by - November 20, 2019 4:55 pm
FNBC Bank, a $520-million asset community bank headquartered in Ash Flat, has announced it will break ground on a new commercial banking center in Jonesboro in 2020. The bank bought…
by - November 20, 2019 4:39 pm
Located in a largely rural, somewhat Southern and almost Midwest region, Tyson Foods and Walmart are each striving to become more inclusive companies, according to local execs who took part…
by - November 20, 2019 4:28 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) broke ground Wednesday (Nov. 20) in a ceremony marking the start of a more than $150 million energy project, including a new…
by - November 20, 2019 4:07 pm
Farm and ranch leaders from across the state will met Dec. 4-6 for Arkansas Farm Bureau’s 85th annual convention at the Marriott Hotel and the Statehouse Convention Center in Little…
by - November 20, 2019 4:06 pm
Dr. Mary L. Good, founding dean at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Donaghey College of Engineering and former chairwoman of the Little Rock Technology Authority, passed away Wednesday…
by - November 20, 2019 3:42 pm
From the earliest days of commerce — where folks in the Old West paid upfront or got shot — to the nostalgic days of Main Street with the likes of…
by - November 20, 2019 2:13 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue between January and August was up 6.2% compared with the same period in 2018, and also a gain from the 5.2% year-over-year increase through the…
by - November 20, 2019 9:02 am
It’s the decades-old marketing question: “When should I launch my seasonal ad campaign?” With the growth of e-commerce, it seems as if when Halloween ends, businesses are forced to ramp…
by - November 20, 2019 7:46 am
The United States set records in natural gas production, consumption and exports in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Dry natural gas production rose 12% in 2018…
by - November 19, 2019 7:34 pm
John Furner, Walmart U.S. CEO, and Judith McKenna, CEO of Walmart International, executed sell orders for part of their direct Walmart shareholdings in recent days, according to filings with the…
by - November 19, 2019 6:36 pm
More bicycles could be coming to downtown Fort Smith in early 2020. Griffin Hanna, acting as an agent for Fort Smith businessman Bennie Westphal, requested a variance for the Central…
by - November 19, 2019 4:00 pm
Rice produced in Arkansas and the rest of the country can soon be sold in South Korea. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced…
by - November 19, 2019 2:56 pm
The University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will soon welcome the initial cohort of students in a new occupational therapy program, which is the…
by - November 19, 2019 1:57 pm
Investors of Tyson Foods have plenty to smile about as the meat giant’s shares have recorded stellar growth this year of 68.5% behind solid revenue growth and a flush balance…
by - November 19, 2019 1:42 pm
The U.S. Census Bureau released new estimates Tuesday (Nov. 19) showing there are now more than 1 million same-sex couple households in the agency’s annual snapshot of American families and…
by - November 19, 2019 12:57 pm
Following several big job announcements across the state in the last month, Arkansas’ unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.5% as the civilian labor pool increased by a tidy 1,626 jobs…
by - November 19, 2019 10:32 am
Your mom needs to go into a nursing home. To many people, these seem like the worst words they could hear. These are, however, the words that millions of Americans…
by - November 19, 2019 10:08 am
Hot Springs-based Radius Aerospace, Inc. announced it has acquired Doncasters Group Limited’s Aerospace Forming and Fabricating Business in Sheffield and Shrewsbury, located in the United Kingdom. The new division will…
by - November 19, 2019 10:03 am
Scot Davis, CEO of Arkansas Urology in Little Rock, has been elected to LUGPA’s board of directors. Founded in 2008, LUGPA is the only nonprofit urology trade association in the…
by - November 18, 2019 7:24 pm
America’s Car-Mart beat earnings and revenue expectations in the second quarter of fiscal 2020 as the Bentonville-based buy here, pay here used car dealer works to open three dealerships. After…
