by - May 4, 2020 12:48 pm
St. Bernards Health System has received a $127,000 grant to expand its healthcare capabilities fighting COVID-19 in Northeast Arkansas. The grant, administered by the Blue & You Foundation for a…
by - May 4, 2020 12:31 pm
Hugg & Hall Mobile Storage announced Monday (May 4) a number of promotions for the company’s management team, including naming Art Kinnaman as Chief Operating Officer and Holly Warren as…
by - May 4, 2020 12:25 pm
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt on just about every industry in the nation, state and region. Though the construction has been negatively impacted nationally, locally things…
by - May 4, 2020 12:11 pm
Lockheed Martin has received a $6.07 billion contract from the U.S. Army for the production of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors and associated equipment. The interceptors…
by - May 4, 2020 12:05 pm
The coronavirus rained hard on Tyson Foods’ second-quarter earnings and there is no end in sight for the financial weight of the pandemic that CEO Noel White says is the…
by - May 4, 2020 11:57 am
The Walton Family Foundation announced Monday (May 4) it has launched a new initiative to strengthen the region’s capacity to grow food for its residents. The Northwest Arkansas Food Systems…
by - May 4, 2020 11:02 am
Ropeswing Hospitality Group in Bentonville recently launched a meal subscription service allowing customers to receive up to five home-delivered meals weekly from the Walton-backed organization’s restaurants amidst the COVID-19 pandemic….
by - May 3, 2020 8:36 pm
Economist Mervin Jebaraj isn’t going to sugar-coat it: the second quarter for the American economy will be much worse than the first quarter. Jebaraj, economist with the University of Arkansas…
by - May 3, 2020 8:11 pm
Eric Pianalto says as health care returns to more normal routines the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic will last a lifetime. Pianalto, President of Mercy Health Northwest, said from…
by - May 3, 2020 3:00 pm
In less than two weeks, small-business owners claimed all $349 billion allocated to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The PPP officially opened on April 3 and by April 16, the…
by - May 2, 2020 10:07 am
Walmart continues to push the envelope on delivery as more consumers are looking for shopping convenience. The retail giant is piloting a new “Express Delivery” service that delivers more items…
by - May 2, 2020 9:50 am
Alcoholic beverage sales shot up in March as stay-at-home orders were issued, and many bars and restaurants had to close for dine-in service to enforce social distancing measures. That sent…
by - May 1, 2020 3:54 pm
Tyson Foods was sued on Wednesday (April 29) by the Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on behalf of the state’s environmental and conservation resources. The civil suit was filed in…
by - May 1, 2020 2:41 pm
Arkansas’ Congressional Delegation on Friday (May 1) announced that $14.573 million in an additional round of coronavirus relief funding for Arkansas’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and institutions serving…
by - May 1, 2020 2:34 pm
A steering committee on Friday (May 1) approved an additional $85 million in funding for businesses preparing to reopen, bringing the fund total to $100 million. The additional money is…
by - May 1, 2020 1:46 pm
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) decreased 7.6 percentage points to 41.5% in April, from March, as the manufacturing sector contracted for the second consecutive month and the overall economy contracted…
by - May 1, 2020 11:52 am
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA), in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the U.S Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA), has announced the availability of approximately…
by - May 1, 2020 11:14 am
The Arkansas Public Service Commission earlier this week approved a new utility-scale solar project that will provide Entergy Arkansas customers with 100 megawatts of solar power and 10 megawatts of…
by - May 1, 2020 9:53 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. looks to make safer the delivery of shipments amid the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic as federal and state transportation agencies partner to distribute 1 million masks…
by - May 1, 2020 9:04 am
Pine Bluff-based Simmons Bank announced Friday (May 1) it has signed multiyear sponsorship agreements with Korn Ferry Tour professional golfers Will Zalatoris, Braden Thornberry, Kevin Dougherty and Dawson Armstrong. Financial…
