by - March 7, 2017 3:21 pm
Sometimes small changes can lead to “a meaningful impact” when industry and agencies work together, said Shannon Newton, president of the Arkansas Trucking Association. Arkansas State Police and the trucking…
by - March 7, 2017 2:53 pm
The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville has announced its Broadway series lineup for the 2017–18 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. Broadway season tickets may be purchased now by calling…
by - March 7, 2017 2:43 pm
The home loan company affiliated with Generations Bank has changed its name to Generations Mortgage Co., from Simply Home Lending, and will operate as a department of the bank. Customers can…
by - March 7, 2017 2:42 pm
Medication errors result in one death every day and injure about 1.3 million people each year, according to the Federal Drug Administration. Biotech company PerceptiMed is trying to reduce the…
by - March 7, 2017 1:47 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson would like the House Republicans’ proposed Obamacare “repeal and replace” plan to offer more flexibility for states through Medicaid block grants, but the bill does not alter…
by - March 7, 2017 10:24 am
For the first time, wind electricity generating capacity was greater than hydroelectric capacity, after 8,727 megawatts of wind capacity was added to the U.S. power grid in 2016, according to…
by - March 6, 2017 7:34 pm
The Arkansas Senate on Monday (Mar. 6) overwhelmingly rejected a measure to ban the smoking of medical marijuana, but narrowly adopted a proposal to prevent Arkansas military personnel from registering…
by - March 6, 2017 7:20 pm
The Fort Smith Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) ordinance went into effect in January as required by the federal consent decree, but will likely not reach the enforcement stage until…
by - March 6, 2017 5:46 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ hub city and its home county continued to show historic economic growth in February. Craighead County collected $1.999 million in sales tax receipts last month, the second most…
by - March 6, 2017 5:07 pm
Members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation plan to send a letter to newly appointed U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry asking him to reverse the Obama Administration’s participation in the controversial Clean…
by - March 6, 2017 4:44 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has sought waiver amendments from the Trump Administration that would add work requirements to Arkansas Works and lower the maximum income for eligibility to 100% of the…
by - March 6, 2017 3:18 pm
A grower farm in south central Tennessee contracted with Tyson Foods tested positive for a strain of bird flu over the weekend. Tyson said the farm’s 73,000 birds would be…
by - March 6, 2017 2:35 pm
The public will have an opportunity to comment on a proposal from Southwest Electric Power Co. to change Arkansas Water Quality Standards for a portion of the Red River, between…
by - March 6, 2017 12:24 pm
Mercy Northwest Arkansas will hold a groundbreaking Thursday (March 9) at 10 a.m. to begin work on a 7,400-square-foot clinic in Pea Ridge, and the building should be completed by August….
by - March 6, 2017 12:16 pm
Natural gas production in the lower 48 states fell 4.6% or 3.4 billion cubic feet per day in February, compared to the same month in 2016, according to IHS Markit,…
by - March 6, 2017 10:52 am
The Conductor, a partnership between the University of Central Arkansas in Conway and Startup Junkie Consulting of Fayetteville, has joined forces with two nonprofit organizations to offer upcoming entrepreneurial events…
by - March 6, 2017 10:41 am
Little Rock investors bought a Fayetteville multifamily development for $32.68 million last week, the second eight-figure purchase of a Fayetteville apartment complex in the span of six days. Multifamily management…
by - March 6, 2017 10:35 am
In an effort to give hope to abandoned, neglected and abused children in Northwest Arkansas, 1,100 people came together on Saturday (March 4) in Rogers at the 15th annual Starlight…
by - March 6, 2017 10:14 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services will spend millions of dollars to install GPS tracking devices and load sensors in its more than 90,000-unit intermodal and over-the-road trailer fleets. The Lowell-based carrier…
by - March 5, 2017 5:33 pm
U.S. Rep. French Hill was generally pleased with the tone and subject matter in President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union speech, but the second term Republican Congressman said…
