by - March 25, 2016 12:32 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services recently ordered 4,000 new dry van trailers equipped with added safety components engineered to prevent vehicles from sliding under the trailer on impact. The Wabash National…
by - March 25, 2016 11:35 am
Editor’s note: Story updated with a statement from Golden Bridge, a group organized to oppose the Clean Line project, and a statement from the Sierra Club of Arkansas. ––––––––––––––– The…
by - March 25, 2016 8:01 am
Editor’s note: Each Friday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Energy In-depth,” a round-up of energy and regulatory news. ––––––––––––––––– U.S. PUMP PRICES HIT $2 A GALLON FOR FIRST TIME IN 2016 Average…
by - March 24, 2016 3:51 pm
Little Rock-based Garver USA has given the University of Arkansas $250,000 toward the construction of a new Civil Engineering Research Center. The new 25,000-square-foot facility will be located in the…
by - March 24, 2016 3:51 pm
Little Rock-based Garver USA has given the University of Arkansas $250,000 toward the construction of a new Civil Engineering Research Center. The new 25,000-square-foot facility will be located in the…
by - March 24, 2016 3:48 pm
McKee Foods has partnered with city of Gentry to develop outdoor trails in the Flint Creek Nature Area that will also include a stocked lake for fishing, fishing dock and…
by - March 24, 2016 3:48 pm
McKee Foods has partnered with city of Gentry to develop outdoor trails in the Flint Creek Nature Area that will also include a stocked lake for fishing, fishing dock and…
by - March 24, 2016 10:15 am
While at least three members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors were not aware of a discrimination action in the background of the city’s newly hired sanitation director, Fort…
by - March 24, 2016 6:14 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– LONGTIME DIRECTOR RETIRING FROM SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CENTER Janet Roderick, state director…
by - March 23, 2016 4:43 pm
Dean Foods, the nation’s largest milk company, said Walmart’s entry into the milk business will mean the loss of approximately 100 million gallons of private label milk it has been…
by - March 23, 2016 4:43 pm
Dean Foods, the nation’s largest milk company, said Walmart’s entry into the milk business will mean the loss of approximately 100 million gallons of private label milk it has been…
by - March 23, 2016 11:50 am
The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) says it is now booking events for the under-renovation Robinson Conference Center, which will reopen in November. For booking information, interested parties…
by - March 23, 2016 6:34 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– MEDICARE SPENT $473 BILLION LESS FROM 2009-2014 COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS The Department…
by - March 22, 2016 2:07 pm
Tyson Foods will be forced to pay almost $5.8 million in a class action judgment awarded to 3,300 workers with the company’s Storm Lake, Iowa, pork processing plant who claimed…
by - March 21, 2016 7:40 pm
Editor’s note: Notes from the Campaign Trail is a compilation of various political insider tidbits and is sponsored by Little Rock-based Capitol Advisors Group. –––––––––––– THE TRUMP TRAIL Donald Trump…
by - March 21, 2016 7:21 pm
“Czech That Film” Festival will be returning to Little Rock’s Riverdale 10 Cinema for a second consecutive year on April 15 and 16. The event will present five culturally significant…
by - March 21, 2016 6:08 pm
The court testimony of Fort Smith Police Captain Jarrard Copeland did not contain “false material statements,” and the perjury investigation against the officer is closed, according to letters filed Monday…
by - March 21, 2016 5:01 pm
Walmart, the nation’s largest grocer, plans to establish a milk processing plant in Fort Wayne, Ind., for Great Value and Members Mark private label milk sold in more than 600…
by - March 21, 2016 5:01 pm
Walmart, the nation’s largest grocer, plans to establish a milk processing plant in Fort Wayne, Ind., for Great Value and Members Mark private label milk sold in more than 600…
by - March 21, 2016 3:22 pm
The March 1 Cattle on Feed report pegs feedlot inventories at 10.77 million head, up 1.01% from a year ago, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the U.S….
