by - January 4, 2021 9:48 am
Siloam Springs-based broiler breeder Cobb-Vantress Inc. recently announced that Stan Reid, vice president of North and South America, was named interim president after the recent departure of Joel Sappenfield, who…
by - January 4, 2021 8:26 am
Bryan Barnhouse has been named CEO of the Arkansas Research Alliance, the group said Monday (Jan. 4). Barnhouse has served as chief operating office of the alliance since 2016. Barnhouse…
by - January 4, 2021 8:18 am
Armor Bank has entered the Hot Springs market by hiring David Trice as Market President. Trice will office out of the bank’s loan production office located at 3948 Central, Suite…
by - January 3, 2021 7:14 pm
There are many facilities dedicated to hunger relief across Arkansas, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenge of coordinating food delivery to those in need. Scott Hamilton, CEO of…
by - January 3, 2021 12:52 pm
Arkansas establishments have experienced the second-lowest percentage of government-mandated closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The agency recently released survey results on how…
by - January 3, 2021 10:28 am
CARTI, the Little Rock-based nonprofit cancer treatment center, has added three new locations in south Arkansas in recent years and more expansion may be forthcoming. Adam Head, CARTI CEO since…
by - December 30, 2020 4:39 pm
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson said the Little Rock hospital is adding new emergency department space in an adjacent parking deck and may double up…
by - December 30, 2020 1:28 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a significant disruption to the national and state economies, but sales tax collections clearly show the Arkansas consumer was not scared away. Most economists say…
by - December 30, 2020 1:21 pm
The Center for Art Education in Van Buren held a Topping Off Ceremony Tuesday morning (Dec. 29) for the new art center to be located on historic Main Street in…
by - December 30, 2020 12:52 pm
Commercial buildings have continued to be built larger while residential electricity bills have declined, according to recent reports from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In 2019, the average monthly…
by - December 29, 2020 4:17 pm
Cotton, along with other Arkansas row crops, got off to a slow start when the planting season began in 2020. Torrential rains stymied farmers’ efforts along with the impacts from…
by - December 29, 2020 3:06 pm
Despite widespread COVID-19-induced economic challenges, consumers in Benton and Washington counties helped push sales tax revenue up 4.86% in 2020 for the combined four largest cities. Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and…
by - December 29, 2020 2:55 pm
With hospitalizations and deaths continuing to set new daily records, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he is “not satisfied with the pace” of vaccinations in the state. He also warned the…
by - December 29, 2020 1:12 pm
New orders for manufactured durable goods increased in November, and distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments rose in October, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New orders for manufactured durable…
by - December 29, 2020 11:06 am
Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States declined 3% in 2019, and they might fall by 11% in 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In…
by - December 29, 2020 10:45 am
Walmart, Kroger and Walgreens and other top retailers could play a role in administering the COVID-19 vaccine expected to be available in the coming weeks and months. Consumer packaged goods…
by - December 28, 2020 7:44 pm
If you have a traditional Individual Retirement Account (IRA), you might be familiar with the regulation to take required minimum distributions (RMDs) beginning at age 72. You may even know…
by - December 28, 2020 5:26 pm
Little Rock-based People Trust Community Loan Fund announced it has received a $500,000 Grow with Google Small Business Fund loan and a $150,000.00 Google.org-funded grant from Opportunity Finance Network (OFN),…
by - December 28, 2020 4:37 pm
COVID-19 hospitalizations jumped a record 62 to set a new daily record of 1,155, according to Monday’s (Dec. 28) report from the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). The ADH also…
by - December 28, 2020 3:25 pm
Volatile weather, not just the COVID-19 pandemic, severely impacted the start of rice planting in Arkansas during the spring of 2020. Wet weather across much of the Southern Plains prevented…
