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Sam Walton opened Wal-Mart Discount City on Rogers' Highway 71, his first store under the name after a decade running Ben Franklin variety stores. The format was the bet: lower margins on everything, in towns the big chains had written off as too small.

MISO’s current queue identifies J1060 at the West Memphis–Keo 500 kV line tap in St. Francis County, Arkansas: 500 MW solar, GIA-stage processing done and post-GIA status Under Construction. The old negotiated May 1, 2023 in-service target is not proof of realized operation.

Maria Smith leaves a corporate career to open a family-run Filipino restaurant in Rogers, Arkansas, with her brother Bill Martfeld cooking from their mother's recipes.

On 14 October 2025 Walmart announced a partnership letting customers and Sam's Club members shop Walmart directly inside ChatGPT with Instant Checkout.

On 14 November 2025 Walmart's board elected John Furner, 51, to succeed Doug McMillon as President and CEO effective 1 February 2026; McMillon retires on 31 January 2026 after more than a decade in the job.

The mayor’s March 2026 account identifies Serverfarm’s Clarksville proposal and land closing. Hiring and land acquisition do not establish physical construction.

On 3 February 2026 a 2.9% rally to a record close of US$127.71 pushed Walmart's market value past US$1 trillion for the first time, a week into John Furner's tenure as CEO.

Reebok's head of basketball told ESPN on 24 March 2026 that Arkansas freshman Darius Acuff Jr. has a signature shoe, the 'Acuff 1', making him the first NCAA men's player to get one from a major US brand while still in college.

Walmart's fiscal 2026 proxy lists five executives' pay from $15.5M to $44.1M; new hire Daniel Danker tops it after a partial year, and the CEO pay ratio is 958 to 1.

On 21 May 2026 Walmart reported first-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue up 7.3% (5.9% in constant currency), global eCommerce up 26% and Walmart U.S. comparable sales up 4.1%, and held its full-year outlook.

Data center campus in Arkansas with tracked parcel boundary (1178 acres, 500 MW).

On 29 July 2026 the US government awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year contract modification worth up to US$53.86 billion for PAC-3 MSE interceptors, bringing the multiyear total to US$58.62 billion.

On 20 August 2026 Walmart reported second-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue of US$187.9 billion, up 5.9%, with eCommerce up 23% and nearly US$2.9 billion in tariff refunds, but shares fell sharply after the EPS outlook missed estimates.

The October 20 opening adds a facility designed to double current GMLRS motor capacity. Its standalone cost is not published in the opened operator release.

The City of Little Rock Solar Array is a 6.3 MW (DC) / 4.9 MW (AC) solar array at the Port of Little Rock in Pulaski County, Arkansas, owned by the city. KATV reported on 30 October 2026 that the city recently completed it; the city expects it to save about $1 million a year in electricity costs. EIA-860M had still listed it as under construction with operation proposed for November 2026.

MISO queue project J2523 was a proposed 250 MW solar project in Independence County, Arkansas, entered September 2022 with a proposed completion of November 2026. The queue entry is now withdrawn.

SR Des Arc, LLC is listed in EIA-860M data as a planned 4.8 MW solar PV plant in Prairie County, Arkansas, in the MISO balancing authority. Proposed completion is December 1, 2026.

A 215 MW solar project in the MISO interconnection queue (J3457) at the Stuttgart Ricuskey - Woodward 230 kV point in Arkansas County, Arkansas. The queue lists a proposed completion of February 2027; no developer has been publicly named.

J2143 is a 250 MW photovoltaic generation interconnection request in Chicot, AR. The grid operator lists its queue status as Done. The requested in-service date is 2027-03-01; this is a planning date.

MISO lists J2696 as a 500 MW solar request at Sandy Bayou in Mississippi County, Arkansas, with April 15, 2027 requested in-service date and Phase 2 study status. The record does not establish developer ownership or construction.

Invenergy's Chalk Bluff Solar in St. Francis County, Arkansas is listed at 350 MW in Meta's 2024 contracts and 450 MW in a county presentation, with 100 MW sold to Verizon, and is targeted for June 2027; no cost has been published.

