by - October 6, 2019 10:06 am
Through decades of financial support, volunteer work and leadership with the Arkansas Arts Center, Harriet and Warren Stephens knew it was time for the premier central Arkansas arts touchstone to…
by - October 6, 2019 10:00 am
UA Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj said there should be little complaining about Arkansas’ record low unemployment rate of 3.4%, but he warned that there are some fractures that make…
by - October 4, 2019 1:15 pm
Marcy Doderer was a summer intern in 1988 at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock. It was that point she realized running a children’s hospital was her dream job and…
by - October 4, 2019 11:51 am
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a 50-year low Friday (Oct. 4), but weaker-than-expected job growth underpinning the nation’s tight labor pool continues to stoke fears of a possible economic…
by - October 3, 2019 6:28 pm
Consumers are in good shape and expected to spend more this holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation. The trade group predicts total holiday sales to range between $727.9…
by - October 3, 2019 6:28 pm
Burning agricultural fields at the end of the harvest season has always been a double edge sword in Northeast Arkansas. Smoke from the burning fields can have health and vision…
by - October 3, 2019 5:06 pm
Uniti Group Inc. Thursday (Oct. 3) said it has appointed Carmen Perez-Carlton of Miami, Fla., to the company’s board of directors, increasing the size of the Little Rock real estate…
by - October 3, 2019 3:48 pm
A major new addition is being added to Van Buren’s Industrial Park Road, adjacent to Tankersley Foodservice headquarters. The company filed for a $6.1 million building permit in September to…
by - October 3, 2019 10:51 am
The University of Mississippi, Ole Miss, has whittled its search for a new chancellor down to eight candidates and Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse is among those chosen, according…
by - October 3, 2019 9:14 am
Domtar Corporation announced Thursday (Oct. 3) that it will permanently shut down two of its paper machines with one of the closures being in Ashdown, Arkansas. The other closure will be…
by - October 3, 2019 9:00 am
As U.S. national and regional banks are increasingly closing local branches and pushing consumers toward online options, a new study shows that overdraft and ATM fees this year have reached…
by - October 2, 2019 11:05 pm
Walmart, the nation’s largest employer with more than 1.5 million employees, has more than 1 million enrolled in the company’s healthcare plan, and the retailer plans on adding more benefits…
by - October 2, 2019 8:29 pm
The FORGE Community Loan Fund announced Wednesday (Oct. 2) that it awarded $2.8 million in microloans to underserved small businesses in Arkansas in fiscal 2018, a robust 158% increase from…
by - October 2, 2019 8:03 pm
Dr. Guolei (Jason) Zhou, associate professor of cell and cancer biology, and his research group at Arkansas State University recently received a $419,190 grant from the National Institutes of Health…
by - October 2, 2019 6:19 pm
Building activity in Fort Smith, Van Buren and Greenwood dropped in September from August’s robust numbers, but totals remained high. The three cities issued $25.192 million in building permits in…
by - October 2, 2019 6:01 pm
The four winners of the inaugural Talk Business & Politics Western Arkansas Business of the Year award were recognized Tuesday (Oct. 1), with OGE Economic Development Manager Richard Cornelison saying…
by - October 2, 2019 4:09 pm
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientist recently received a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study the different ways smokers respond…
by - October 2, 2019 3:56 pm
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded more than $42.5 million to community and regional airports in Arkansas to fund upgrades to taxiways, terminals and other airfield infrastructure improvements…
by - October 2, 2019 3:43 pm
Three months into fiscal 2020, Arkansas budget coffers were overflowing in September as individual and corporate income tax collections pushed revenues available for state government use well above expectations. The…
by - October 2, 2019 2:28 pm
Apparel retailer Forever 21 filed bankruptcy this week and announced 178 stores pegged for closure as it seeks to restructure the business. The locations of those closures were made public…
