by - April 6, 2020 9:04 am
Domtar Corp. said it will idle workers in two plants, including one in Ashdown, Arkansas, for three months as business conditions have worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company…
by - April 6, 2020 8:59 am
Melody Lo has been appointed as the dean of the Neil Griffin Endowed Dean of the Griffin College of Business at Arkansas State University, Provost Alan Utter said. She is…
by - April 5, 2020 5:32 pm
Rapid Prototypes, a multimillion-dollar company that designs and builds corrugated packaging and display prototypes for retail suppliers, has expanded its business in Bentonville. Owner Kyle Jack said the company has…
by - April 5, 2020 2:15 pm
COVID-19 cases in Arkansas jumped to 830 on Sunday, up 96 cases from the 734 on Saturday. It is the largest one-day increase since the pandemic arrived in the state….
by - April 5, 2020 12:51 pm
These are interesting times for health care professionals. While technology has been evolving rapidly over the last decade to allow for telemedicine, it hasn’t been until the last few weeks…
by - April 5, 2020 9:59 am
On Jan. 19, 2020, Gov. Asa Hutchinson began to assume the worst. That was the day a 35-year old Washington state resident was identified as having COVID-19 – the first…
by - April 4, 2020 2:34 pm
State officials have approved 80 bridge loans through the Quick Action Loan Guaranty Program, with $1.7 million going out to help businesses facing financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov….
by - April 4, 2020 10:59 am
Walmart has been ramping up efforts to cash in advertising revenue from its massive supplier base that does business at Walmart.com and in stores. Amazon has used the strategy for…
by - April 3, 2020 10:05 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson plans to reveal Monday (April 6) how he will adjust his April 17 deadline to reopen Arkansas schools that have been physically closed since the outbreak of…
by - April 3, 2020 5:37 pm
In the past two weeks, Sebastian County has seen its numbers of confirmed cases of COVID-19 jump from zero to 10. The state has seen a jump from 96 cases…
by - April 3, 2020 4:29 pm
Walmart officials said Friday (April 3) the company will limit the number of shoppers who can enter its stores to keep crowding to a minimum. The new regulations were triggered…
by - April 3, 2020 4:12 pm
The annual Walmart shareholders week, which included a business meeting and employee celebration with a full week of activities for 5,000 employees from around the globe, won’t happen this year….
by - April 3, 2020 3:46 pm
The U.S. jobless rate rose to 4.4% in March from 3.5% in February, with the number of unemployed rising by 1.4 million, according to new data reported Friday (April 3)…
by - April 3, 2020 3:12 pm
The number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Arkansas continues to rise. On the good news side, officials say a cargo plane providing 30 days of personal protective equipment (PPE)…
by - April 2, 2020 8:37 pm
The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases continues to grow across Northeast Arkansas, and a new county has been added to the rolls of impacted areas. Sharp County had its first…
by - April 2, 2020 4:36 pm
Fort Smith residents needing public transportation for work, food or medicine can still use the Fort Smith Transit. With the exception of the downtown trolley all routes of Fort Smith…
by - April 2, 2020 4:14 pm
Little Rock based Inuvo Inc. on Thursday (April 2) announced the completed sale of an additional 1,400,285 shares of its common stock at a price of $0.175 per share to…
by - April 2, 2020 3:38 pm
Arkansas Department of Corrections Secretary Wendy Kelley said Thursday (April 2) that state inmates will make at least 80,000 masks to be distributed to corrections staff and prisoners and where…
by - April 2, 2020 3:26 pm
A team of students and R.M. “Bob” Wood Sales Leadership Center director Dr. Katie Hill from Arkansas State University’s Neil Griffin College of Business received several top awards recently at…
by - April 2, 2020 11:05 am
Ben Noble has been named Riceland Foods’ executive vice president and chief operating officer. Riceland President and CEO Danny Kennedy said Noble has played a very important role in redefining…
