40-year-old nonprofit breaks scholarship recipient records
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-Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year amid record growth in scholarship recipients. Since 1984, the organization has awarded more than 21,000 single…
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-Washington Regional Medical System, Limbird Real Estate Group and the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas were among several businesses and organizations to announce new hires, promotions and appointments….
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-Arkansas Capital Corp. announced it will partner with Startup Junkie and its newest program, ARise, for the Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition. Dhu Thompson, Owner of US Irrigation and…
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-WLV Harrison LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County from July 15 to Aug. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company…
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-Work is “well underway” on the nine townhomes in Bentonville being developed by WalkingStick, according to Tom Hanna. The townhome sizes range between 2,760 square feet and 2,935 square feet….
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-Arkansas’ manufacturing sector accounts for 12% of the state’s total payroll jobs and could add more than 1,000 jobs if recent growth rates continue, according to economist Greg Kaza. Job…
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-What’s the state of the state in education? Schools are implementing Gov. Sarah Sanders’ LEARNS Act. Legislators are performing the biennial adequacy study that will determine school funding amounts for…
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-The City of Fort Smith faces a possible $25 million penalty if state and federal officials do not approve a city plan to modify a federal consent decree mandating sewer…
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-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…
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-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….
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-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…
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-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…
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-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….
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-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…
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-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…
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-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…
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-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…
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-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…
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-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…
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-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…