by - August 22, 2021 8:15 am
Arkansas Tech University President Dr. Robin E. Bowen announced on Thursday (Aug. 19) the ATU Foundation has received a $4.3 million donation from the Windgate Foundation. The majority of the…
by - August 22, 2021 8:12 am
The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame has announced the 2021 class of inductees. Five new inductees will be honored at the Induction Banquet on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 at the…
by - August 22, 2021 8:09 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed Chris Colclasure as director of its Natural Resources Division, part of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. “Chris will make an outstanding addition to the Department of…
by - August 21, 2021 9:04 am
Retailers across the country experienced the gamut in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic — supply chain hiccups, reduced operating hours, keeping employees safe, record revenue, robust online growth and more…
by - August 20, 2021 11:57 am
Jobs in Arkansas during July were up 3.8% compared with July 2020, the number of unemployed fell 38% year over year, and the state’s jobless rate fell from 4.4% in…
by - August 19, 2021 5:05 pm
Tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River between January and July is down 2% compared with the same period of 2020, with one port operator blaming some of the decline on…
by - August 19, 2021 4:17 pm
Mercy announced Thursday (Aug. 19) an $18 million annual cost increase to raise the starting wage and minimum wage for all workers to $15 per hour. The St. Louis-based health…
by - August 19, 2021 4:04 pm
Arkansas-based steel manufacturer Lexicon and solar company Seal Solar unveiled Thursday (Aug. 19) in Blytheville the state’s first solar array made with locally produced steel. U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.,…
by - August 19, 2021 2:12 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday (Aug. 19) said Arkansas is preparing to distribute booster vaccines as the state’s daily COVID-19 cases climbed over 3,500 in the last 24 hours. Hutchinson…
by - August 19, 2021 12:46 pm
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. touted the capital city’s growth in population and diversity, according to the 2020 U.S. Census figures released last week. Scott said Little Rock saw…
by - August 19, 2021 8:51 am
Dr. Robert Mitchell has been appointed as the director of the School of Business at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. “I am honored to be the director of…
by - August 18, 2021 9:17 pm
The nation’s nursing homes are under additional pressure from the federal government to increase worker vaccinations, according to a new emergency regulation announced Wednesday (Aug. 18) from The Centers for…
by - August 18, 2021 8:03 pm
As new COVID-19 cases continue to surge across the state, Fort Smith area health providers continue to seek more ways to serve patients and keep the public safe, including a…
by - August 18, 2021 2:35 pm
COVID-19 has brought unprecedented sickness and death to Northeast Arkansas as the death toll from the virus has topped 200 in Craighead County, according to the Arkansas Department of Health….
by - August 18, 2021 2:28 pm
Farmers & Merchants Bank announced Wednesday (Aug. 18) that Meg Johnston, Sam Tarkington, and Kirk Vansandt have been named to the bank’s board of directors. Farmers & Merchants Bank, headquartered…
by - August 18, 2021 1:37 pm
Benton County, Ark., home of the world’s largest retailer and one of the largest global shipping and logistics companies, ranked 33 among the nation’s 343 largest U.S. counties in terms…
by - August 18, 2021 12:56 pm
Walmart has hired Matt Miner, a white collar lawyer from Washington, D.C.-based Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, as its global chief ethics and compliance officer. Miner has more than 20…
by - August 18, 2021 10:15 am
ReMix Ideas has partnered with FORGE Community Loan Fund, a Community Development Financial Institution, to create a pilot program called the Imani Fund which will provide under-resourced entrepreneurs in Arkansas…
by - August 17, 2021 7:37 pm
Fort Smith will soon have a new fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in 2022. The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved an ordinance amending the 2021 operating budget…
by - August 17, 2021 5:53 pm
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart Inc. saw revenue and earnings rise in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 as its average vehicle sales price and the number of vehicles sold increased. Meanwhile,…
