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Tax Cuts, Voter ID Law Now In Effect

From John Lyon with our content partner, the Arkansas News Bureau: Several tax cuts and a law requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls are among laws enacted…

ADEQ Opens Entries For Environmental Awards

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is accepting entries for its annual Environmental Stewardship Award to recognize citizens or organizations for their efforts to protect and enhance the state’s…

Regional building permits up almost 30% in 2013

Building permits for the month of December across the area showed a 39.2% decline when comparing December 2013 to December 2012 across the cities of Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van…

University report card shows that NWA education ratings improve

Good schools are an essential part of Northwest Arkansas’ long term growth plans and a new report card says the region’s public school students are making positive strides in academic…

Arvest promotes Tiffany Schmidt in Springdale market

Arvest Bank promotes Tiffany Schmidt to consumer lender in Springdale. She will report to Janet Erwin, senior vice president in the Springdale market. Schmidt has been a consumer loan assistant…

Wal-Mart recalls donkey meat and card tables

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. issued a recall for donkey meat sold in China at some of its retail outlets, after tests showed it contained DNA of other animals, namely fox.  The…

Oil, steel were big Arkansas business deals in 2013

In business and in politics, 2013 saw some major deals reshape the Arkansas landscape. From superprojects to spin-offs to creative solutions, below are the biggest deals of the year. House…

Campbell’s recalls Prego sauce

The Campbell Soup Company announced late Tuesday (Dec. 31) a voluntary recall of 300 cases of 24-ounce jars of Prego Traditional Italian sauce because they habe been linked to possible…

Wal-Mart To Offer Prescriptions To Insurance Marketplace Participants At No Cost

Wal-Mart announced it will provide a month’s supply of certain prescriptions at no cost to enrollees in the new federal health care plans who have not received identification numbers. The…

13 Of 16 Arkansas Publicly-held Companies See Stock Gains In 2013

The equity markets were kind during 2013 to Arkansas’ publicly-held companies, with shareholders of 13 of the 16 companies seeing a price gain during the year.

Retailers offer free prescriptions for healthcare enrollees

On Monday (Dec. 30) Walgreens announced it would provide 30-day supplies of free prescriptions to the backlogged Obamacare customers who have not yet received a plan identification number. A day…

13 of 16 Arkansas publicly held companies see stock gains in 2013

The equity markets were kind during 2013 to Arkansas’ publicly-held companies, with shareholders of 13 of the 16 companies seeing a price gain during the year. Arkansas’ trucking companies saw…

U.S. hog crop shrinks, prices rise

Pork is one, if not the most popular meat choices across the globe, particularly in China and throughout South America, which has helped buoy the demand for U.S. pork producers…

P.A.M. Transportation announces tender results

Tontitown-based P.A.M. Transportation continues to move closer toward private ownership as the dry van carrier, already a thinly traded and closely held company, recently completed a $13.8 million tender offer….

Top 10 Biggest Deals Of 2013

In business and in politics, 2013 saw some major deals reshape the Arkansas landscape. From superprojects to spin-offs to creative solutions, below are the biggest deals of the year. House…

China, U.S. talk about relaxing beef ban in 2014

Recent talks between trade officials with the U.S. and China have spawned new optimism for relaxed export requirements that could mean good news for Tyson Foods and the U.S. beef…

Arkansas Home Sales Down In November, Up 10% Year-to-date

The pace of home sales in Arkansas’ four largest metro areas fell almost 5% in November but the sector is on track to end the year with a double-digit gain…

Fort Smith officials defend downtown event funding

It was just last month that Fort Smith Director Kevin Settle was questioning why the city was allocating resources to various festivals and events in the downtown area instead of…

NWA sales tax revenue rises slightly in December

The largest cities in Northwest Arkansas saw their tax revenue rise slightly in December. Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville received more than $4.277 million in sales tax revenue this month….

Arkansas home sales down in November, up 10.74% year-to-date