by - June 30, 2015 3:38 pm
John Woodham works for a company that provides benefit and human resources services to more than 300 companies in 38 states. His world got a lot busier following Friday’s (June…
by - June 24, 2015 7:28 pm
May and April reports on the closely watched U.S. shipping industry suggest that the national economy may be struggling to maintain the pace that began in 2014.
by - June 17, 2015 8:33 am
Devon Ramsey, 19, has a great job. He’s just barely one year out of high school, making well over $75,000 a year, has a new truck, no student loan debt and is investigating retirement plans. But he’s frustrated by an education system he says needs more emphasis on skilled trades.
by - June 16, 2015 12:15 am
The Arkansas Lottery Scholarship program may be struggling to make ends meet, but in the the past five years the 43 Arkansans who were million dollar winners through the program should have been able to tie up all loose financial ends.
by - June 12, 2015 6:09 am
The swollen Arkansas River has brought barge traffic to a grinding halt. How are some haulers navigating their options?
by - June 5, 2015 8:10 am
Rob Walton, 70, son of Wal-Mart founders Helen and Sam Walton, is stepping down after 23 years as Board Chairman. However, the powerful post will remain in the Walton family with Rob’s son-in-law Greg Penner becoming chairman at the end of this week’s shareholders meeting.
by - June 2, 2015 8:10 pm
Home sales in Arkansas’ four large markets are up almost 7% through April, even with a decline in homes sold in two of Arkansas’ four large metro markets during April. What is making for a red-hot housing market?
by - May 27, 2015 3:55 pm
The Environmental Protection Agency issued Wednesday (May 27) what it called a “final” ruling on Clean Water Act regulations and said the new rules will not impact farmers and other…
by - May 27, 2015 8:25 am
First quarter numbers in the overall freight sector suggested a robust U.S. economy for 2015. But recent declines in the American Trucking Associations’ Index and the Cass Freight Index have…
by - May 20, 2015 6:09 pm
Sebastian County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Shue has asked Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge for an opinion on the legality of Sebastian County Quorum Court Member Denny Altes being named the…
by - May 17, 2015 11:26 pm
Funding for a 35-mile multi-use trail system in Fort Smith wasn’t rejected because voters don’t like trails. It wasn’t about the trails. Never was. It was about trust. It was…
by - May 15, 2015 5:45 am
It’s one of those classic “good news, bad news” situations at Rheem’s Fort Smith plant. Two productions lines will end at the plant by the summer, reducing employment by as…
by - May 15, 2015 5:40 am
Memorial Day weekend will be a working weekend for the signage company hired by Muskogee, Okla.-based Armstrong Bank. The weekend will see Armstrong signs replace Benefit Bank signs in the…
by - May 14, 2015 5:55 am
It’s tempting to simply credit an improved national economy for improved finances at the trucking operations of the four publicly held companies based in Arkansas. But that temptation fails to account for a lot. Read more here.
by - May 13, 2015 9:15 am
A Whirlpool vice president said Tuesday (May 12) that a successful redevelopment plan for the company’s shuttered manufacturing plant and associated 95 acres will likely require “strategic demolition” and a…
by - May 13, 2015 5:02 am
Eureka Springs voters on Tuesday (May 12) voted to keep an ordinance approved by the city council in February that sought to prevent employment and housing discrimination based on sexual…
by - May 12, 2015 9:45 am
With one of the worst-kept economic development secrets officially out in the open, former Arkansas jobs chief Grant Tennille said the possible expansion of Lockheed’s Camden operation to manufacture a new military vehicle will have benefits far beyond that city’s industrial park.
by - May 11, 2015 6:18 pm
Zero Mountain is more than six months into expanding with its Zero Mountain Logistics company. The new division employs 30 people, including 17 truck drivers, with plans to employ 50…
by - May 7, 2015 4:11 pm
A lot has changed in Mom’s world. The world in 1949, the year of her birth, was a crazy place. Europe was rebuilding its continental economy, the Soviets were rattling…
by - May 5, 2015 7:16 am
First quarter net income for Van Buren-based USA Truck was $1.116 million, a big improvement over the $1.589 million loss in the first quarter of 2014, and the 10th consecutive…
