by - July 6, 2020 5:09 pm
One of Northeast Arkansas’ benchmark festivals has been cancelled. The Jonesboro BBQ Fest will not be held this year, festival chairman Tim McCall said on Monday (July 6). Organizers cited…
by - July 6, 2020 3:37 pm
Little Rock-based solar array installer Delta Solar announced Monday (July 6) that entrepreneur Bob East has joined the company as an equity investor and will serve as chairman. The company…
by - July 6, 2020 3:19 pm
With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise and the number of hospitalizations reaching new records, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday (July 6) the state plans to invest $40 million to add…
by - July 6, 2020 2:28 pm
Walmart is leveraging its business and celebrity relationships to give families access to a virtual a star-studded summer camp and drive-in movies in store parking lots. “Summer hasn’t really felt…
by - July 6, 2020 1:44 pm
For half a century, agricultural district programs, meant to protect farmers from the pressures of expanding urbanization, have evolved and been deployed in various forms around the country. The growing…
by - July 6, 2020 1:34 pm
Changes to the leadership team have been made at Arkansas State University, according to Chancellor Kelly Damphousse. To better align titles with current responsibilities and assignments, four members of the…
by - July 6, 2020 10:03 am
The Little Rock Port Authority announced Monday (July 6) $11 million in investments to support transportation infrastructure improvements in the port’s footprint. As many as 1,500 new jobs may be…
by - July 5, 2020 7:04 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated to add a response from Director André Good and to remove a response from Director George Catsavis. At least four of Fort Smith’s seven City Directors…
by - July 5, 2020 3:30 pm
This is year eight in Walmart’s decade-long commitment to source an additional $250 billion in products made in the U.S., but COVID-19 prompted the retail giant to postpone this year’s…
by - July 5, 2020 1:59 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is offering Master of Business Administration (MBA) students the opportunity to attend classes on-campus or online through a new flexible MBA program. Beginning…
by - July 5, 2020 1:30 pm
Last week, Entergy Arkansas filed a petition for the rehearing of a landmark decision made by the Arkansas Public Service Commission regarding net metering, a huge issue in the state’s…
by - July 5, 2020 9:52 am
University of Arkansas economist Mervin Jebaraj gives the federal government a pretty good grade for its economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but he says the state and nation are…
by - July 3, 2020 2:49 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who has opposed mandates for wearing masks, said Friday (July 3) he has signed an executive order allowing cities to adopt a “model ordinance” requiring mask use….
by - July 2, 2020 7:36 pm
U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright is one of Arkansas’ most renowned politicians and in the age of the Black Lives Matter movement his civil rights record is being re-examined. The…
by - July 2, 2020 5:01 pm
The number of new cases of COVID-19 in the Fort Smith area jumped 12.1% Thursday, showing that the virus has clearly made its way to the area, noted an emergency…
by - July 2, 2020 4:48 pm
Walmart is jumping into the insurance brokerage business under the business name Walmart Insurance Services LLC. The Bentonville-based retailer is in the process of hiring Medicare insurance agents in the Dallas…
by - July 2, 2020 3:07 pm
“Obviously, this is not good news,” Arkansas Secretary of Health Dr. Nate Smith said Thursday (July 2) after the state again set a record for known COVID-19 cases reported in…
by - July 2, 2020 2:56 pm
Meat processing was slower in May, but it wasn’t because of COVID-19-related closures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service issued its monthly poultry slaughter and livestock slaughter,…
by - July 2, 2020 12:45 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a utility of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power, announced Thursday (July 2) it plans to move forward on a nearly $1 billion wind farm project…
by - July 2, 2020 12:05 pm
Fiscal year 2020 (July 2019-June 2020) tax revenue ended down just 2.5% despite several months in early 2020 of economic disruption resulting from COVID-19 shutdowns. The revenue was 4.1% above…
