Shira promoted to vice president/production at CJRW
Senior Print Production Manager Greg Shira has been promoted to vice president/production at CJRW.Shira coordinates all print-related production and supervises the agency’s production team. He has been...
View ArticlePicasolar expands with solar cell technology developed at UA
Picasolar Inc., a solar start-up company affiliated with the University of Arkansas, dedicated its new headquarters on Wednesday (May 20) at the Arkansas Research and Technology Park.The...
View ArticleNWACC reduces out-of-state tuition rate
Out-of-state students will save $50 per credit hour on tuition at NorthWest Arkansas Community College beginning with the fall 2015 semester.The college’s Board of Trustees recently approved a...
View ArticleTyson Foods gives $500,000 toward Walton Arts Center renovations
The Walton Arts Center announced a $500,000 gift from Tyson Foods on the heels of like funding from J.B. Hunt Transport last week which is designated for the $23 million fundraising campaign by the...
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Scott Family Amazeum announces two new staff members
With the completion and opening of the Scott Family Amazeum less than three months away, the organization has ramped up its staff.Randy Graham has been named director of guest services, and Kelsey...
View ArticleNWACC signs agreement with Missouri Southern
Dr. Evelyn Jorgenson, president of NorthWest Arkansas Community College, and Dr. Alan Marble, president of Missouri Southern University in Joplin, recently signed an agreement that will facilitate...
View ArticleDowntown Bentonville Inc. names new executive director
Monica Kumar has been selected to serve as the new executive director at Downtown Bentonville Inc. (DBI).Brenda Anderson, president of the DBI Board, announced the appointment Thursday (May 21) saying...
View ArticleCrossmark taps Mac Naughton for board seat
Former Wal-Mart executive Duncan Mac Naughton will join Crossmark’s board of directors, according to an internal announcement circulated at the retail marketing and merchandising firm that works...
View ArticleWal-Mart Stores reaches sealed settlement with comedian Tracy Morgan
In typical Wal-Mart fashion the settlement it reached with comedian Tracy Morgan and others in the June 7, 2014 fatality accident involving a Walmart truck on the New Jersey Turnpike was sealed. The...
View ArticleFayetteville A&P Commission adds staff
The Fayetteville Advertising and Promotions Commission announced the hiring of Kody Ford and Madison Lanza. Ford was named digital marketing coordinator at the Fayetteville Visitors Bureau. He has 12...
View ArticleHuff joins CJRW as senior account executive
Cate Huff has been named senior account executive at Little Rock-based CJRW where she has joined the agency’s account services team.CJRW is one of the region’s leading advertising, marketing and public...
View ArticleSparks Regional Medical Center receives awards for stroke care
Sparks Regional Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and made the “Target: Stroke...
View ArticleUA Community Design Center garners two national awards
The University of Arkansas Community Design Center received two new awards for a food sustainability project that promotes local urban agriculture.The project dubbed Fayetteville 2030: Food City...
View ArticleSupply Side briefs: Hostess seeks bidders, CEO change at Dollar General
• Post among the bidders for Hostess Hostess is drawing a number of potential suitors including Post Foods who reportedly entered a nonbinding bid for the snack-cake maker this week. Hostess is worth...
View ArticleTyson Foods petitions Supreme Court over worker suit
Springdale-based Tyson Foods has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a judgment and $5.8 million award for workers in its Storm Lake, Iowa pork processing plant. This has been a long fought battle...
View ArticleUniversity of Arkansas, NWACC sign pact regarding child advocacy studies
Representatives from the University of Arkansas and NorthWest Arkansas Community College on Thursday (May 28) signed a memorandum of understanding that allows the transfer of courses in child advocacy...
View ArticleKnight named convention and event sales director for Fort Smith CVB
Amy Knight has been named convention & event sales director for the Convention and Visitors Bureau; a division of Fort Smith’s Advertising and Promotions Commission.A native of Broken Arrow, Okla.,...
View ArticleWal-Mart contributes $500,000 to flood relief efforts
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and the Walmart Foundation donated $500,000 to organizations that are assisting with flood relief efforts in Texas and Oklahoma.In Henderson and San Marcos, Texas, Wal-Mart...
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Andy Wilson named president of Rausch Coleman Homes
Former Wal-Mart exec and Cross Church leadership director, Andy Wilson, is taking over as president for Fayetteville-based Rausch Coleman Homes. The new job became official on Monday (June 1).Wilson...
View ArticleSouthwest Steel to expand, add 100 jobs at Newport operation
story from Talk Business & Politics, a content partner with The City WireSouthwest Steel Processing, a manufacturer of railcar and oil and gas components, announced it is expanding its facility in...
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