by - March 21, 2019 6:50 pm
Tyson Foods announced $1.8 million in new hunger relief grants benefiting 14 states, including a combined $400,000 in Arkansas. The company said the grants work to combat hunger in communities…
by - March 21, 2019 1:59 pm
New orders for manufactured goods rose 0.1%, or by $300 million, to $500.5 billion in January, from December, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The January rise followed a 0.1%…
by - March 21, 2019 1:57 pm
The U.S. Gulf Coast exported more crude oil than it imported in the last two months of 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The difference between gross…
by - March 21, 2019 11:37 am
Carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. energy consumption are expected to be relatively flat through 2050, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The projection comes from the reference case…
by - March 20, 2019 8:27 pm
Julie Murray, a graduate of Van Buren High School, and recently executive director of the Heber Springs Area Chamber of Commerce, has been named president and CEO of the Van…
by - March 20, 2019 8:12 pm
Senate President Jim Hendren, R-Sulphur Springs, eked out a major legislative victory before the legislature went home for spring break on Wednesday (March 20) by pushing through a controversial bill…
by - March 20, 2019 4:31 pm
Five lubricant distributors across the southeastern United States, including Mid-South Sales of Jonesboro, have merged to form Cadence Petroleum Group of Asheboro, N.C. Along with Mid-South Sales, the new company…
by - March 19, 2019 2:48 pm
Renewable energy provided 17.6% of electricity generation in the United States in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Renewable generation provided a record of 742 million megawatt-hours of…
by - March 19, 2019 10:55 am
Mack McLarty is no fan of tariffs, but he does commend President Donald Trump for addressing international trade issues that have been concerns for numerous presidential administrations. “I’m not a…
by - March 18, 2019 6:30 pm
Collections of Arkansas’ 2% tourism set a new record in 2018 and hospitality tax collections among 17 Arkansas cities surveyed for the Arkansas Tourism ticker topped the $50 million mark…
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…
