by - January 6, 2020 3:38 pm
Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville announced Monday (Jan. 6) the hiring of Birch Wright as chief operating officer and hospital administrator. The job is effective March 1. Wright will…
by - January 6, 2020 1:35 pm
Officials with a year-old banking option for underserved and unbanked Arkansans say they opened nearly 4,000 certified accounts thus far. Bank On Arkansas+, a special project of the Arkansas Asset Funders…
by - January 6, 2020 1:25 pm
As 2020 gets underway the cattle industry is looking at new opportunities, ongoing changes and evaluating a few risks to its business. Derrell Peel, livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State…
by - January 6, 2020 12:04 pm
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declined 0.9 percentage points to 47.2% in December, from November, as economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted for the fifth consecutive month and at…
by - January 6, 2020 10:12 am
The Stuttgart School District in Arkansas County will partner will solar energy developer Scenic Hill Solar in Little Rock to build two solar power plants that will meet 100% of…
by - January 6, 2020 9:49 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock has promoted Dr. Rawle A. “Tony” Seupaul to chief medical officer of UAMS Medical Center. Seupaul will also continue…
by - January 6, 2020 2:49 am
Tommy Jumper believes Delta farmers have been looking for a crop to add to their rotation for both soil improvement and for what he calls “risk mitigation,” but until now,…
by - January 5, 2020 9:40 pm
The promise of some portion of $550 million in new federal funding brought together a consortium of state and national broadband leaders in mid-December at the Association of Arkansas Counties…
by - January 5, 2020 3:49 pm
Hatton Weeks is vice president and general manager of KAIT-TV, a subsidiary of Gray Television, Inc. Weeks, who grew up in Harrisburg, previously served as news director for KAIT and…
by - January 3, 2020 5:43 pm
When Regina Burkett was appointed in April as the director for community development for the city of Jonesboro, she brought a vast amount of experience with her. She’d worked in…
by - January 3, 2020 3:23 pm
Washington Regional Medical System announced Friday (Jan. 3) the acquisition of Fayetteville Surgical Associates (FSA). Financial terms were not disclosed. General surgeons Jon Berry, Gareth Eck, Stephen Wood were the…
by - January 3, 2020 1:27 pm
If Issue 1, which would make Arkansas’ half-cent sales tax for roads and highways permanent, does not win voter approval in November, Sebastian County and the cities in it could…
by - January 3, 2020 1:06 pm
Year-to-date gross general tax revenue (July-December) totaled $3.376 billion, up 3.4% from the same period in 2018, with a gain in sales tax revenue and a rebound in auto sales…
by - January 2, 2020 8:00 pm
The last two growing seasons have been some of the toughest in decades for Arkansas farmers, but a glimmer of hope met many as the harvest season rapidly came to…
by - January 2, 2020 7:57 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said recently that passage of a proposed constitutional amendment to make permanent an existing sales tax for roads and highways is his top campaign priority for this…
by - January 2, 2020 6:00 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments on Thursday (Jan. 2): Keith Crestman, Jonesboro, as Circuit Judge for the Second Judicial District. Appointment begins January 1, 2020, and expires December…
by - January 2, 2020 5:29 pm
A new simulation lab recently opened at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale. An open house is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jan. 16 to give the public…
by - January 2, 2020 4:12 pm
The growing convenience-store retail sector reported solid 2019 results with record-levels of optimism to start 2020, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores. Convenience stores sell nearly 80% of…
by - January 2, 2020 1:12 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will jumpstart early childhood learning for some at-risk children beginning in January. UAFS will support nearly 40 students who volunteer with the AmeriCorps…
by - January 1, 2020 6:50 pm
Lou Holtz is returning to Arkansas. No, not to coach, but to endorse solar energy. Specifically, he will endorse residential solar products and services sold by Bentonville-based Shine Solar. The…
