Unemployment Revised Downward In March, April Holds Steady
The state unemployment rate for April comes with two positives — the April rate of 7.75 continues a downward decline and the March rate of...
Invotek Launches New Laser Product
Alma-based InvoTek has launched a new product using safe laser technology that enables a person with limited movement to write, communicate and control their environment.
The...
Health Benefits Firm Adding 50 Jobs In Little Rock
Little Rock-based HealthSCOPE Benefits, Inc., now the fourth-largest Third-Party Administrator (TPA) in the country, is adding approximately 50 customer service, processing, and managerial jobs to...
Arkadelphia Promise Graduates First Class
More than 115 seniors made a commitment to higher education in Arkadelphia as the inaugural class of the Arkadelphia Promise Scholarship program completed its first...
Six Natural Gas Companies Sued In Class Action
Our content partner, Fox 16 News, is reporting that three families in north central Arkansas are banding together to file a class action lawsuit against...
Clean & Green: Prescription Drug Take Back
What's in your medicine cabinet could make you better, but if it goes down your drain it has the potential to poison.
Recently in Benton and...
Bancorpsouth Closing 9 Locations In Arkansas
Tupelo, Mississippi-based BancorpSouth announced last week that it would close 23 branches across 6 states. Today, we learned which Arkansas branches will be closed.
BancorpSouth says...
Lottery Machines In Your Local Supermarket
John Lyon with our content partner, the Arkansas News Bureau, takes a look at two grocery store chains that are among the first to install...
Wal-mart Invests In Chinese E-commerce Company
Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire a minority stake in the holding company of Yihaodian, a Chinese-based...
Power Company Subsidiary Files For Public Utility Status
An interesting filing landed at the Arkansas Public Service Commission early this week from SWEPCO and its parent company, AEP. The electricity giant has been...
Entergy Details Savings To Join Transmission Grid Operator
Entergy Arkansas officials today filed a report with the Arkansas Public Service Commission outlining the expected benefits of the company joining the Midwest Independent Transmission...
