Giles joins Western Arkansas Ballet as a dance instructor
Victoria Giles has joined Western Arkansas Ballet as the new dance instructor and will teach tap levels I-III and beginning and intermediate hip hop. In addition, she will offer an 8-week session of...
View ArticleMercy General Surgery moves to new location, adds two surgeons
Mercy Clinic General Surgery in Fort Smith has moved to a new location and has added two new surgeons, Drs. Jonathan Ferrari and Joshua McElderry.Ferrari received his medical degree from Saba...
View ArticleDr. Jumelle joins Sparks Clinic Pain Management
Dr. Patricia Jumelle has joined the Sparks Clinic Pain Management located at 2010 Chestnut St., Suite C, in Van Buren, and is now seeing patients.Jumelle earned her bachelor degree at Yale University...
View ArticleHannah Kennedy joins Arvest Bank, Springdale
Arvest Bank announced Hannah Duke Kennedy has joined the institution as a private bank advisor in Springdale. She will office at 3858 South Thompson Ave.Kennedy previously was a manager and assistant...
View ArticleApple eyes next generation retail store in Memphis
Apple, as a retailer, sets the bar high with its state-of-the-art, non-traditional formats in select major metropolitan areas. The technology giant recently applied for $1.5 million building permit for...
View ArticleArvest kicks off its ‘1 Million Meals’ campaign
Arvest Bank in Northwest Arkansas is partnering with 14 local organizations for the 1 Million Meals initiative, a two-month, bank-wide effort to provide one million meals or more to those in need....
View ArticleGeneral Mills divests Green Giant brand
General Mills announced plans to sell its Green Giant and Le Sueur brands of canned and frozen vegetables to B&G Foods for an estimated $765 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in the...
View ArticleOzarks Electric to include solar energy power in 2016
Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) has reached an agreement to provide a one-megawatt AC solar array for Ozarks Electric Cooperative of Fayetteville. Ozarks Electric plans to offer its members the opportunity to...
View ArticleDr. Satish Gaddam joins Sparks Neurology Center in Fort Smith
Dr. Satish Gaddam has joined Sparks Neurology Center located at 1504 Dodson Ave. in Fort Smith.Gaddam specializes in movement disorders and neuro-degenerative diseases including Parkinson’s Disease,...
View ArticleFormer Tyson Foods' employee pleads guilty to $551,343 wire fraud
Brenda Blair, 47, of Gentry and a former Tyson Foods' employee pleaded guilty to wire fraud of $551,343.52 on Friday (Sept. 4) in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.Federal Judge Timothy Brooks...
View ArticleNWACC enrollment dips, beats projections
NorthWest Arkansas Community College enrolled 7,962 students for the fall 2015 semester, which was a decrease of 2.47% from fall 2014 figures but better than projected enrollment, NWACC officials...
View ArticlePeacemaker Music Festival organizers provide $10,000 to area charities
The organizers of the first Peacemaker Music and Arts Festival on Tuesday (Sept. 8) presented checks totaling $10,000 to four Fort Smith area charities.The non-profit organizations receiving donations...
View ArticleNWACC to host college fair in Benton County
NorthWest Arkansas Community College will host its Benton County College Fair on Monday, Sept. 14, from 6 to 8 pm at the Shewmaker Center for Workforce Technologies on the Bentonville Campus.The...
View ArticleOG&E presents UAFS with a check for conservation efforts
Oklahoma Gas & Electric presented a $1,500 check to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith on Sept. 8 in recognition of the university’s energy- and water-conservation upgrades to the Sebastian...
View ArticleJohn Brown University garners high U.S. ranking among peers
John Brown University ranks No. 2 among Southern colleges in the upcoming U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges 2016 magazine. The ranking marks the sixth consecutive year that JBU has been ranked...
View ArticleStartup Junkie Consulting garners $1 million award
Fayetteville-based Startup Junkie Consulting announced Thursday (Sept. 10) the receipt of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Scale Up America award. This funding will provide $200,000 to the...
View ArticleUniversity of Arkansas enrollment increases nearly 2%
Enrollment figures at the University of Arkansas show the flagship campus has a total of 26,754 students for the fall semester, according to a preliminary enrollment snapshot taken Sept. 8.The total is...
View ArticleArvest surpasses the $1 billion mortgage loan milestone
Arvest Bank’s mortgage division originated more than $1 billion in mortgage loans, which includes both purchase money loans and refinance loans, for the 13th consecutive year.“The Arvest Bank team...
View ArticleFormer Fort Smith associate pastor pleads guilty to mail fraud, false tax return
Thomas James, a former associate pastor at St. James Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Smith, pleaded guilty on Thursday (Sept. 10) to one count of mail fraud and one count of making a false tax...
View ArticleNW Health Bentonville unveils new orthopedic and spine center
Northwest Health System will unveil a new orthopedic and spine center at its Bentonville hospital at its official dedication slated for 10 a.m. on Sept. 24.“Northwest Health System hospitals that offer...
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