by - February 6, 2017 5:36 pm
Fort Smith metro building activity started 2017 with significant gains from the same period last year with Fort Smith and Van Buren leading the way. The metro region, which consists…
by - February 6, 2017 2:22 pm
Kicking off this new fiscal year Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon is changing things up. Instead of having suppliers at the retailer’s year beginning meetings held as in the past,…
by - February 6, 2017 1:54 pm
California-based Attom Data Solutions, which tracks national housing and foreclosure data, says distressed sales in the U.S. are at a nine-year low. Attom’s report showed distressed sales — including bank-owned…
by - February 6, 2017 12:14 pm
The outlook is improving for trucking transportation equipment manufacturers as a result of an expected rise in the freight economy, which should mean more orders by late 2017 and increased…
by - February 6, 2017 11:59 am
Katherine Auld remembers being permitted to stay up late as a child to watch a Perseid meteor shower from a blanket in her grandmother’s yard and tuning in at school…
by - February 6, 2017 11:41 am
The Walton Family Foundation in Bentonville will donate $750,000 to Southern Bancorp Community Partners to support capital investments for small businesses in the Delta region, specifically in Phillips County, Ark.,…
by - February 6, 2017 10:55 am
The Grammy Award-winning country music group Lady Antebellum will play at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers on Aug. 5. Country pop singer Kelsea Ballerini, nominated this year for…
by - February 6, 2017 6:54 am
Editor’s note: Story update with changes and additions throughout. –––––––––––––––––– The folks based out of Springdale have been selling the meats. Tyson Foods on Monday announced record fiscal first quarter…
by - February 5, 2017 1:57 pm
Doctor and former Oklahoma Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn and believes Obamacare can be replaced, suggesting the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate and House look at two existing provisions within the law…
by - February 5, 2017 9:38 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, says having a Southerner as Agriculture Secretary will be good for Arkansas. He also says don’t look for a singular piece of legislation to replace…
by - February 5, 2017 8:42 am
“Made In America,” is a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– MANUFACTURING JOBS UP SLIGHTLY SINCE 2011, STILL DOWN 28% IN PAST 25 YEARS Over the last 25…
by - February 3, 2017 11:46 am
The nation’s jobless rate rose in January to 4.8% and added 227,000 new payroll jobs as the new Trump administration takes over the reins of the nation’s economy, according to…
by - February 2, 2017 6:18 pm
Plans first made public in late 2015 by local CBS affiliate KFSM-TV, Channel 5, to move more of its operations to Northwest Arkansas from Fort Smith are ongoing, although the…
by - February 2, 2017 3:51 pm
Arkansas lawmakers in Washington D.C. are cautiously optimistic a deal will be brokered to allow farmers to sell agriculture goods in Cuba with private financing. There’s a $1 billion agriculture…
by - February 2, 2017 1:02 pm
Rail movements of propane, propylene, normal butane and isobutane reached 426,000 barrels per day in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The four petroleum products account for the…
by - February 2, 2017 9:22 am
Arkansas ranked No. 42 in a WalletHub list of the best states to retire in, largely because of its low quality of life rating and its healthcare access rating. WalletHub’s…
by - February 2, 2017 6:55 am
Murphy USA’s profits fell more than 34% in the fourth quarter as rising wholesale gas prices cut overall margins, but the El Dorado convenience store operator was still able to…
by - February 2, 2017 5:38 am
John Furner, 42, started his new job as CEO of Sam’s Club on Wednesday (Feb. 1) by introducing himself on the Walmart Blog. Furner, who succeeded Rosalind Brewer, is not…
by - February 1, 2017 8:18 pm
Seven bills, all filed by Rep. Doug House, R-North Little Rock, that would regulate parts of the supply chain and make other changes to the state’s medical marijuana amendment were…
by - February 1, 2017 8:16 pm
A bill allowing patients to establish telemedicine relationships with medical providers from wherever the patient is located passed the Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee Tuesday, two years after…
