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by Jeff Della Rosa - February 3, 2025 5:16 pm. Clark departs from Single Parent Scholarship Fund of NWA. Tyler Clark, president and CEO of Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas, has resigned after more than seven years with the Bentonville-based nonprofit.

Jan 7, 2025 · Financial services giant Stephens Inc. announced Tuesday (Jan. 7) that CEO Warren Stephens will retire as CEO immediately after he was selected to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom by President-elect Donald Trump. Stephens will retain the title of chairman of the firm. Sons Miles and ...

Jan 6, 2025 · More than 110 acres of pastureland west of Centerton in Benton County recently changed hands in separate transactions for a combined $7.59 million. The purchase price equals $68,701 per acre. EBGB Investments LLC, managed by Ed Blalock, bought 110.55 acres northwest of Arkansas highways 102 and 279 ...

Dec 3, 2024 · More than 800 employees at Tyson Foods’ meat processing plant in Emporia, Kan., learned Monday (Dec. 2) they will lose their jobs when the plant there is shuttered in February 2025.

Apr 26, 2024 · The top six executives at Walmart saw higher compensation last year of a combined $96.724 million, or $264,997 per day. Most of the compensation is deferred or in stock options and shares, but salaries and bonus pay among the …

Nov 12, 2024 · Average salaries would increase 9.8% for 14,539 state employees, or about two-thirds of cabinet agencies’ total workforce, under a $102 million state employee pay plan announced Tuesday (Nov. 12) by Gov. Sarah Sanders.

Jan 8, 2025 · The Arkansas corn crop had a catastrophic drop in acres in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS). Acreage in the state fell 41% to 485,000 harvested acres. Commodity price drops were the primary reason. Corn traded at around $4.20 ...

Treaty Oak Clean Energy, LLC of Austin, Texas, a company that develops, builds, and operates utility-scale solar and battery storage projects, announced the development of a 100-megawatt, 1,000-acre solar facility in southeastern Grant County.

Dec 5, 2024 · Butterball will shutter its Jonesboro turkey processing facility next year impacting about 180 workers. The tentative plan is to close the plant by Feb. 3, 2025, according to a release from the company.