by - September 19, 2018 12:29 pm
A large-scale development plan has been submitted with Bentonville planners for yet another hotel in the city. The planning commission will consider at its Oct. 2 meeting a plan to…
by - September 19, 2018 12:23 pm
Community Health Centers of Arkansas will receive nearly $3 million for substance abuse and mental health treatment. On Wednesday (Sept. 19), U.S. Sens. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, and Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas,…
by - September 19, 2018 11:36 am
Real average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased 0.2% in August, from the same month in 2017, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The change…
by - September 19, 2018 7:53 am
The Bike Alliance of Northwest Arkansas (BikeNWA) hosted the second of two public meetings Tuesday (Sept. 18) on a proposed protected bicycle lane for Meadow and Maple avenues and Holcomb…
by - September 19, 2018 7:44 am
Athlete and adventurer Rebecca Rusch told guests at the 20th annual NWA Business Women’s Conference on Tuesday (Sept. 18) that her 1,200 kilometer bicycle trek on the Ho Chi Minh…
by - September 18, 2018 9:26 pm
Democratic candidate for governor Jared Henderson Tuesday released his plan for controlling health care costs that included setting a statewide cost growth goal and creating a health commission that would…
by - September 18, 2018 3:51 pm
Arkansas is a small state in terms of land mass and population density. It’s one of the reasons international trade is so important to the state economy. Total exports of…
by - September 18, 2018 3:39 pm
Commercial open houses and future plans for The Bakery event center were the focus of a Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) meeting on Tuesday (Sept. 18). Leading off,…
by - September 18, 2018 2:44 pm
Prime: River Valley Professional Summit, a one-day event for young professionals and entrepreneurs, will be hitting The Bakery, DoubleTree Hotel, and Temple Live in downtown Fort Smith on Friday (Sept….
by - September 18, 2018 1:52 pm
It’s been seven years since Walmart plunked down $2.4 billion for a 51% stake in Massmart Holdings Limited, the second largest retail holding company in South Africa. Doug McMillon, CEO…
by - September 18, 2018 12:22 pm
Arkansas has the highest percentage of private sector employees who work in the trucking industry, according to the American Trucking Trends 2018 report. The report showed one in 12 people,…
by - September 18, 2018 11:19 am
Coming off the highest quarterly profits in the company’s history and with plans to expand its sheet cold mill factory in Northeast Arkansas, Nucor Corp. has upped its previous guidance…
by - September 18, 2018 10:36 am
Arkansas economic development officials are still engaged in talks with Chinese officials to bring two major durable goods projects to Arkansas. The news comes amid a new round of trade…
by - September 18, 2018 10:25 am
Fayetteville-based Lindsey Management Co., a third-party property management company, has submitted a preliminary development plan to the city of Springdale for a 476-unit multifamily development near Arvest Ballpark. According to…
by - September 18, 2018 10:07 am
Little Rock-based transmission organization Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced several western utilities want SPP to provide reliability coordination services for them starting in late 2019. SPP has served as a…
by - September 18, 2018 6:45 am
A statewide coalition of financial institutions, large corporations and community nonprofits are pooling their resources to launch a new banking option for undeserved Arkansans. Bank On Arkansas+, a special project…
by - September 17, 2018 5:42 pm
Logistics and transportation providers are optimistic about the outlook of the U.S. economy and their business in the fourth quarter as logisticians salaries increased by the 10th highest rate of…
by - September 17, 2018 5:06 pm
When Broadway producer and Tony Award winner Vivek Tiwary decided to write a book about the Beatles first manager, Brian Epstein, he made two key decisions. He decided to put…
by - September 17, 2018 4:29 pm
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Sept. 30 is expected to release a second, but better version of its first-ever forecasting tool to measure the “ripple effect” of the outdoor…
by - September 17, 2018 4:17 pm
With the shift of many retail categories to online, suppliers who typically have served brick-and-mortar stores are facing somewhat uncharted territory, according to Chris Moore, vice president of sales and…