Invenergy development of the Chalk Bluff Clean Solar Center in St. Francis County, Arkansas. Delivering 450 MWac of clean power across the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, the utility-scale solar facility feeds into regional MISO transmission lines to supply long-term clean electricity to commercial off-takers.

AVAIO’s current Leo page locates the 296-acre campus on 145th Street and describes 1,070 MW total baseload power: 570 MW grid plus 500 MW behind the meter. It now targets initial grid energization in Q4 2027, differing from its January release’s June/Q2 2027 target.

S1101 is a 200 MW battery storage interconnection request in St. Francis, AR. The grid operator lists its queue status as Active. The requested in-service date is 2028-01-20; this is a planning date.

S1100 is a 200 MW battery storage interconnection request in Mississippi, AR. The grid operator lists its queue status as Active. The requested in-service date is 2028-04-21; this is a planning date.

EIA’s August 2026 inventory lists Steel River Solar Phase 1 (plant 70397) with a 250 MW battery and 500 MW solar, planned for August 2028. This is a phase of Cypress Creek’s broader hybrid development, rather than a proven standalone $220M/1,000 MWh battery.

EIA August 2026 lists Cypress Creek’s Steel River Solar Phase 1, plant 70397, with 500 MW solar SRSP1 and separate 250 MW battery SRSB1, under construction at most 50% complete and planned for August 2028. Operator announced groundbreaking for the first two phases in July 2026.

Separate construction cost, IT power, floor area and an opening date for this building or phase have not been verified. Published campus figures do not establish independent component figures.

Entergy Arkansas is building a 600 MW solar array with a 350 MW battery system in Jefferson County, Arkansas, an estimated 1,602M USD, partly paid by Google to power its West Memphis data center.

Cypress Creek Energy's three-phase Steel River Energy Center in Mississippi County, Arkansas (about 815 MWdc of solar per phase, 2.45-2.5 GWdc total, 2.9 GWh and 720 MW of battery) broke ground on 14 July 2026 with a Google power purchase agreement for the first two phases and a total capital cost above 4.5 billion USD.

Entergy’s October 19, 2026 release explicitly says Arkansas Cypress Solar and Battery is under construction in Jefferson County. Its current October-2026 portfolio lists 600 MW solar and 350 MW battery targeting 2029; EIA plant 69989 reports January 2029 planned operation.

Cypress Creek’s current Steel River page lists 2.46 GW solar, 2.94 GWh battery storage and $4.5B-plus private investment. July 2026 groundbreaking covered the first two phases; all three phases are targeted in service by 2029.

EIA August 2026 lists Cypress Creek’s Steel River Solar Phase 2, plant 70398, with 500 MW solar SRSP2 and separate 250 MW battery SRSB2, under construction at most 50% complete and planned for July 2029. Operator announced groundbreaking for the first two phases in July 2026.

EIA’s September 2026 inventory identifies Steel River Solar Phase 2, plant 70398, with 250 MW battery SRSB2 and a separate 500 MW solar generator. It reports construction no more than 50% complete and July 2029 planned operation.

MISO queue entry J4082 lists a 500 MW battery storage project in Jefferson County, AR (Entergy Arkansas), entered 7 October 2025 with a proposed COD of 30 June 2030. No developer or site is published.

EIA August 2026 lists Cypress Creek’s Steel River Solar Phase 3, plant 70399, with 500 MW SRSP3 solar and separate 250 MW SRSB3 battery, under construction at most 50% complete and planned for July 2030. Operator whole-program timing instead targets all three phases by 2029.

EIA’s September 2026 inventory identifies Steel River Solar Phase 3, plant 70399, with 250 MW battery SRSB3 and a separate 500 MW solar generator. It reports construction no more than 50% complete and July 2030 planned operation.

SPP’s October 22, 2026 active listing identifies GEN-2022-130 as a 200 MW Sebastian County battery at Battlefield BESS 161 kV, with an executed IA and December 31, 2030 commercial-operation target. The filing does not verify the former $180M cost, 800 MWh duration or Peregrine attribution.

SPP identifies GEN-2022-130 as 200 MW battery storage at Battlefield BESS 161 kV in Sebastian County, Arkansas, with December 31, 2030 proposed COD and IA fully executed/on-schedule status.