by - April 17, 2015 2:55 pm
Whirlpool officials said Friday (April 17) they have paid more than $3 million to property owners harmed by pollution around the company’s former manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, and have…
by - April 17, 2015 2:10 pm
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education was the topic discussed by area business leaders and educators Friday (April 17) at the Bentonville-Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce Business Matters breakfast event….
by - April 17, 2015 10:35 am
Matthew Waller was named interim dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and will assume the duties of dean Eli Jones who is…
by - April 17, 2015 10:24 am
University of Arkansas Chancellor David Gearhart and his wife Jane, announced plans to make a $1 million donation to the college’s upcoming campaign efforts. The campaign, known as Campaign Arkansas,…
by - April 16, 2015 7:39 pm
As thousands of college seniors prepare to receive their degrees next month and then head out into the job market, a group of students from the University of Arkansas, University…
by - April 16, 2015 5:51 pm
The group seeking renewal of Fort Smith’s 1% sales tax for street work and a 5% cut of that tax for trail and greenway work raised $5,000 in March to…
by - April 16, 2015 5:03 pm
In just under three years Kourtney and Beau Barrett have disrupted the fitness headband segment with Junk Brands, a growing custom headband manufacturing operation based in their hometown of Bentonville….
by - April 16, 2015 3:26 pm
Mike Duke, the former CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has joined the global consumer and retail group of private equity firm The Carlyle Group. He will began work at Carlyle…
by - April 16, 2015 12:28 pm
Oral arguments in the case of State of West Virginia vs. Federal Environmental Protection Agency began Thursday morning (April 16) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of…
by - April 16, 2015 11:47 am
Northwest Arkansas apartments reached a new high in occupancy as the 2015 began with apartments communities nearly full, reporting a 98% occupancy rate, according to the CBRE year end-2014 apartment…
by - April 16, 2015 11:10 am
“Giving back” was the theme of the day on Wednesday (April 15) as more than 600 volunteers joined together for Live United Day, sponsored by the United Way of Northwest…
by - April 16, 2015 10:23 am
A lament about a Clinton Bush appearance in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the unfortunate allegation that the Fort Smith Police Department attempted to hack an attorney’s computer, and the…
by - April 16, 2015 9:48 am
Arkansas foreclosure activity continues to slow and are part of a national trend in which first quarter foreclosures were their lowest rate in 8 years, according to Irvine, Calif.,-based RealtyTrac.com….
by - April 15, 2015 10:32 pm
NorthWest Arkansas Community College President Dr. Evelyn Jorgenson announced a restructuring of her administrative team, effective immediately. The new organizational chart eliminates the level of senior vice president. Debi Buckley’s…
by - April 15, 2015 8:54 pm
Students and officials at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith held a groundbreaking Wednesday (April 15) for the new Recreation and Wellness Center. Construction will begin on the student-initiated…
by - April 15, 2015 8:21 pm
More than three dozen employers and training providers plan to take part in the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce annual job expo slated for Friday (April 24). The event will take…
by - April 15, 2015 7:26 pm
The latest poll out from Talk Business & Politics, Hendrix College and Impact Management Group give Gov. Asa Hutchinson a significant 11% jump to a 63% approval rating. The 11%…
by - April 15, 2015 6:57 pm
The real estate market in Northwest Arkansas is heating up according to industry experts who report new and existing home sales, home prices and buyer demand are each showing signs…
by - April 15, 2015 6:38 pm
Real estate agents in the Fort Smith metro area like what they are seeing from the local market to start 2015. The number of homes sold in the first quarter…
by - April 15, 2015 6:13 pm
With Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Mike Preston, his new jobs boss, in attendance, the mood was celebratory at the formal groundbreaking for the $30-plus million new corporate headquarters for Fort…
