by - December 11, 2019 10:02 am
Coal mining employment has declined in the past decade as coal demand has fallen, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Most U.S. coal is consumed in the electric power sector,…
by - December 11, 2019 9:41 am
Winners of the 11th annual Arkansas State University Innovate Business Idea Competition have been announced after 31 students presented full business plans and a 90-second elevator pitch to a panel…
by - December 10, 2019 6:35 pm
St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro has a new surgical and intensive care tower. A grand opening for the tower was held Tuesday (Dec. 10) and patient care in the…
by - December 10, 2019 5:25 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith announced Tuesday (Dec. 10) the university will receive $1.7 million from the Windgate Foundation. The university will receive three gifts from the foundation…
by - December 10, 2019 12:42 pm
President Trump and Congressional Democrats struck a deal Tuesday (Dec. 10) on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a reset of the 25-year old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). For months,…
by - December 10, 2019 12:40 pm
October marked another sluggish month for beef exports that fell 9% from the year-ago period. The decline contributed to a year-over-year decrease of 4.2% for the first ten months of…
by - December 10, 2019 11:09 am
Walmart has partnered with robotics startup Nuro to test autonomous grocery delivery in Houston. The service uses R2, Nuro’s custom-built delivery vehicle that carried only products with no onboard driver…
by - December 10, 2019 8:57 am
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced it will lift tariffs on some U.S. soybean and pork exports to the country, but no specifics have been released. The two countries have…
by - December 9, 2019 6:57 pm
Construction will start this month on the new home for the Center for Art & Education in Van Buren. The center recently held a ground-breaking ceremony at what will be…
by - December 9, 2019 5:38 pm
Baptist Health Foundation has hired Lena Moore as its new chief development officer. Moore previously served as deputy executive director and development manager of the Clinton Foundation in Little Rock,…
by - December 9, 2019 5:03 pm
Tyson Foods’ fresh meat division signed an agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kusto Group to collaborate on a new beef processing plant in Kazakhstan, an emerging nation…
by - December 9, 2019 4:55 pm
The first medical marijuana dispensary in Northeast Arkansas will open Tuesday (Dec. 10) in Brookland. NEA Full Spectrum has been formally approved by Alcohol Beverage and Control to open for…
by - December 9, 2019 2:52 pm
Kansas City cybersecurity firm Fishtech Group is opening an office in Rogers. The company said Monday (Dec. 9) it’s opening a 10,000-square-foot Cyber Defense Center (CDC) at 4300 J.B. Hunt Drive….
by - December 9, 2019 12:14 pm
Walmart is creating a supplier development program dubbed Walmart Vriddhi in India to train and equip 50,000 Indian small businesses to work to expand domestic supply chain capabilities and participate…
by - December 9, 2019 11:43 am
Structurlam Mass Timber Corp., a company selected to help build Walmart’s expansive new corporate campus in Bentonville, will expand into the United States with a $90 million investment in an…
by - December 9, 2019 11:20 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. will integrate its technology platform with the platform of technology company JDA Software Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz. J.B. Hunt and JDA announced Monday…
by - December 9, 2019 9:10 am
The chief executive of Arvest Bank’s largest market is moving up the company’s leadership chain. Craig Rivaldo, president and CEO of Arvest Benton County since May 2014, is set to…
by - December 9, 2019 9:07 am
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees has approved a merger agreement and transition plan with Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, which would become the ASU System’s seventh member…
by - December 8, 2019 6:30 pm
Arkansas Children’s is about to open up a new phase of addressing children’s health as part of a new five-year plan that will include everything from the last five years…
by - December 8, 2019 3:13 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith area recovered a bit in October but year-to-date activity remains below numbers from 2018. Fort Smith, Van Buren and Greenwood issued $15.38 million in…
