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Arvest Wealth Management has named Donny Rogers as president of investment services, effective Jan. 1. Rogers will replace Calvin Jarrett, who is retiring in early 2023. Rogers, who currently serves as president and CEO of Arvest Trust and executive director…

For decades, the architecture, engineering and construction industries were overwhelmingly male-dominated, but the times they are a’changin’. Today, women hold a variety of roles in AEC firms, from managing multi-million-dollar construction projects to designing soaring office buildings to providing the…

Glory Days: Media Continues to Change Through the Decades, but the People Stay the Same   I am the son of Irish immigrants, born and raised in Framingham, Massachusetts. Many wonder how I ended up in Arkansas. It’s a good…

Wild Lifeline: Arkansas Small Business Owner Helps Spread Native Plants Across Country   MaryAnn King started Pine Ridge Gardens near London, Arkansas, in 1992, because she was fed up with her job in town. There in London – located about…

Little Rock School District officials voted to raise starting teacher salaries. The salary for new teachers will now start at $45,500, up $2,500 from last year and a significant increase from the $36,000 starting salary of two years ago.  After…

It’s hard to imagine an industry that has been as singularly transformed by the events of the past two and a half years than medicine. From debates over efficacies and safety of fast-tracked vaccines, to the physical and mental toll…

ArcBest, a multi-billion dollar logistics company based in Fort Smith, has released its earnings report for the second quarter of 2022.   Highlights include: Second quarter 2022 revenue was 1.4 billion, up $444 million or 46.8% from second quarter 2021.…

Moses Tucker Partners, a Little Rock-based real estate developer, announced on July 25 that Arkansas Oklahoma Gas/Summit Utilities has signed a 10-year lease on 28,000 square-feet of space in the Arkansas College of Health Education (ACHE) building in Fort Smith.…

  Summer always brings back memories of my family’s road trips to Petit Jean State Park and other adventures around Arkansas. Whether I was in the back seat as a kid or driving my own daughters, there was always a…

Simmons Bank announced today the promotions of Justin McCarty to lead as Conway community president and Jake Sibley to lead as Fort Smith community president. These promotions are effective on July 1. “Throughout the last five years Justin has dedicated…