by - September 25, 2015 9:37 am
The numbers were one-tenth of one percent off, but the result was the same. Both Craighead County and the city of Jonesboro saw their sales tax numbers go up in…
by - September 25, 2015 7:02 am
Members of the Governor’s Working Group on Highway Funding are considering competing draft packages to raise funding for highways, two of which would increase taxes and one that would be…
by - September 25, 2015 5:17 am
Ryan Herget and his Chef Shuttle company take pride in delivering a personal touch along with a meal from a favorite restaurant, but he’s got something bigger in mind.
by - September 24, 2015 7:00 pm
Rumors that officials with KFSM 5 are looking to move the station’s primary studio and administrative offices from Fort Smith to Northwest Arkansas may be more than just rumors. The…
by - September 24, 2015 5:59 pm
Arvest Bank Senior Vice President Les Smith, has been promoted to loan manager for the Fort Smith and River Valley Region. Smith has been with Arvest since 1999 and has…
by - September 24, 2015 5:10 pm
In an historic move to more effectively eliminate hunger in Arkansas, the Arkansas Foodbank and the Arkansas Rice Depot announced Thursday, after approval from both organizations’ boards of directors, plans…
by - September 24, 2015 4:18 pm
We live in a fast-paced, get-it-done business environment. That can lead to skipped lunches, late nights and working on weekends, so we asked six business leaders to tell us how…
by - September 24, 2015 4:11 pm
Editor’s note: Brigette Williams is the regional director of communications for the American Red Cross serving Arkansas and Oklahoma. September shifts our attention to two of Arkansas’ favorite pastimes –…
by - September 24, 2015 4:02 pm
The state should not develop its own costly individual insurance exchange and instead should probably continue using the one operated by the federal government, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told members of…
by - September 24, 2015 2:57 pm
Sens. John Boozman and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, and Steve Womack, R-Rogers, on Thursday announced that the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University will…
by - September 24, 2015 12:50 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping to cash in on the devaluation of the Chinese currency in recent weeks, and according to Reuters is now asking many suppliers in…
by - September 24, 2015 11:27 am
John Brown University was awarded a $1.5 million challenge grant by the Mabee Foundation, with funds supporting the construction of its new health education building and nursing endowment, the renovation…
by - September 24, 2015 11:11 am
Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) has selected FKP Architects of Houston and Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects of Fayetteville and Little Rock to help develop its vision of a new campus in Northwest Arkansas….
by - September 24, 2015 10:54 am
Nicole Ferguson has been named the interim Title IX coordinator for the Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance at the University of Arkansas. She will work with university administration, departments,…
by - September 24, 2015 10:42 am
Manufacturing and farming giant Caterpillar Inc., which operates a large motor grader plant in North Little Rock with several hundred workers, announced a major across-the-board restructuring and cost reduction Thursday…
by - September 24, 2015 10:25 am
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by - September 24, 2015 10:17 am
Fayetteville-based BioDetection Instruments was recently awarded a Small Business Innovation and Research Phase I grant by the Food and Drug Administration. Awarded on September 10, 2015, the $150,000 grant will…
by - September 24, 2015 10:05 am
Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) has selected FKP Architects of Houston and Arkansas-based Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects to help design its new Northwest Arkansas facility. The hospital will be located off…
by - September 24, 2015 7:10 am
Katherine Euler has been hired by Beall Barclay & Company as an audit senior manager. She will work in the accounting firm’s Fort Smith office. She will oversee audits and…
by - September 24, 2015 6:26 am
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