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CBID endorses Fort Smith’s sales tax reallocation plan
22/03/2025

CBID endorses Fort Smith’s sales tax reallocation plan

The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) board of commissioners has taken an official stance to support a sales tax reallocation proposal the City of Fort Smith has put...

Braylon picked up the chair and threw it across the room, shouting “Why did she have to die?” It was almost Mother’s Day...
22/03/2025

Braylon picked up the chair and threw it across the room, shouting “Why did she have to die?” It was almost Mother’s Day and his emotions about his mom’s death got the best of him as we sat in our morning circle to check in on how each of us was doing. I gave Braylon, who said he was a “1” on our 1-5 wellness check-in scale, space and did what I could to calm the rest of the class....

Braylon picked up the chair and threw it across the room, shouting “Why did she have to die?” It was almost Mother’s Day and his emotions about his mom’s death...

All of the 156 Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) students eligible to match for residency received assign...
22/03/2025

All of the 156 Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) students eligible to match for residency received assignments, with 15% of those staying in Fort Smith, and 66% locating in the ARCOM service area. The college, part of the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE), held the Class of 2025 Match Day event Friday (March 21) for the students who first arrived at the college in 2021....

All of the 156 Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) students eligible to match for residency received assignments, with 15% of those staying in Fort Smith, and 66% locating in...

Arkansas House Speaker Brian Evans, R-Cabot, named former State Representative Duncan Baird of Bentonville to serve on t...
22/03/2025

Arkansas House Speaker Brian Evans, R-Cabot, named former State Representative Duncan Baird of Bentonville to serve on the Arkansas Ethics Commission. Baird will serve a five-year term replacing Scott Irby, whose term has expired. Baird is currently a Director of Benefits and Wellbeing at Walmart Inc. He served as Executive Director of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System from April 2019 to April 2022....

Arkansas House Speaker Brian Evans, R-Cabot, named former State Representative Duncan Baird of Bentonville to serve on the Arkansas Ethics Commission. Baird will serve a five-year term replacing Scott Irby,...

Walter Harris, President and CEO of the Heartland Whole Health Institute (HWHI) in Bentonville, announced Friday (March ...
22/03/2025

Walter Harris, President and CEO of the Heartland Whole Health Institute (HWHI) in Bentonville, announced Friday (March 21) he is retiring. HWHI is a nonprofit founded in 2019 by Alice Walton. The institute works with health systems, communities, policymakers and employers to redesign care delivery and advocate for payment models to improve health and reduce costs. The institute is located near the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the forthcoming Alice L....

Walter Harris, President and CEO of the Heartland Whole Health Institute (HWHI) in Bentonville, announced Friday (March 21) he is retiring. HWHI is a nonprofit founded in 2019 by Alice...

Five of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had year-over-year job gains in January, and five had jobless ...
21/03/2025

Five of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had year-over-year job gains in January, and five had jobless rates at or below 4%. Only the Jonesboro and Texarkana metro areas had net job declines in January. Northwest Arkansas had the lowest January metro rate at 3%, with the Memphis-West Memphis metro posting the highest rate at 4.5%....

Five of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had year-over-year job gains in January, and five had jobless rates at or below 4%. Only the Jonesboro and...

Mike Malone, the UA Vice Chancellor for Economic DevelopmentVice Chancellor for Economic Development and former Northwes...
20/03/2025

Mike Malone, the UA Vice Chancellor for Economic DevelopmentVice Chancellor for Economic Development and former Northwest Arkansas Council CEO, is taking a new job with Economic Leadership LLC, a North Carolina-based economic development consulting firm that has done extensive work in Arkansas and across the U.S. Malone will remain in Northwest Arkansas, according to an announcement from the firm's leader....

Mike Malone, the UA Vice Chancellor for Economic DevelopmentVice Chancellor for Economic Development and former Northwest Arkansas Council CEO, is taking a new job with Economic Leadership LLC, a North...

Developers for the more than 120-acre, mixed-use Drake Farms development northwest of Gregg Avenue and Drake Street in F...
20/03/2025

Developers for the more than 120-acre, mixed-use Drake Farms development northwest of Gregg Avenue and Drake Street in Fayetteville have applied for five commercial building permits with a combined value of more than $19.66 million. The city permit requests show three, three-story multifamily buildings with 120 units spanning 98,868 square feet, and two, two-story commercial buildings comprising 23,742 square feet....

Developers for the more than 120-acre, mixed-use Drake Farms development northwest of Gregg Avenue and Drake Street in Fayetteville have applied for five commercial building permits with a combined value...

