by - April 16, 2019 11:33 am
Primary energy consumption in the United States rose 4% to a record high of 101.3 quadrillion British thermal units in 2018, from 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by - April 16, 2019 9:36 am
A Democratic challenger to Arkansas incumbent GOP U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton may have emerged. Talk Business & Politics has confirmed that 2018 Third District Democratic Congressional candidate Joshua Mahony of…
by - April 16, 2019 7:51 am
Electronics giant Best Buy has promoted Corie Barry to CEO as Hubert Joly is assuming the role of executive chairman effective June 11. Barry, 43, will be the first woman…
by - April 15, 2019 7:02 pm
White River Bancshares Co., the holding company of Fayetteville-based Signature Bank of Arkansas, reported Monday (April 15) that first quarter net income was $1.166 million, up from $1.096 million during…
by - April 15, 2019 6:38 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services profits and revenue increased as a result of rising rates and new customer contracts but didn’t rise to expected levels after factoring in increased costs and…
by - April 15, 2019 6:24 pm
Judy McReynolds, chairman, president and CEO of Fort Smith-based ArcBest, has been named winner of the Women in Trucking Association’s 2019 Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award. McReynolds, also one of…
by - April 15, 2019 5:05 pm
The number of people served by the state’s Arkansas Works program increased by 4,215 from March 1 to April 1. The state’s Department of Human Services reported Monday (April 15)…
by - April 15, 2019 5:02 pm
The growing popularity of “signing days” that connect high school and higher ed students with business and industry has made its way to Fort Smith with an event set for…
by - April 15, 2019 3:40 pm
Arkansas State University is changing its approach to incoming students and has renamed and repurposed the university’s Office of Admissions under Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management Dr. Bryan Terry. All…
by - April 15, 2019 3:27 pm
Little Rock-based Crow-Burlingame has appointed Fletcher Lord III as president of the family-owned company that marks its 100th anniversary this year. Lord, who has served as vice president since 2012,…
by - April 15, 2019 3:18 pm
The Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville has reached a milestone. Museum officials issued a news release Monday (April 16) saying the venue had surpassed the one million guest mark this…
by - April 15, 2019 3:06 pm
A UAMS researcher has received a grant for $1.86 million to study poxvirus with implications for infectious disease and cancer. The poxvirus — with its applications for the investigation of…
by - April 15, 2019 2:59 pm
Simmons First National Corp. announced that it completed its acquisition of Reliance Bancshares, Inc., headquartered in the St. Louis, Missouri. A definitive agreement to acquire Reliance was previously announced in…
by - April 15, 2019 2:52 pm
Moriah Bruner, project coordinator for the Center for Community and Economic Development in the Division of Outreach and Community Engagement at the University of Central Arkansas, has been appointed to…
by - April 15, 2019 2:41 pm
Derrell Peel, extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University, said Monday (April 15) fed cattle prices have likely peaked on schedule in late March at nearly $129 per hundredweight….
by - April 15, 2019 1:27 pm
Like a chef at a popular restaurant, Montine McNulty is serving up dishes of hospitality that have resulted in more jobs, surging tax collections, and most importantly a contribution to…
by - April 15, 2019 12:05 pm
About 11% of U.S. households indirectly pay for using electricity, natural gas, fuel oil or propane through rent, fees or to a third party such as a housing authority, according…
by - April 15, 2019 7:48 am
Former Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola has joined the Barber Law Firm in Little Rock as an attorney for the group. Stodola served for 12 years a mayor of Arkansas’…
by - April 14, 2019 7:38 pm
Parents of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will have a new option for being near their newborns on…
by - April 14, 2019 3:42 pm
Food retail and food suppliers were active in mergers and acquisitions last year, and the trend is expected to continue, said David Schoeder, principal with The Food Partners in suburban…
