by - October 9, 2017 2:29 pm
AMP Fest, an event that mixes technology demonstrations, beer, music and food, is planned for Saturday (Oct. 14) from 4-9 p.m. at the Walmart AMP in Rogers. Attendees will be…
by - October 9, 2017 1:18 pm
Arkansas Tech University in Russellville has received a federal grant to increase resources for students who are military veterans. The school will receive an anticipated $1.3 million over five years…
by - October 9, 2017 9:53 am
Michael Singleton, associate director of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named to the accreditation committee for…
by - October 9, 2017 9:50 am
U.S. households are expected to spend $1,977, or about 2.4% of their income, on gasoline in 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In 2008, households spent $2,715 or…
by - October 8, 2017 4:12 pm
NASA’s Student Launch program has selected 23 teams to participate in its rocket production and launch event to be held April 4-8, 2018. Held near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center…
by - October 8, 2017 4:04 pm
Denso North America, which has a manufacturing plant in Osceola, Ark., is investing $1 billion in expanding a facility in Tennessee that will add about 1,000 new jobs, including technicians…
by - October 6, 2017 6:10 pm
Lineus Medical’s SafeBreak Vascular product has been chosen by the nonprofit foundation New England Pediatrics Device Consortium for a $50,000 grant to fund the development of solutions to the issue…
by - October 6, 2017 5:54 pm
Wal-Mart Stores is making a tender offer to purchase certain outstanding debt securities issued by the retail giant to reduce the company’s interest expense. The $8.5 billion tender offer was…
by - October 6, 2017 2:21 pm
CARTI CEO Adam Head announced Friday (Oct. 6) two new members of its senior management team. Patti Moser has joined the cancer care nonprofit as vice president of medical oncology,…
by - October 6, 2017 1:37 pm
U.S. Senator John Boozman, R-Rogers, and Congressman Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, announced Friday (Oct. 6) that the Departee Creek Watershed Improvement District and…
by - October 6, 2017 11:40 am
Mike Maulden, director of business and economic development for Entergy Arkansas, will retire at the end of January after working 34 years for the company, CEO Rick Riley said. “It…
by - October 6, 2017 9:23 am
Bentonville will host the 2017 Outdoor Blogger Summit Oct. 27-29, according to the city’s tourism bureau, Visit Bentonville. The annual event was founded in 2015 and is designed to help…
by - October 5, 2017 3:47 pm
Wal-Mart Stores is closing a Neighborhood Market in Little Rock on Nov. 2. Store No. 5666 at 2510 Cantrell Road opened in mid- 2012 but over the years the store…
by - October 5, 2017 11:55 am
The Walton Family Foundation announced Thursday (Oct. 5) it will provide grants totaling $787,000 to six cities in Benton County to help increase and diversify the area’s tree canopy. The…
by - October 5, 2017 11:26 am
The volume of intermodal containers and trailers on U.S. railroads rose 3.8% to 39,482 units in September, from the same month in 2016, according to the Association of American Railroads….
by - October 5, 2017 11:17 am
7hills Homeless Center in Fayetteville has hired Jessica Andrews as its new CEO. Andrews was formerly the first executive director of Community Venture Foundation, also in Fayetteville. As the leader…
by - October 5, 2017 9:50 am
Fayetteville wants for feedback on its Energy Action Plan and will host two public meetings to receive comments from residents on the plan. The meetings will take place after a…
by - October 5, 2017 9:06 am
A new survey shows the Northwest Arkansas metro — defined as Benton, Washington and Madison counties in Arkansas and McDonald County in Missouri — had just 33 homes in some…
by - October 5, 2017 9:00 am
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has credited President Trump with delivering on his commitment to plow forward with bold tax reform. In a recent statement, NAM President and CEO…
by - October 4, 2017 8:36 pm
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has released its monthly Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for September, and the story told is another positive one with the PMI at 60.8%, an…
