by - October 8, 2015 4:16 pm
In less than a week Bentonville-based America’s Car-Mart has opened two more dealerships, expanding its reach across Georgia with this latest 145th car lot located in Macon. This is the…
by - October 8, 2015 4:00 pm
Arvest Bank announced Thursday (Oct. 8) that Amber Partee has joined the bank’s Springdale market as a consumer lender at the Emma Avenue branch. In addition, Greg Stanfill was promoted…
by - October 8, 2015 3:11 pm
Meat giant Tyson Foods got its start in the early 1930s on Emma Street in downtown Springdale. The third Tyson family generation led by John Tyson, grandson of the founder,…
by - October 8, 2015 11:27 am
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) will hold their first stakeholders’ meeting under Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) to discuss how to implement…
by - October 8, 2015 10:44 am
John Selig, the director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, announced in a DHS press release today that he will leave the department at the end of the year….
by - October 8, 2015 8:28 am
It wasn’t that long ago when a third of Northwest Arkansas homeowners were chained to mortgages valued well above what their homes were worth. But prices have rebounded in Benton…
by - October 8, 2015 5:37 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
by - October 7, 2015 10:04 pm
Walmart Canada and 7-Eleven Canada are joining forces to do an e-commerce pilot delivery project in the Toronto area, according to Canadian media. The retail giant will place its delivery…
by - October 7, 2015 7:56 pm
Fort Smith-based ERC is a step closer to becoming a Northwest Arkansas-based firm. The company is building a new 5,772-square-foot office building in Rogers that will be the new headquarters…
by - October 7, 2015 6:41 pm
Two workforce development grants totaling more than $110,000 from the Governor’s Workforce Cabinet to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith are to fund programs designed to create career paths…
by - October 7, 2015 6:27 pm
Larry Foley, the filmmaker and University of Arkansas professor known for documentaries about unique aspects of Arkansas, is set to premiere “The First Boys of Spring” on Oct. 10 at…
by - October 7, 2015 5:45 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., one of the most widely held public companies in the world, has been placed on sale by Wall Street in recent months. Management restructuring, significant investments in…
by - October 7, 2015 5:31 pm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on Wednesday (Oct. 7) defiantly shook off criticism that the final rules for the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan have been purposely delayed,…
by - October 7, 2015 5:00 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., one of the most widely held public companies in the world, has been placed on sale by Wall Street in recent months. Management restructuring, significant investments in…
by - October 7, 2015 1:25 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday (Oct. 7) released a state-by-state analysis showing how the newly reached Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement can boost the agriculture industry in Arkansas and…
by - October 7, 2015 1:15 pm
The traditional Medicaid and private option programs are providing benefits to people whose best addresses are out of state, who never seemed to have lived in Arkansas, or who are…
by - October 7, 2015 12:03 pm
The University of Arkansas School of Law was recently recognized a “best value” by the National Jurist and preLaw magazines. The law school ranked No. 7, marking the third consecutive…
by - October 7, 2015 9:22 am
Ending the private option would cost the state as much as $438 million between 2017-2021, with the biggest effect coming sooner rather than later, according to a consultant’s report released on Wednesday.
by - October 7, 2015 8:18 am
Branding expert Martin Thoma says everything he ever needed to know about branding was learned from a cup of coffee.
by - October 7, 2015 8:12 am
Editor’s note: Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, is the author of this guest commentary. More than 140,000 Arkansans rely on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), a program intended to provide a…
