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Walmart.com provides link for subscription-delivery service signup

Walmart.com has unveiled a signup link for consumers wanting to try to the subscription-based delivery service the retailer plans to test this summer. Follow the link, enter your email and…

Weekend Digest: The End Of The 40-Hour Work Week Edition

TV PREVIEW: HIGHWAYS, THE JOBS GOVERNOR AND BIG DATA On this week’s agenda: Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced a May 26 special session primarily to pass a deal for the…

Bear State Turns Profit, Now Operates Under Single Banking Charter

Bear State Financial Inc., which consolidated its three subsidiary banks into a single charter in the first quarter, turned around its fortune and made a tidy profit for the first…

Winston’s Pipe & Cigar Emporium opens in Fort Smith

Winston’s Pipe & Cigar Emporium, a family-owned cigar lounge and retail shop, has opened in Fort Smith at 5304 Rogers Ave. Selections offered by Winston’s include Rocky Patel, Padron, Oliva,…

Energy In-depth: GE Blowing Wind About Big Announcement

Read more of our weekly round-up of energy news from across the state and nation.

Little Rock School Superintendent Kurrus Assesses District

Sarah Whites-Koditschek with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News, reports: Newly appointed Little Rock School District Superintendent Baker Kurrus gave a report to the State Board of Education Thursday…

Production Shift At Rheem Could Cost 100-150 Jobs In Fort Smith

It’s one of those classic “good news, bad news” situations at Rheem’s Fort Smith plant. Two productions lines will end at the plant by the summer, reducing employment by as…

Opportunities, Pitfalls Noted With Wal-Mart’s Test Of Subscription Delivery

News that Walmart.com would begin testing a $50 subscription that provides unlimited deliveries to online shoppers within three days, did not come as a surprise to some. Market watchers say…

Armstrong Bank Eager To Expand Into Fort Smith, Northwest Arkansas

Memorial Day weekend will be a working weekend for the signage company hired by Muskogee, Okla.-based Armstrong Bank. The weekend will see Armstrong signs replace Benefit Bank signs in the…

Production shift at Rheem could cost 100-150 jobs in Fort Smith

It’s one of those classic “good news, bad news” situations at Rheem’s Fort Smith plant. Two productions lines will end at the plant by the end of summer, reducing employment…

March manufacturing tech orders slowing, Arkansas region down nearly 52%

Total manufacturing technology orders for the South Central region of the U.S. fell 51.9% in March compared to a year ago, according to a monthly report by the Association for…

Dillard’s quarterly income down 1.9%, revenue up

Shares in Little Rock department store owner, Dillard’s Inc., closed down in trading Thursday after the retail giant reported that quarterly earnings were down 10 cents from the same period…

Gov. Hutchinson On The Job Hunt In Silicon Valley

You haven’t seen much out of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s public schedule the last two days. That’s because the new Arkansas governor has been on the West Coast in high-level meetings with tech firms interested in his computer coding initiative.

Armstrong Bank eager to expand into Fort Smith, Northwest Arkansas

Memorial Day weekend will be a working weekend for the signage company hired by Muskogee, Okla.-based Armstrong Bank. The weekend will see Armstrong signs replace Benefit Bank signs in the…

Dillard’s Q1 Profits Down Slightly As Corporate Expenses Rise 2.5%

Shares in Little Rock department store owner, Dillard’s Inc., closed down in trading Thursday after the retail giant reported that quarterly earnings were down 10 cents from the same period…

Cong. Crawford Says Short-term Solution May Help Highway Funding, NEA

With a looming May 31 deadline that could end federal funding of highway and transportation projects in Arkansas and nationally, Cong. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said a short-term plan may be…

Arkansas Highway Officials Warn Of Federal Funding Shutdown On May 31

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) officials said that they received word Monday from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx that federal transportation funds for projects across the state…

March Manufacturing Technology Orders Slowing in 2015, Arkansas Region Down Nearly 52%

Total manufacturing technology orders for the South Central region of the U.S. fell 51.9% in March compared to a year ago, according to a monthly report by the Association for Manufacturing Technology.

Opportunities, pitfalls noted with Wal-Mart’s test of subscription delivery