by - March 18, 2019 4:29 pm
Carlisle native Kenneth Calhoun has been elected 2019-2020 general chairman and treasurer for the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of trade organization American Trucking Associations (ATA). The organization announced Monday…
by - March 18, 2019 2:16 pm
U.S. manufacturing corporations’ seasonally adjusted after-tax profits declined 1.1%, or by $1.7 billion, to $154.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018, from the previous quarter, according to the U.S….
by - March 18, 2019 10:33 am
Electric utility Entergy Arkansas and NextEra Energy Resources LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc., plan to build a 100-megawatt solar energy facility in White County near Searcy. The companies…
by - March 17, 2019 9:50 am
BancorpSouth Bank continued its recent acquisition spree with the purchase of a small community bank chain in the Florida Panhandle in a stock-and-cash deal valued at around $100 million, company…
by - March 15, 2019 4:18 pm
A Razorback baseball game in Fayetteville, Walmart in Springdale and NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville are a few places the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission and its transportation consultant…
by - March 15, 2019 9:21 am
The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation has donated $1.5 million toward a $34 million capital campaign to build a new venue for Fayetteville performing arts company TheatreSquared. The money,…
by - March 14, 2019 5:10 pm
ASU Jonesboro Chancellor Kelly Damphousse has appointed members for Arkansas State University’s Strategic Plan Steering Committee, and marked the opening of the lengthy process of reviewing and revising the university…
by - March 14, 2019 4:21 pm
New orders for manufactured durable goods in January rose 0.4%, or by $900 million, to $255.3 billion, from December, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This is the third consecutive…
by - March 14, 2019 4:11 pm
U.S. natural gas production rose 11% or by 10 billion cubic feet per day in 2018, from 2017, and the growth was the largest annual increase in production, reaching a…
by - March 13, 2019 6:07 pm
Arkansas Highway 22 between Dardanelle and Fort Smith should soon be designated the “True Grit Trail” in recognition of the famous novel by Arkansas author Charles Portis and the two…
by - March 13, 2019 3:05 pm
Amazon Prime shows no signs of losing members despite some subscription fatigue being felt among consumers. A recent prediction from eMarketer estimates 51.3% of U.S. households will be Amazon Prime…
by - March 13, 2019 2:21 pm
Lockheed Martin has developed the first system that will provide reliable 4G LTE cell phone service to existing cell phones through hot spots that receive the service from satellites, according…
by - March 13, 2019 11:19 am
In 2018, 31.3 gigawatts of utility-scale electricity generating capacity were added in the United States while 18.7 gigawatts of the capacity were retired, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by - March 13, 2019 10:47 am
Retail food prices ticked higher in February, up 1.5% from a year ago and 0.3% higher than in January, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The increase expected…
by - March 12, 2019 7:47 pm
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson declared this week (March 10-16) as Arkansas Agriculture Week. He made the proclamation Tuesday (March 12) at a ceremony held at the state capitol in conjunction…
by - March 12, 2019 7:10 pm
Mercy announced its partners in the Northwest Arkansas internal medicine residency program will be adding three additional slots this summer, thanks in part to a $750,000 grant from the Walmart…
by - March 12, 2019 2:14 pm
The Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce has hired Travis Stephens as vice president of operations, effective March 18. Stephens is filling the staff position held previously by Debbie Griffin,…
by - March 12, 2019 9:50 am
Arvest Bank has appointed Patricia Montague and Scott Spradley to its Springdale board of directors. Montague serves as senior vice president and administrator for Arkansas Children’s Northwest and has more…
by - March 11, 2019 11:59 am
Entrepreneur consulting organization The Endeavor Initiative will establish an office in Northwest Arkansas with the help of a $2 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation. Endeavor announced Monday (March…
by - March 9, 2019 9:25 pm
The Alana M. Mook Trust, of Eureka, Calif., made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County between Jan. 15 and Feb. 15, according to the Craighead…
