Springdale Chamber highlights workforce training plan
The Springdale Chamber of Commerce highlights a menu of 10 suggested actions to create a seamless workforce training system that upgrades workplace skills faster and more efficiently. The plan, a...
View ArticleFort Smith Board approves bonds for Dixie Cup, conducts review of city boss
The Fort Smith Board of Directors Tuesday (Nov. 18) voted unanimously to approve a resolution regarding the issuance of $55 million in bonds for Dixie Consumer Products that will add 15 jobs to the...
View ArticleNWACC Health Center garners LEED certification
NorthWest Arkansas Community College has received silver LEED certification for its Center for Health Professions, which opened in early 2013.The structure is the college’s first green building...
View ArticleFedEx delivers holiday trees to military families
FedEx Corp. and the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation again are joining together to deliver 17,000 Christmas Trees to service members and their families this holiday season.This year marks the 10th...
View ArticleWalton Arts Center hires vice president of operations
Walton Arts Center announced Wednesday (Nov. 19) that Wendy Riggs will join the arts center as vice president of operations. Riggs brings over 30 years of arts and venue management, marketing,...
View ArticleDollar General in talks with FTC over Family Dollar
Dollar General Corporation affirmed its commitment to the acquisition of Family Dollar Stores in a statement to the media on Wednesday (Nov. 19).The discounter said it is actively engaged in...
View ArticleScammers prompt Wal-Mart to tweak online price matching policy
Less than a week after Wal-Mart said it would match prices with online retailers in its stores, scammers found a way to cheat the system. Shoppers showed store cashiers a bogus online Amazon ad print...
View ArticleBlythe found guilty of bankruptcy fraud, faces up to 15 years in prison
Longtime Fort Smith car dealer and business man Randy Blythe has been found guilty of three counts of bankruptcy fraud and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.A jury issued the...
View ArticleDillard’s shares surge on talks of a real estate spin off
Investors of Dillard’s Inc. enjoyed a hefty $10 jump in share price on Thursday (Nov. 20) as the stock rose 9.4% to $121.14 per share in very active trading.The rally was linked to an announcement from...
View ArticleCar-Mart shares surge on strong earnings
Thursday (Nov. 20) was the best one day action for investors of America’s Car-Mart in years. The buy here, pay here used-car dealer shares (NASDAQ: CRMT) surged 14.20% to close at $50.25, a gain of...
View ArticleBlueinGreen, partners garner contract with city of Fayetteville
BlueInGreen and its partners, Pinnacle Ozone Solutions and PCI Inc., suppliers of ozone process technology and equipment, announced that they have been selected to provide a new ozone system for the...
View ArticlePicasolar raises $1.2 million in equity investments
Picasolar Inc., one of the five startups to watch for 2014 as tagged by The City Wire, announced a recent $1.2 million capital infusion from public and private investors. The investment funds came on...
View ArticleWal-Mart adds Tom Horton, former CEO of American Airlines, to its board
Tom Horton, former American Airlines chairman, has been appointed to Wal-Mart Stores Board of Directors as of Friday, Nov. 21. Horton is the 16th member of the retail giant’s board and will serve on...
View ArticleSterne Agee bullish on Simmons First National earnings potential
Simmons First National Corp. management continues to earn the respect of banking analysts at Sterne Agee who recently initiated coverage on the Pine Bluff-based financial institution.The analysts rate...
View ArticleUSA Truck hires execs for Dedicated Freight Team
Greg Lutes has been hired as vice president and general manager to the Dedicated Freight Team at Van Buren-based USA Truck. Steve Kendall was hired as vice president of dedicated sales for the expanded...
View ArticleNWACC to host open houses for workforce development
NorthWest Arkansas Community College will host two open house events during the first week of December as part of a statewide emphasis known as Community College Work$. The college’s events are slated...
View ArticleNWACC history professor receives Educator of the Year nod
Dr. Jami Forrester, a professor of history at NorthWest Arkansas Community College, recently received the Arkansas Council for the Social Studies University Educator of the Year Award. The honor was...
View ArticleUSA Truck hires director of engineering and network strategy
Anuj Davalbhakta has been named director of engineering and network strategy for Van Buren-based USA Truck. In that role, he is responsible for refining and enhancing USA Truck’s route network as the...
View ArticleArkansas Research Alliance announces ARA Fellows program
story from Talk Business & Politics, a TCW content partnerThe Arkansas Research Alliance launched a new program to recognize and reward research talent in the state with a program called ARA...
View ArticleBill Bryant to be the next director of the Arkansas State Police
Gov-elect Asa Hutchinson has announced Bill Bryant, formerly of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), as the new director of the Arkansas State Police.Bryant, a resident of Little Rock,...
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