by - April 4, 2022 12:37 pm
Broad gains in consumer spending helped push Arkansas’ year-to-date (July 2021 to March 2022) tax revenue up 7.6%, with sales tax revenue in March up 33.2% compared with March 2021….
by - April 4, 2022 12:01 pm
John Roberts III, president and CEO of Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., received a 2.7% salary increase and total compensation of $8.8 million in 2021, according to the…
by - April 4, 2022 9:41 am
The University of Arkansas announced Monday (April 4) that Mike Malone is the school’s new vice chancellor for economic development. Malone is vice president of community and corporate affairs for Runway…
by - April 3, 2022 10:32 am
In August of 2020, late on a Friday afternoon, Rogers attorney Jim Smith got a phone call from Alex Gray, an attorney in Little Rock. Gray wanted to hire Smith,…
by - April 3, 2022 10:04 am
Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, the new dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, is no stranger to politics, political science or public service. Approaching her first…
by - April 3, 2022 9:55 am
When recycled deck manufacturer Trex Co. decided to locate its $400 million campus in the Little Rock Port last year, it was the culmination of an 18-month rigorous site selection…
by - April 3, 2022 9:12 am
Ken Yarbrough made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from Feb. 15 through March 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s office. He spent $3.15…
by - April 3, 2022 9:09 am
The banking and financial sectors, like nearly every other financial sector, face unpredictable headwinds during 2022. Volatile supply chain issues, waning COVID-19, inflation, and war in Europe will have an…
by - April 2, 2022 11:28 am
Richard Nixon was U.S. President when the Northwest Arkansas Mall opened in March 1972. Consumers were paying between 40 to 60 cents per gallon of gasoline, equal to $2.40 with…
by - April 1, 2022 3:55 pm
Preferred Family Healthcare (PFH), the Springfield, Mo.-based company involved in a broad fraud scheme in Arkansas, will pay more than $8 million in forfeiture and restitution to the federal government…
by - April 1, 2022 3:06 pm
Springdale-based Harps Food Stores said Friday it will hold a grand opening at 10 a.m., April 27 for their newest store at 301 W. Center St., in Greenwood. The location,…
by - April 1, 2022 12:22 pm
When Dr. Terry Morawski’s contract as superintendent for Fort Smith Public Schools was recently extended, his contracted salary was set at 14.47% higher than his salary approved Dec. 30, 2020….
by - April 1, 2022 10:48 am
The manufacturing sector grew at a slower pace in March as the index that tracks the growth fell to the lowest level since September 2020, according to the Institute for…
by - April 1, 2022 10:24 am
A campaign committee has formed in Benton County to allow stores in Rogers and Bentonville to sell alcohol on Sundays, according to a press release sent Friday (April 1). Keep…
by - March 31, 2022 5:51 pm
Around 30 Arkansas companies got their start from entering the Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition and sponsored by the Arkansas Capital Corp., said Arkansas Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston,…
by - March 31, 2022 5:29 pm
Funding from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has put the first significant funding in a decades-long effort to deepen the Arkansas River navigation channel to 12-feet. Much…
by - March 31, 2022 4:05 pm
Homes sales and the combined value of sales in the Fort Smith metro are up in the first two months of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021, but…
by - March 31, 2022 12:17 pm
Every two minutes, a child under 5 will die somewhere in the world simply because they didn’t have clean water. Lifewater International, a Christian clean water nonprofit headquartered in Bentonville,…
by - March 31, 2022 11:17 am
Arkansas State University Chancellor Dr. Kelly Damphousse has resigned effective at the end of his current term on June 30. Damphousse has been with ASU since 2017. Texas State University…
by - March 31, 2022 10:52 am
After 20 years with the company, Jim King is retiring as president and CEO of Arvest Wealth Management (AWM). Headquartered in Lowell, AWM is the wealth management division that is…
