Do I need life insurance?  A lot of people wonder if life insurance is necessary. Our friend Serena Smith, State Farm agent, shared with us tips from a fellow State Farm agent on this question. Yolie Aleman-Rodriguez, State Farm agent in Tolleson, Arizona, hel...

Many nonprofits are hosting virtual fundraisers, online auctions and live streaming opportunities to continue giving locally. HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW: ·     Northwest Arkansas Food Bank Hunger Action Month - Sept. 1-30 ·     HSO Putt for Paws - CHANGE...

Allison A. McElroy, CFRE Founder, The McElroy Group The McElroy Group is a fundraising consulting firm that specializes in a fun, motivational way to help organizations and professionals reach their goals. Allison specializes in a variety of topics for one-on...

In an effort to continue to provide food to those in need during this Covid-19 crisis, KraftHeinz recently donated a large amount of ready to eat meals to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank. The donation consisted of assorted Smart Ones® meals, which will provi...

Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas has opened a 22-bed unit dedicated to the post-operative needs of patients undergoing orthopedic and spine surgeries. Mercy has also added an orthopedic service line coordinator and a nurse navigator who help guide joint repl...

JENNIFER NECESSARY Executive Director, ALS Association - Arkansas Chapter 1. Best part of your job: Serving with my whole heart and positively impacting people’s lives in a big way. This disease is bigger than anything imaginable and these people need us figh...

Many nonprofits are hosting virtual fundraisers, online auctions and live streaming opportunities to continue giving locally. HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW: ·     The Peel Compton Foundation Dr. Compton Day - VIRTUAL event through Aug. 8 ·     Arkansas Chil...

In partnership with the LPGA Tour, local event organizers announce today that the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G, scheduled for Aug. 24-30, will be contested without spectators in 2020. All three rounds of official tournament play will ...

COLIN SHIVE General Manager, Ruth's Chris Steak House in Rogers 1. How are you pivoting during the pandemic? I just moved to Rogers from St. Louis so it’s been a unique situation because it was right as NWA was shutting down. We’ve definitely had to pivot som...

CHERYL YARBROUGH SVP Sales and Marketing, Shiloh Technologies 1. How are you pivoting during the pandemic? At Shiloh we are pretty much running all operations remotely. As a technical company, it was not too difficult from an operational standpoint to pivot t...