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Tyson Foods helps downtown Springdale celebrate with $1 million gift
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comTyson Foods in its 80th year as a company based in Springdale made a $1 million donation to the Downtown Springdale Alliance to help revitalize the city’s...
View ArticleDollar General to open new store in Fort Smith
Dollar General will hold the grand opening of a new store at 1701 Grand Ave. in Fort Smith on Saturday, Jan. 31, beginning at 8 a.m. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.,-based retailer will hand out $10 gift...
View ArticleDr. Pollock joins Sparks Internal Medicine
Dr. Solangel Pollock has joined Dr. Trevor Hodge at Sparks Fort Smith Internal Medicine located at 708 Lexington.Both physicians are accepting new patients. The clinic offers general medical care for...
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Wal-Mart truck driver George Hart logs 4 million accident-free miles
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comWhen Wal-Mart trucker George Hart drives into the sunset March 6, he could be the second employee in Walmart’s history to log more than 4 million accident-free...
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Startups to Watch: Oh Baby, Overwatch, PicaSolar set on product launches
story by Kim Souzaksoua@thecitywire.comEditor’s note: The City Wire has consulted with people closely affiliated with Northwest Arkansas entrepreneurial programs to compile a list of the five...
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Bentonville, Springdale push January sales tax revenue higher
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comContinued sales tax revenue growth is important to the burgeoning Northwest Arkansas region as the four largest cities have plenty of infrastructure expansion to...
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Fort Smith sales tax revenue up in 2014, beats budget estimates
Collections during 2014 the Fort Smith’s 1% sales tax for the street program topped $20 million for the first time since 2008. The 1% tax generated $20.099 million for the January-December reporting...
View ArticleTyson Foods to add 500 jobs in Georgia
Tyson Foods announced a $110 million expansion to its Vienna, Ga., chicken plant that will add more than 500 jobs by mid-year.This move is the third Tyson investment in recent weeks to shift some of...
View ArticleNWACC spring enrollment falls 3.2%, in line with projections
NorthWest Arkansas Community College enrolled more than 7,300 credit students for the spring 2015 semester, NWACC officials announced today, but the number was down 3.2% or 238 students from the same...
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The Supply Side: Markets may improve in 2015 for consumer food companies
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of The City Wire focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side is...
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Northwest Arkansas Council to ‘get moving’ on new economic goals for 2017
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comBusiness leaders in Northwest Arkansas raised the bar for regional growth and economic performance expectations over the next three years, according to data...
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Arkansas jobless rate dips to 5.7%, rate much higher for minorities
story by Michael Tilleymtilley@thecitywire.comArkansas’ labor market is showing signs of stability, but the jobless rate for black teenagers in Arkansas hovers at or below 40%, and has in recent years...
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Higher meat prices, consumer demand likely to boost 2015 profits for Tyson Foods
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe U.S. meat industry got off to a good start in 2015 and Tyson Foods is one of several meat companies expecting strong earnings this year behind higher demand...
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New home prices on the rise across Northwest Arkansas
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comConsumers mulling the purchase of new construction homes this year will likely pay a little more than buyers who closed deals in 2014, according to local real...
View ArticleUneven home price gains could limit home equity market growth in 2015
With Arkansas’ housing market on the mend in recent years, homeowners may be tempted to take out a home equity loan and banks and other financial institutions are likely eager to capture that business....
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Unused Mitsubishi plant at Chaffee Crossing is listed for sale
The new, modern and unused 200,000-square-foot Mitsubishi manufacturing facility at Chaffee Crossing that once promised to be home to 400 good-paying jobs has officially been put on the sale...
View ArticleWal-Mart hands out 75 pink slips at home office
It’s time to start the new year at Wal-Mart Stores and that typically signals the end of road for some corporate employees. The retail giant said it eliminated 75 positions at its corporate...
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Things you may not have known: Tyson Foods
Tyson Foods is certainly not the regional company it was 40 years ago or the large national company it was just a few decades ago. It’s now a global meat processing and distribution company, and you...
View ArticleThree tech companies to locate in downtown Conway, add 140 jobs
story by Roby Brock, a TCW content partner and owner of Talk Business & Politicsroby@talkbusiness.netThree technology companies announced plans to locate new facilities in downtown Conway,...
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Northwest Arkansas building permit values up almost 48% in 2014
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comIt was probably a rare day in 2014 if someone employed in the Northwest Arkansas building sector was out of work. The region’s four largest cities issued new...
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