the state of Arkansas and now a plaque will commemorate his work. County officials…