by - August 14, 2015 3:31 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson today directed the Department of Human Services to end its current agreements with Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma, effective 30 days from today. Department of…
by - August 14, 2015 3:02 pm
Tyson Foods CEO Donnie Smith told the media during the Aug. 3 earnings call that it planned to stand by its beef division, despite the lack of fed cattle driving…
by - August 14, 2015 12:52 pm
Tim Ray joined On Time Logistics as the director of operations in July. Ray spent 15 years at Airway Freight Corporation in Fayetteville where he worked as an account manager…
by - August 14, 2015 12:13 pm
Kandice Harshaw has been named vice president of human resources for Van Buren-based USA Truck. Harshaw was promoted from director of human resources, a position she held for the past…
by - August 14, 2015 6:56 am
Come Monday (Aug. 17), the newest building on the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith campus is estimated to welcome up to 400 students and wholly change how the university…
by - August 14, 2015 6:53 am
The Unexpected Project on Thursday (Aug. 13) announced eight popular international urban and street artists for the line up of the inaugural Festival of Murals set for Sept. 3-12 in…
by - August 14, 2015 6:41 am
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by - August 14, 2015 6:35 am
Seventeen winning members of the Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Corp. will each receive up to $3,000 in energy efficiency improvements to their homes, officials with the statewide cooperative announced this week….
by - August 14, 2015 6:33 am
Health care consumers who purchased their insurance through an exchange are less satisfied with their coverage but were more cost-conscious when considering their plans. Insurance exchanges are online marketplaces for…
by - August 14, 2015 5:46 am
Jerad Fisher with our content partner, KUAR FM 89 News, reports: The Little Rock School District and Arkansas Children’s Hospital are partnering to place an athletic trainer with every public…
by - August 13, 2015 8:29 pm
Mobile Pay has been a hot topic in the retail sector, especially as consumers become more comfortable using their phones to complete simple tasks like depositing checks, ordering online or…
by - August 13, 2015 8:10 pm
A petition that would allow the former Weiner School District to detach itself from the Harrisburg School District was pulled from the agenda of the Arkansas State Board of Education…
by - August 13, 2015 6:25 pm
Mobile Pay has been a hot topic in the retail sector, especially as consumers become more comfortable using their phones to complete simple tasks like depositing checks, ordering online or…
by - August 13, 2015 5:01 pm
When Wal-Mart Stores reports its second quarter earnings on Monday (Aug. 17), the story will be about a lot of things; Walmart wages, the terrifically cumbersome job of redirecting the…
by - August 13, 2015 2:44 pm
The Arkansas Research Alliance, a coalition of five research universities partnering with state businesses, announced Thursday two $500,000 awards given over three years to a Chinese scientist specializing in energy…
by - August 13, 2015 11:27 am
Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah announced his intent to resign from the state’s high court. He issued the following statement: “The people of Arkansas elected me to our…
by - August 13, 2015 9:18 am
Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. reported second quarter profits of $8 million, or five cents per share, as the state’s newest publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) is fresh…
by - August 13, 2015 7:27 am
Dillard’s Inc.’s second quarter profits easily beat Wall Street expectations, but the company’s top executive expressed disappointment in the department store chain’s performance compared to a year ago as gross…
by - August 13, 2015 6:33 am
Thanks to a robust June – particularly in Northwest Arkansas – home sales across Arkansas are trending higher in 2015 versus a year ago.
by - August 13, 2015 6:27 am
Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc.’s renewable energy subsidiary has reached an agreement to provide solar power to a three-county electric cooperative in the Oklahoma Panhandle. The deal announced on Wednesday calls…
