by - October 3, 2019 3:19 pm
Walmart U.S. Chief Merchandising Officer Steve Bratspies will be the headliner for the Sunshine School & Development Center’s Power of Inclusion Luncheon. It’s scheduled Oct. 10 at the Embassy Suites…
by - October 2, 2019 6:01 pm
The four winners of the inaugural Talk Business & Politics Western Arkansas Business of the Year award were recognized Tuesday (Oct. 1), with OGE Economic Development Manager Richard Cornelison saying…
by - October 2, 2019 4:09 pm
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientist recently received a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study the different ways smokers respond…
by - October 2, 2019 9:40 am
America’s Car-Mart Inc. has entered a third amended and restated loan and security agreement with a group of lenders effective Sept. 30. The Bentonville-based buy here, pay here used car…
by - October 1, 2019 8:45 pm
Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith will once again be home to a golf tournament that attracts professional golfers. The All Pro Tour and the United Way of Fort Smith…
by - October 1, 2019 7:28 pm
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell 1.3 percentage points to 47.8% in September and was the second consecutive month that economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted, according to the…
by - September 30, 2019 6:23 pm
Pine Bluff-based Simmons Bank will assume the naming rights to Verizon Arena on Thursday (Oct. 3). Last November, Simmons secured the naming rights for the downtown North Little Rock entertainment…
by - September 30, 2019 6:00 pm
A public forum to discuss gang-related violence in Northeast Arkansas will be held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Nettleton High School Performing Arts Center. The forum, created by…
by - September 30, 2019 2:08 pm
Wind energy generating capacity is expected to increase at near-record levels in 2019 and 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Through June, 3.7 gigawatts of wind capacity…
by - September 30, 2019 2:00 pm
Lowell-based financial services agency Central Research Inc. (CRI) said Monday (Sept. 30) it’s planning to build a new headquarters near Interstate 49 in Lowell. The company plans to combine its Lowell…
by - September 27, 2019 1:59 pm
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing banks to provide services to businesses in the country’s legal marijuana industry. Two of Arkansas’ four Congressmen voted for the…
by - September 27, 2019 12:28 pm
New orders for manufactured durable goods increased 0.2%, or by $500 million, to $250.7 billion in August, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau released Friday (Sept. 27) the advance…
by - September 26, 2019 6:21 pm
Siloam Springs-based John Brown University announced Thursday (Sept. 26) that it raised $156 million in its seven-year fundraising campaign, exceeding the campaign’s $125 million goal. The private, Christian university is…
by - September 26, 2019 4:13 pm
The Rockline Industries plant in Springdale has attained 11 million safe work hours without a lost time accident, and only a handful of companies have achieved the milestone, according to…
by - September 26, 2019 3:59 pm
Rep. Jack Ladyman, R-Jonesboro, will seek another term in the Arkansas House of Representatives. Ladyman represents District 59 which includes western portions of Craighead County and is serving his third…
by - September 25, 2019 5:28 pm
Conway Regional Health System broke ground Wednesday (Sept. 25) on the construction of a $13 million, three-story medical office building to be located at the northeast corner of the hospital’s…
by - September 25, 2019 4:06 pm
Stacy Hurst, the newly named secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, on Wednesday (Sept. 25) unveiled the latest economic report on how the tourism and hospitality…
by - September 25, 2019 4:06 pm
Crystal Center, a retail strip center near a Walmart Supercenter in Maumelle, sold Wednesday (Sept. 25) to Bui Property of Little Rock LLC, registered to Tanchuc Bui of Little Rock….
by - September 25, 2019 12:57 pm
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals has voted to host its Supply Chain Hall of Fame in Rogers. Under the proposal, the Sam M. Walton College of Business at…
by - September 25, 2019 10:51 am
The eighth annual State of the Northwest Arkansas Region Report will be presented Nov. 5 at a luncheon at the Northwest Arkansas Board of Realtors Event Center at 314 N….
