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The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission has added three employees in recent weeks. The commission, which pro...
23/10/2025

The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission has added three employees in recent weeks. The commission, which provides a variety of planning and special project services, also promoted an employee. NEW HIRES Government Madison Kienzle Fayetteville Employer: Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission Title: regional planner Previous employer: Benton County Previous title: planning director Stephanie Marpe Bentonville Employer: Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission…...

The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission has added three employees in recent weeks. The commission, which provides a variety of planning and special project services, also promoted an employee. NEW...

Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale reported total sales tax revenue of $10.244 million in their October re...
23/10/2025

Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale reported total sales tax revenue of $10.244 million in their October reports, up 6.18% from the same period last year. Year to date, the cities report combined revenue of $97.296 million, up 3.27%. The October total is the second-highest cumulative amount for the cities this year, second only to the February report of $11.187 million. Each city reported month over month growth in October, the biggest gains coming from Bentonville, which reversed a 19.92% revenue decline in September....

Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale reported total sales tax revenue of $10.244 million in their October reports, up 6.18% from the same period last year. Year to date, the cities...

A five-story, 150-unit student housing complex near the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has a new owner after a r...
23/10/2025

A five-story, 150-unit student housing complex near the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has a new owner after a recent transaction worth $59.68 million. The purchase price equals $397,883 per unit. Pork Chop Properties KP7 LLC, a Delaware-registered entity that shares an address with Paoli, Pa.-based TSB Realty, bought 471-bed, 218,037-square-foot The Cardinal at West Center on 2.18 acres at 831 W....

A five-story, 150-unit student housing complex near the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has a new owner after a recent transaction worth $59.68 million. The purchase price equals $397,883 per...

St. Bernards Healthcare opened its new rehab services clinic in Paragould on Tuesday (Oct. 21.) The clinic will expand p...
22/10/2025

St. Bernards Healthcare opened its new rehab services clinic in Paragould on Tuesday (Oct. 21.) The clinic will expand physical rehabilitation and sports medicine services throughout Greene County. A ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Paragould Chamber Commerce was held and residents and business leaders toured the remodeled facility located within the Paragould Plaza. St. Bernards Physical Therapist Cody Rogers said the Rehab Services at Paragould location houses three physical therapists who provide care that helps patients with orthopedic therapy, sports injuries, ACL rehab, post-surgical orthopedic rehab, rotator cuff rehab, total joint replacement therapy, concussion management, balance/vertigo/dizziness, back/neck pain, return to sport testing, and blood flow restriction, among others....

St. Bernards Healthcare opened its new rehab services clinic in Paragould on Tuesday (Oct. 21.) The clinic will expand physical rehabilitation and sports medicine services throughout Greene County. A ribbon-cutting ceremony with the...

Dwayne Milum, 50, was appointed senior vice president and controller of Walmart Inc., effective Feb. 1, 2026, to start t...
22/10/2025

Dwayne Milum, 50, was appointed senior vice president and controller of Walmart Inc., effective Feb. 1, 2026, to start the company’s new fiscal year. He succeeds David Chojnowski, who will be senior vice president and treasurer. Walmart announced the promotions in an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday (Oct. 22). Since April 2022, Milum was the company’s chief audit executive....

Dwayne Milum, 50, was appointed senior vice president and controller of Walmart Inc., effective Feb. 1, 2026, to start the company’s new fiscal year. He succeeds David Chojnowski, who will...

Bird migration is at its peak and disease could be an issue for poultry farmers and poultry hobbyists. geese, ducks, hum...
22/10/2025

Bird migration is at its peak and disease could be an issue for poultry farmers and poultry hobbyists. geese, ducks, hummingbirds and other types of birds migrate through the South, starting in August and ending in November. The peak time for this migration is mid-October, according to BirdCast. H5N1 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, commonly known as “bird flu,” has already been detected in a backyard flock in Mississippi County this month, said Dustan Clark, extension veterinarian for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and associate director of the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science....

Bird migration is at its peak and disease could be an issue for poultry farmers and poultry hobbyists. geese, ducks, hummingbirds and other types of birds migrate through the South,...

State, chamber and city leaders highlighted the various resources available to small businesses and entrepreneurs. They ...
22/10/2025

State, chamber and city leaders highlighted the various resources available to small businesses and entrepreneurs. They also discussed success stories that have been achieved. The leaders participated in a policymaker panel Wednesday (Oct. 22) in Fayetteville as part of Right to Start’s Celebration of Entrepreneurship. The day-long event comprised 200 entrepreneurs, policymakers, and representatives from entrepreneur support organizations, as well as conversations to identify and find solutions to barriers to starting and growing a business....

State, chamber and city leaders highlighted the various resources available to small businesses and entrepreneurs. They also discussed success stories that have been achieved. The leaders participated in a policymaker...

Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Patricia James said Wednesday (Oct. 22) that Gov. Sarah Sanders’ date for a special e...
22/10/2025

Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Patricia James said Wednesday (Oct. 22) that Gov. Sarah Sanders’ date for a special election in Senate District 26 violates the constitutional rights of residents in the district and ordered an earlier election date to be set. “Based on the undisputed testimony presented during the hearing, an earlier more practicable date is available,” James noted in the 8-page ruling....

Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Patricia James said Wednesday (Oct. 22) that Gov. Sarah Sanders’ date for a special election in Senate District 26 violates the constitutional rights of residents...

Springdale-based Highlands Oncology, the region’s largest cancer-care provider, recently received a 2025 Association of ...
22/10/2025

Springdale-based Highlands Oncology, the region’s largest cancer-care provider, recently received a 2025 Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) Innovator Award. Highlands Oncology was recognized for its remote monitoring model that provides support and symptom management to patients between clinic visits. The award is given to cancer programs and practices that advance access, quality and value in cancer care delivery....

Springdale-based Highlands Oncology, the region’s largest cancer-care provider, recently received a 2025 Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) Innovator Award. Highlands Oncology was recognized for its remote monitoring model that...

Bentonville-based sportstech startup Hightag Inc. recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign after expanding into...
22/10/2025

Bentonville-based sportstech startup Hightag Inc. recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign after expanding into winter sports. Hightag installs automated cameras throughout sports facilities to automatically capture footage of Hightag users as they ride by and instantly deliver the footage to the user’s account via the Hightag app. The Republic campaign will allow investors to purchase up to 667,567 shares of Hightag at $1.85 per share, according to a filing with the U.S....

Bentonville-based sportstech startup Hightag Inc. recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign after expanding into winter sports. Hightag installs automated cameras throughout sports facilities to automatically capture footage of Hightag users...

No rest for Charleston football All-State receiver and multi-sport athlete Emiliano Gaona
22/10/2025

No rest for Charleston football All-State receiver and multi-sport athlete Emiliano Gaona

There’s no rest for Charleston senior football player Emiliano Gaona – on the field and off. Gaona plays a variety of roles for the Tigers in all three phases of...

Fort Smith board approves next steps in search for city administrator
22/10/2025

Fort Smith board approves next steps in search for city administrator

Of the 43 applications received online for Fort Smith city administrator, only eight have top municipal leadership experience. Of those, only two have experience in a city the size of...

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