by - October 26, 2017 9:26 am
The Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce has named Graham Cobb its new president and CEO. He will assume the role in late November, according to a press release from…
by - October 26, 2017 9:01 am
Gross inputs to petroleum refineries in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, which includes six states in the South, reached an average of 8.8 million barrels per day, or about 324,000…
by - October 26, 2017 8:19 am
The Arkansas Broadcasters Association board of directors has named Luke Story its new executive director. The announcement was made Wednesday (Oct. 25). Story will begin the new job Nov. 1….
by - October 25, 2017 8:03 pm
Mississippi County in Arkansas’ first congressional district is one of the top steel producing counties in the country and its representative in Congress is about to take a key role…
by - October 25, 2017 11:59 am
Little Rock-based carrier Rich Logistics, a company of Roadrunner Transportation Systems, received the 2017 Global Leader Award at the Automotive Leaders Summit in Mexico City. Shannon Everett, chief operations officer…
by - October 23, 2017 8:29 pm
Commissioner of State Lands John Thurston announced Monday (Oct. 23) his intention to be the next secretary of state in Arkansas. “As I am term-limited in my ability to serve…
by - October 23, 2017 7:54 pm
The Arkansas Forestry Commission (AFC) has moved from its former location on Roosevelt Road to join other agencies of the Arkansas Agriculture Department (AAD) at the AAD headquarters complex at…
by - October 23, 2017 7:52 pm
The city of Jonesboro has received a grant for almost $500,000 in Transportation Alternatives Program funding from the Arkansas Department of Transportation for a pedestrian/bicycle path between downtown and Arkansas…
by - October 23, 2017 3:15 pm
Arkansas Trucking Association was one of the recipients of the 2017 Mike Russell Trucking Image Award winners, according to American Trucking Associations. The awards were announced at the trade organization’s…
by - October 23, 2017 2:03 pm
The University of Arkansas has named a search committee to find a new dean for the School of Law. Stacy Leeds will step down in June after seven years as…
by - October 23, 2017 11:50 am
A scientist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received his third concurrent R01-type Research Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Daohong Zhou was…
by - October 23, 2017 11:03 am
Unplanned disruptions in the global oil supply fell to 1.6 million barrels per day in September, the lowest since January 2012, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Over the…
by - October 23, 2017 10:16 am
Entrepreneur Ancil Lea of Ancil Lea Consulting in Conway has written a book on “entrepreneurship and its connection to coffee.” Titled “Common Ground,” it will be released Wednesday (Oct. 25)…
by - October 22, 2017 9:56 pm
The Southwest Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority in Clark County has received a $1.3 million federal grant. According to the U.S. Economic Development Administration, the grant “funds the construction of a…
by - October 22, 2017 5:00 pm
Arkansas State Auditor Andrea Lea has appointed Skot Covert to serve as her chief of staff. Covert, a Franklin County native, has served as Lea’s communications director for the past…
by - October 19, 2017 9:49 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has reached a $120 million settlement, along with 48 other states and the District of Columbia, with General Motors Company over allegations that the company…
by - October 19, 2017 12:48 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services will pay a 23-cents per share cash dividend on Nov. 17 to shareholders of record Nov. 3. The Lowell-based carrier announced the dividend payment Thursday (Oct….
by - October 19, 2017 12:44 pm
Destination Pet LLC, a provider of pet care services, has raised $30 million in debt and equity funding, backed by McLarty Capital Partners of Little Rock and Opus Equity Partners, the broker-dealer…
by - October 19, 2017 11:32 am
Earnings for Bear State Financial rose 8% in the third quarter as interest income increased from average balances, loans and investment securities. Profit was $5.132 million, or 14 cents per…
by - October 19, 2017 11:02 am
Achievements: Tull has worked at Crafton Tull for 25 years, seeing it expand to a regional firm with seven offices throughout Arkansas and Oklahoma and 30 owners, from six equal…
