by - April 28, 2021 3:27 pm
Of the eight metro areas in or connected to Arkansas only three (Northwest Arkansas, Fort Smith and Pine Bluff) posted year-over-year job gains in March, and all areas had higher…
by - April 27, 2021 2:49 pm
With the more easily transmissible and more deadly UK variant of COVID-19 becoming more prevalent in Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchinson is again asking state residents to get vaccinated and encouraged…
by - April 20, 2021 2:54 pm
With a “worrisome point” worth watching being a recent rise in hospitalizations, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (April 20) said state officials’ focus is to increase COVID-19 vaccine demand to…
by - April 19, 2021 11:59 am
Tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River during the first quarter of 2021 is down 1% compared with the same quarter of 2020, but port operator Marty Shell says barge demand…
by - April 16, 2021 11:50 am
Arkansas had 18,549 fewer employed in March compared to March 2020, with 60% of the job losses coming from the state’s hard hit tourism sector, according to Friday’s (April 16)…
by - April 14, 2021 3:39 pm
Fort Smith-based businessman Steve Clark has expanded his downtown Fort Smith property footprint with an estimated $4 million planned investment in two properties adjacent to the Propak Corp. headquarters building…
by - April 13, 2021 3:35 pm
A pause in the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is no reason to not get a vaccine, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday (April 13), adding that the…
by - April 6, 2021 4:14 pm
Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and a defense industry lobbyist with ties to Fort Smith believe a decision to locate a pilot training center for the U.S. military’s…
by - April 6, 2021 3:59 pm
Arkansas health officials are focused on boosting vaccine numbers ahead of any rise in COVID-19 variants, getting more vaccines to minority groups, and overcoming vaccine “resistance,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said…
by - April 4, 2021 12:03 pm
Editor’s note: This essay was first published Jan. 23, 2005. It is posted again to provide some guidance as the weather warms and we begin to emerge from our pandemic…
by - April 2, 2021 12:44 pm
Tax revenue through the first nine months of Arkansas’ fiscal year is up 7.5%, and the fiscal year-to-date revenue surplus – “net available revenue” collected beyond what was estimated –…
by - March 31, 2021 1:21 pm
While the recent Suez Canal blockage grabbed headlines for several days, it merely adds more pressure to a global supply chain problem that hit almost every global economic sector after…
by - March 30, 2021 8:49 pm
Longtime weatherman and television personality Garrett Lewis announced Tuesday (March 30) plans to leave his job as chief meteorologist at CBS affiliate KFSM-TV. His forecasted last day forecasting is July…
by - March 30, 2021 2:51 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (March 30) lifted the statewide mask mandate even as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged governors to not lift such restrictions….
by - March 18, 2021 12:53 pm
The number of homes sold in the Fort Smith metro rose by less than 6% in the first two months of 2021, but the value of the sales was up…
by - March 17, 2021 1:14 pm
Editor’s note: This is the final of four stories in a series about the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas. Link here for the first story, link here…
by - March 16, 2021 3:01 pm
With around 10% of Arkansans being fully vaccinated and a push by the Biden administration to open vaccine access, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (March 16) expanded eligibility an estimated…
by - March 14, 2021 4:53 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of four stories in a series about the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas. There were 64 deaths in Arkansas during the…
by - March 11, 2021 5:00 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday (March 11) he and First Lady Susan Hutchinson will plant an oak seedling on the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion grounds to recognize “lives lost during this…
by - March 11, 2021 12:10 pm
Arkansas’ travel and tourism industry, which was enjoying more than a decade of growth, posted double-digit percentage declines in key categories in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic that hit…
