Leadership Banking Series returns to A-State
The annual Arkansas State University Leadership in Banking Series is set to return for the 2026-27 year. The six monthly sessions bring banking professionals from across the region together to...
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U.S. Marshals Museum matching campaign tops $5 million
Little Rock residents Pat and Jim Wallis have pledged $500,000 to support the U.S. Marshals Museum’s “New Frontier of Giving” matching campaign. The campaign, first announced in March, was created...
Fort Smith city administrator search has 13 candidates
The second attempt by the Fort Smith Board of Directors in almost 19 months to hire a new Fort Smith city administrator has garnered 13 candidates as of Thursday (June...
Northwest Arkansas Council hires regional workforce program director
The Northwest Arkansas Council has hired David Giesige as the founding executive director of a new regional workforce program designed to connect employers, educators and community partners around workforce...
Retail sales rose 7.19% in May despite inflation, tariff costs
Retail sales rose 7.19% in May, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), better than the 5.73% gain in April. For the first five months of 2026, retail sales rose...
Bjarke Ingels Group to plan, design 422,000-square-foot university in Bentonville
The Walton family said Thursday (June 11) that Copenhagen, Denmark-based BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group has been selected to plan and design a new university for the site of the former Walmart Home...
Fort Smith metro home sales up almost 4% through April
There were 1,010 homes sold in the Fort Smith metro between January and April, up 3.8% compared with the same period in 2025. The gain is up against a 2025...
Stevens to lead architecture school at the University of Arkansas
James Stevens, architecture professor at Clemson University, has been named dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. UA Provost Indrajeet Chaubey said...
Lakeport Plantation Museum to host ‘The Mississippi River in American Memory’ event
The Lakeport Plantation Museum (LPM), located in Lake Village, is hosting its first Mississippi River symposium this fall. The event, “The Mississippi in American Memory,” will be held on Oct....
Regional county sales tax revenue up in the 2026 first quarter
First-quarter 2026 sales tax revenue is up broadly among the four Arkansas counties in the Fort Smith metro, with only Franklin County showing a quarterly decline compared with the same...
ScaleUp Accelerator focuses on intimacy, impact of program
In April, nine high-growth companies were selected to participate in Endeavor Heartland’s ScaleUp Accelerator, a regional program designed to help established businesses navigate their next stage of growth...
Average weekly wages rise in the Fort Smith region
All six Arkansas and Oklahoma counties in the Fort Smith region posted average weekly wage gains in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared with the same quarter in 2024. Crawford...
New World Screwworm arrives in the U.S.
The New World Screwworm has arrived in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the detection of the lethal...
Marine Glisovic promoted to director at Electric Cooperatives
Marine Glisovic has been promoted to director of corporate communications for Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI). She joined the cooperatives in...
Car-Mart lenders extend financial commitments deadline; shares hit 52-week low
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. received lender approval for a five-day extension to meet various financial and reporting obligations, according to a June 5 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchang...
Insurance agency to expand to Northwest Arkansas
American Safeguard Insurance, a Conway-based independent insurance agency, said it will open a Springdale office, its first in Northwest Arkansas. Tracy Finn has joined the agency as regional vice president...
Report: Rising number of uninsured children in Arkansas
Arkansas ranked 43rd in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book. The state improved two spots from its ranking of 45th in last year’s Data Book, while...
Wes Morris exits retirement to become COO at Tyson Foods
The management shakeup continues at Tyson Foods, with the latest news being Wes Morris named chief operating officer. He will begin the job June 15, and is replacing Devin Cole,...
Real Deals: Highfill pasture sells for $6.58 million
More than 94 acres of pasture and timber on Arkansas Highway 12 in Highfill recently changed hands for $6.58 million. The purchase price equals $69,844 per acre. Holiday Island Retirement...
Connections: Northwest Arkansas leaders to participate in UCA program
The University of Central Arkansas Center for Community and Economic Development has selected 25 Northwest Arkansas leaders to participate in the Community Development Pipeline program from spring 2026 to fa...
Fort Smith police, fire departments to provide 2025 annual reports
A decline in crimes against persons and property, and the “difficult task” of making fire department budget cuts are part of reports from Fort Smith Police Chief Danny Baker and...
Pilot training school to scale at Drake Field
Arendal, Norway-based OSM Aviation Academy recently reached a five-year lease agreement to operate a new commercial pilot training school at Drake Field in Fayetteville. It’s expected to become the company...
ArcBest raises its guidance for the second quarter
Improving revenue and tonnage at ArcBest is welcome news considering the past few years of operating in a tough national freight environment. The Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics company on...
Walton-led entity buys 900,000 square feet of former Walmart Home Office for $73 million
Five office buildings comprising 900,302 square feet at and north of the former Walmart Home Office at Southwest Eighth Street and South Walton Boulevard in Bentonville recently sold for $73.12...