by - August 11, 2016 12:10 pm
Bella Vista opens ‘Back 40’ mountain bike trail
Bella Vista has opened the first section of its new Back 40 mountain bike trail, according to a press release from TravelArkansas. The section is 15 miles and will be…
Business
by - August 11, 2016 11:06 am
Startup Talk: Pentagon hopes world’s first all-machine hacking, bot-hunting contest will lead to better cybersecurity
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– PENTAGON HOPES WORLD’S FIRST ALL-MACHINE HACKING, BOT-HUNTING CONTEST WILL LEAD TO BETTER…
by - August 11, 2016 10:51 am
Nine Arkansans graduate year-long Delta leadership program
Fifty-three leaders from eight states, including nine from Arkansas, graduated from the Delta Leadership Institute Executive Academy, a year-long leadership program that prepares them to address issues in the Mississippi…
by - August 11, 2016 10:13 am
Arkansas officials attempt to find solutions to future labor problems
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce encountered a new and potentially serious problem that could hurt the state’s jobs market when they toured the Remington Arms Company Inc. in Lonoke…
by - August 11, 2016 8:53 am
CS&L reports small 2Q loss, continues acquisition spree to grow telecom asset base
Communications Sales & Leasing Inc.’s on Thursday (Aug. 11) reported that its second quarter earnings fell into the red as the state’s only publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)…
by - August 10, 2016 7:49 pm
Tech Park joins with Stephens Inc. to dissolve 43-year old downtown improvement district
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority (LRTPA) on Wednesday unanimously adopted a measure to dissolve the local business incubator’s stake in the city’s Metrocentre Improvement District Commission, a nonprofit vehicle…
by - August 10, 2016 4:22 pm
64.6 Downtown unveils $1 million vision for Fort Smith Farmer’s Market, other downtown events
The Fort Smith Parks Commission on Wednesday (Aug. 10) discussed the Parks Department’s capital improvement plan (CIP) and if it should include a proposed $1 million downtown improvement. Meeting at…
by - August 10, 2016 4:13 pm
Talk Business & Politics Daily: The Trump TV ads, Presidential trivia, and Sage insight edition
On Wednesday’s Talk Business & Politics Daily digital newscast KATV’s Janelle Lilley examines three ads airing out of state involving Donald Trump as a political weapon. In our Inside the…
by - August 10, 2016 3:40 pm
Arkansas natives offer neighborly help with Schlep
Hunter Riley and John Godwin found themselves in Chicago, a long way from the North Little Rock neighborhood where they grew up. Riley was couch surfing at Godwin’s while in…
by - August 10, 2016 3:12 pm
Report: ‘Good Schools’ not the only positive for Benton County home prices
It’s no secret that homes in the areas of preferred elementary schools often have higher prices than those in underperforming districts. Benton County results are mixed in terms of school…
by - August 10, 2016 2:54 pm
‘Tiny House’ trend emerging in Arkansas with seniors in Northwest Arkansas, Fort Smith
At age 64, Betsy McNeil is getting rid of her furniture, her clothes and her artwork, and she is downsizing. Really downsizing. In mid-August, McNeil will move into a 399-square-foot…
by - August 10, 2016 1:57 pm
Health Beat: CMS warns state regulators, nursing homes of growing ‘social media’ abuse
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– CMS WARNS STATE REGULATORS, NURSING HOME OPERATORS OF GROWING SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE The U.S….
by - August 10, 2016 12:38 pm
Hutchinson, Arkansas’ congressional delegation applaud $200 million Magellan pipeline project
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin and three members of the state’s congressional delegation all gathered together on Wednesday at a North Little Rock petroleum storage facility off the…
by - August 10, 2016 9:15 am
Peco Foods’ Pocahontas-area complex still hiring workers, job total could reach 1,400
Peco Foods Inc. has hired more than 500 workers, and could employ more than 1,000 at its new poultry processing plant in Pocahontas. The 272,000-square-foot plant cost $165 million to…
by - August 10, 2016 9:09 am
Big data more recognized as needed in the manufacturing sector
A new study from the Alan Turing Institute and Warwick Analytics found that big data analytics is becoming increasingly accepted by the manufacturing industry and is seen as offering a…
by - August 10, 2016 9:05 am
Manufacturing group calls for U.S. citizens to resist isolationist politics
A major manufacturing organization has targeted the growing isolationist rhetoric within the U.S. in the wake of the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union. National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)…
by - August 10, 2016 9:02 am
Moon Distributing to carry in Arkansas a new line of whiskey produced in Texas
Arkansas-based Moon Distributing will be one of four in the country to carry a new line of whiskeys out of Texas and aimed at the millennial market. Caliber Company Spirits…
by - August 9, 2016 8:00 pm
Arkansas Attorney General: State cannot cap enrollment in Arkansas Works
The number of individuals who qualify for the state’s Arkansas Works program cannot be capped under federal law, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge wrote in an opinion released Monday. Rutledge was…
by - August 9, 2016 7:54 pm
Cargill reduces antibiotics from turkey production, expands no-antibiotic line
Under public and government pressures to reduce the use antibiotics in meat production, Cargill said Tuesday (Aug. 9) it recently ended the use of gentamicin, an antibiotic used in humans…
by - August 9, 2016 7:54 pm
Cargill reduces antibiotics from turkey production, expands no-antibiotic line
Under public and government pressures to reduce the use antibiotics in meat production, Cargill said Tuesday (Aug. 9) it recently ended the use of gentamicin, an antibiotic used in humans…