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The retail landscape continues to shift with roughly 6,000 store closings announced in the first half of this year or ab...
08/06/2025

The retail landscape continues to shift with roughly 6,000 store closings announced in the first half of this year or about 123.7 million square feet of vacated retail space, according to Coresight Research. The retail analysis firm said retail closures have outpaced store openings nearly twofold, with 3,960 new store locations announced occupying 74.5 million of retail square feet in the first six months of this year....

The retail landscape continues to shift with roughly 6,000 store closings announced in the first half of this year or about 123.7 million square feet of vacated retail space, according...

Between 150 and 200 people are expected to attend the second annual Violence Prevention Conference of Mid-America from 8...
08/06/2025

Between 150 and 200 people are expected to attend the second annual Violence Prevention Conference of Mid-America from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22 at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville. Rogers-based SafeHaven Security Group will host the conference to explore strategies for preventing violence and safeguarding personnel. It will include keynotes, panels, workshops and peer learning experiences. It’s geared for security professionals, human resources executives, legal counsel, health care administrators and operations leaders....

Between 150 and 200 people are expected to attend the second annual Violence Prevention Conference of Mid-America from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22 at NorthWest Arkansas Community College...

More than 125 people are expected to attend the August event hosted by the Northwest Arkansas chapter of Contractors, Cl...
08/06/2025

More than 125 people are expected to attend the August event hosted by the Northwest Arkansas chapter of Contractors, Closers & Connections. Rock The Deal: CCC at Meteor Guitar Gallery will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 21 at Meteor Guitar Gallery in downtown Bentonville. Bentonville Mayor Stephanie Orman and Tyler Overstreet, planning and community development director for the city, will be the featured speakers....

More than 125 people are expected to attend the August event hosted by the Northwest Arkansas chapter of Contractors, Closers & Connections. Rock The Deal: CCC at Meteor Guitar Gallery...

Packed house for $600 million Keo solar farm hearing
08/06/2025

Packed house for $600 million Keo solar farm hearing

It was standing room only as close to 100 people packed a county annex courtroom in Lonoke County on Tuesday (Aug. 5) to hear plans for a $600 million, 6,000-acre,...

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for wildland fire suppression kits through Sept. 30...
08/05/2025

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for wildland fire suppression kits through Sept. 30. Applications can be submitted online here. Through a grant from the U.S. Forest Service, the Department plans to distribute 75 wildland fire suppression kits to rural volunteer fire departments across the state this year. Since 2014, more than 830 kits have been provided to enhance local wildfire response capabilities....

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for wildland fire suppression kits through Sept. 30. Applications can be submitted online here. Through a grant from the U.S. Forest Service, the Department plans...

Ten Arkansas death row inmates filed suit Aug. 5 to block a new law allowing the state to administer the death penalty u...
08/05/2025

Ten Arkansas death row inmates filed suit Aug. 5 to block a new law allowing the state to administer the death penalty using nitrogen gas. Act 302, passed this year, was scheduled to take effect Aug. 5. It allows Division of Correction officials to choose between lethal injection or nitrogen hypoxia. The latter is the administration of nitrogen gas, which causes cells to die from lack of oxygen....

Ten Arkansas death row inmates filed suit Aug. 5 to block a new law allowing the state to administer the death penalty using nitrogen gas. Act 302, passed this year,...

Walmart’s subsidiary business in Mexico is seeking a new CEO to lead its operations. Ignacio Caride resigned from that p...
08/05/2025

Walmart’s subsidiary business in Mexico is seeking a new CEO to lead its operations. Ignacio Caride resigned from that post Aug. 1, saying he plans to exit the company. Walmart appointed Cristen Barrientos Poza, president and CEO of Walmart Chile, to take over the role on an interim basis while the company searches for a new CEO of the Mexico operations....

Walmart’s subsidiary business in Mexico is seeking a new CEO to lead its operations. Ignacio Caride resigned from that post Aug. 1, saying he plans to exit the company. Walmart...

Tiffany Means has been named CEO of Eureka Springs Hospital, hospital officials announced Monday (Aug. 4). She started i...
08/05/2025

Tiffany Means has been named CEO of Eureka Springs Hospital, hospital officials announced Monday (Aug. 4). She started in the role on Friday (Aug. 1). Means replaces Angie Shaw, who was “relieved of her duties,” said Sandy Royce Martin, chair of the Eureka Springs Hospital Commission. “She was let go in November 2024.” HR Director Jodi Edmondson served as interim CEO....

Tiffany Means has been named CEO of Eureka Springs Hospital, hospital officials announced Monday (Aug. 4). She started in the role on Friday (Aug. 1). Means replaces Angie Shaw, who...

About 150 area nonprofit professionals recently participated in the inaugural Nonprofit Jam, a nationwide initiative on ...
08/05/2025

About 150 area nonprofit professionals recently participated in the inaugural Nonprofit Jam, a nationwide initiative on using artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI Academy led the event in collaboration with the Walton Family Foundation and Heartland Forward. Attendees of the one-day Bentonville event were among more than 1,000 nonprofit leaders from across the country who convened in 10 cities for the initiative designed to help organizations use AI....

About 150 area nonprofit professionals recently participated in the inaugural Nonprofit Jam, a nationwide initiative on using artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI Academy led the event in collaboration with the Walton...

Kim Bryden wanted to be like Jennifer Garner in “Alias.” She was working for the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administr...
08/05/2025

Kim Bryden wanted to be like Jennifer Garner in “Alias.” She was working for the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration in Washington, D.C., because she was being screened to work for the FBI. “Then, I started meeting all of these bar and restaurant owners because of the liquor licensing,” she said. “And it was around the Main Street versus Wall Street 2009 era....

Kim Bryden wanted to be like Jennifer Garner in “Alias.” She was working for the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration in Washington, D.C., because she was being screened to work for...

Will a new law limiting medical damages in lawsuits create more balance in the justice system for defendants and insurer...
08/05/2025

Will a new law limiting medical damages in lawsuits create more balance in the justice system for defendants and insurers, or will it make it harder for victims to recover what they’re owed? It depends on who you ask. Act 28 by Rep. Jon Eubanks, R-Paris, and Sen. Missy Irvin, R-Mountain View, added one sentence to Arkansas law: “Recovery of damages under subsection (a) of this section for past necessary medical care, past necessary medical treatment, or past necessary medical services received includes only those costs actually paid by or on behalf of the plaintiff or that remain unpaid and for which the plaintiff or any third party is legally responsible.”...

Will a new law limiting medical damages in lawsuits create more balance in the justice system for defendants and insurers, or will it make it harder for victims to recover...

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against an Arkansas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in a...
08/05/2025

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against an Arkansas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms and libraries Aug. 4, calling it “plainly unconstitutional.” The law was due to take effect Aug. 5. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks wrote in Stinson v. Fayetteville School District No. 1 that Act 573 violates the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the U.S....

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against an Arkansas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms and libraries Aug. 4, calling it “plainly...

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