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Stone Bank opens new home loan division, names chief

Stone Bank is creating a new lending division for home loans and has hired mortgage industry veteran Jason Hornsby of Pine Bluff to head up the new division. A Pine…

Graduation spending to top $5.5 billion this year

May is synonymous with graduations and the end of school for millions of students across the country. With a strong overall economy fueled by low unemployment and scant inflationary price…

Louisiana-based Walk-On’s buys land for Conway restaurant

Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar, a Cajun-themed restaurant/sports bar co-owned by football star Drew Brees, has completed a $1.36 million deal for a two-acre site at Lewis Ranch in Conway. “We…

New contract rejection could close doors at Hope Humane Society

The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed to pull an agenda item to renegotiate a contract with Hope Humane Society from Tuesday’s (May 21) regular board meeting — a move…

UACCM announces search for new chancellor

The University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton has officially opened its search for a new chancellor. The next appointed chancellor will be the fourth leader in the institution’s 56-year…

U.S. Trade Representative opens comment period on intellectual property, Chinese tariffs

One of the primary reasons President Donald Trump has enacted hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tariffs on Chinese goods that flow into the U.S. is intellectual property theft….

Riceland Foods elects Jennifer James to board

The farmer members of Arkansas-based Riceland Foods, Inc. have elected Jennifer James to the board of directors for the North Central Arkansas District of the world’s largest miller and marketer…

UCA, ASU-Beebe sign agreement for access to academic resources, campus activities

University of Central Arkansas President Houston Davis and Arkansas State University-Beebe Chancellor Jennifer Methvin signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a “Bear Partners” agreement. The partnership gives ASU-Beebe…

Arkansas’ strategy to reduce maternal deaths

Women in the United States are more likely to die from childbirth or pregnancy-related causes than women in all other developed countries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…

Phillips County ready to ‘go solar’ with new $1 million project

Armed with the new Solar Access Act enacted into law during the 92nd General Assembly, Phillips County is racing to become the first county in the Natural State to install…

Fort Smith metro jobless rate falls to 3.5% in March, job numbers up 0.25%

A small gain in new jobs combined with a decline in the available workforce resulted in a Fort Smith metro jobless rate of 3.5% in March, down from 4.4% in…

Bold Retail doubles down on Walmart.com with new services

Bold Retail Inc., an e-commerce strategy firm based in Rogers, has expanded its Walmart.com services and team. According to the company, the new Walmart.com and Walmart Online Grocery Pickup (OGP)…

Power plant generation to decline 2% this summer

The amount of electricity U.S. power plants will generate in the summer months of June through August is expected to fall 2% to 1,168 million megawatt-hours, from the same period…

Artist, educator Gerry Snyder named first executive director of UA School of Art

The University of Arkansas School of Art, the first and only accredited collegiate school of art in the state, has hired its first executive director. The UA announced Monday (May…

Hot Springs ‘Black Broadway’ mural celebrates African-American entertainment heritage

A mural celebrating the black cultural and entertainment community along Malvern Avenue in Hot Springs from the 1930s to the 1960s is near completion. “The mural celebrates the history and…

Andrea Allen is searching for angels

Andrea Allen is the executive director of Arkansas State University’s Delta Center for Economic Development. The center is home to the Small Business Technology Development Center, Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions and…

Democratic Party chair: Farmers threatened, challengers key to changing trade policies

With Arkansas farmers struggling from a combination of terrible weather, low commodity prices and tariff and trade wars around the globe, Democratic Party of Arkansas chairman Michael John Gray, a…

Tyson, beef industry applaud full access for exports to Japan

Japan is the largest market for U.S. beef by a long shot despite some restrictions to variety meats and age guidelines that have been relaxed over the years. This week,…

Stephanie Funk joins Howse as president and COO of new division

Jay Howard, founder and CEO of Bentonville-based home furnishings and interior design studio Howse, has hired Stephanie Funk as president and chief operating officer of a new division called Howse…

Arkansas economy adds 10,700 jobs, jobless rate dips to 3.6%

Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 3.6% in April from the 3.7% in March, matching the record low first posted in March 2017. Year-over-year, the state economy added 10,700 jobs, a…

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