Thursday’s (March 20) job openings and labor turnover report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) points to an...
20/03/2025

Thursday’s (March 20) job openings and labor turnover report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) points to an Arkansas economy with declines in new hires and job openings and a decline in total job separations. The closely watched federal report that provides a picture of shifts in the labor market has Arkansas with 51,000 new hires in January, down 12% compared with the 58,000 in January 2024....

Thursday’s (March 20) job openings and labor turnover report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) points to an Arkansas economy with declines in new hires and job openings...

Arkansas River tonnage totaled 1.812 million tons in the first two months of 2025, down 1.3% compared with the 2.078 mil...
20/03/2025

Arkansas River tonnage totaled 1.812 million tons in the first two months of 2025, down 1.3% compared with the 2.078 million tons in the same period of 2024, according to a recent report from the U.S. Corps of Engineers (USACE). Double-digit percentage declines in shipments of sand, gravel, and rock, and chemical fertilizer contributed to the lower tonnage. The early 2025 trend follows a 1.95% increase in tonnage…...

Arkansas River tonnage totaled 1.812 million tons in the first two months of 2025, down 1.3% compared with the 2.078 million tons in the same period of 2024, according to...

Northwest Arkansas is a hub of industry, innovation and opportunity, and great universities do not just respond to oppor...
20/03/2025

Northwest Arkansas is a hub of industry, innovation and opportunity, and great universities do not just respond to opportunity — they help create it. That is why the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) is strengthening its commitment to the region, ensuring our graduates are prepared to contribute to its continued growth and success. At UCA, education is not confined to classrooms but expects the use of that knowledge to make the state better....

Northwest Arkansas is a hub of industry, innovation and opportunity, and great universities do not just respond to opportunity — they help create it. That is why the University of...

Three finalists selected for Fort Smith Public Schools superintendent
20/03/2025

Three finalists selected for Fort Smith Public Schools superintendent

The Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) Board of Education voted Wednesday to interview three finalists – all from Arkansas and one who is now a school district employee – for...

New state law ends some Fort Smith land use rules
19/03/2025

New state law ends some Fort Smith land use rules

Gov. Sarah Sanders on Tuesday (March 18) signed HB 1510 into law as Act 314 which limits how cities can regulate property use near city limits. The new law will...

Fort Smith airport traffic down to begin 2025
19/03/2025

Fort Smith airport traffic down to begin 2025

Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic in the first two months of 2025 is down 3.1%, driven lower by a more than 11% drop in February numbers. The early trend follows...

Over the past three decades, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas has created thousands of mentoring relations...
19/03/2025

Over the past three decades, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas has created thousands of mentoring relationships between youth (littles) and adults (bigs) in Benton and Washington counties. The nonprofit will mark its 30th anniversary this year amid rising youth mentorship demand. The organization will host multiple events this year for the anniversary. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon and Kieran Shanahan, chief operating officer for Walmart U.S., will participate in a fireside chat in April....

Over the past three decades, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas has created thousands of mentoring relationships between youth (littles) and adults (bigs) in Benton and Washington counties. The...

John Brown University in Siloam Springs will start offering a civil engineering degree program this fall. The private un...
19/03/2025

John Brown University in Siloam Springs will start offering a civil engineering degree program this fall. The private university will prepare students to meet the rising demand for infrastructure development and improvement, according to a news release. Students who complete the program will earn a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering. They will be prepared for careers in structural, transportation, environmental, geotechnical, and water resource engineering....

John Brown University in Siloam Springs will start offering a civil engineering degree program this fall. The private university will prepare students to meet the rising demand for infrastructure development...

Lexicon announced Wednesday (March 19) plans to expand its corporate headquarters and steel fabrication operations in Li...
19/03/2025

Lexicon announced Wednesday (March 19) plans to expand its corporate headquarters and steel fabrication operations in Little Rock. The expansion will create 60 new jobs and represents a capital investment of $37.6 million for the company. “Lexicon is proud to call Little Rock and Arkansas home. From our headquarters here in the Port of Little Rock, we’re working in some 30 states across the country to Build America every day....

Lexicon announced Wednesday (March 19) plans to expand its corporate headquarters and steel fabrication operations in Little Rock. The expansion will create 60 new jobs and represents a capital investment...

The most famous landmark in Mississippi County, where I am proud to call home, is the five-room farmhouse where country ...
19/03/2025

The most famous landmark in Mississippi County, where I am proud to call home, is the five-room farmhouse where country singer Johnny Cash grew up. In addition to being a monument to the “Man in Black,” it's also a symbol of the hard times that many families experienced in the rural South — and overcame. These days, there are new landmarks in Mississippi County including the massive steel mills that have grown up along the river....

The most famous landmark in Mississippi County, where I am proud to call home, is the five-room farmhouse where country singer Johnny Cash grew up. In addition to being a...

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