by - January 3, 2014 9:52 am
Arkansas small business owners always seem to keep getting the short end of the stick from Washington. Most recently, the Obamacare rollout debacle has added a whole new wave of…
by - January 3, 2014 9:19 am
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…
by - January 3, 2014 7:28 am
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…
by - January 2, 2014 1:11 pm
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…
by - January 2, 2014 12:43 pm
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…
by - January 2, 2014 11:02 am
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…
by - January 2, 2014 10:30 am
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…
by - January 1, 2014 7:02 pm
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…
by - January 1, 2014 3:11 pm
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…
by - January 1, 2014 9:56 am
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…
by - January 1, 2014 9:37 am
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.
by - December 31, 2013 11:42 pm
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…
by - December 31, 2013 5:03 pm
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…
by - December 31, 2013 11:28 am
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…
by - December 31, 2013 10:28 am
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….
by - December 31, 2013 8:42 am
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…
by - December 30, 2013 5:36 pm
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…
by - December 30, 2013 4:28 pm
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…
by - December 30, 2013 2:36 pm
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…
by - December 30, 2013 2:06 pm
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….
