by - April 9, 2019 3:56 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a utility of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power, has been named a 2019 Energy Star Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award winner. SWEPCO announced…
by - April 9, 2019 2:58 pm
The state Department of Education said that four-year graduation rates for all Arkansas high school students and multiple student subgroups increased in 2018, continuing a three-year trend of positive improvement….
by - April 9, 2019 2:41 pm
Southern Airways, the air service provider at South Arkansas Regional Airport in El Dorado, announced a new non-stop flight from the airport Tuesday (April 9). In addition to flights to…
by - April 9, 2019 8:50 am
Arvest Bank on Tuesday (April 9) announced the hiring of former Walmart executive LaTricia Hill-Chandler as the company’s new diversity and inclusion officer. Hill-Chandler most recently served as a senior…
by - April 9, 2019 6:46 am
Nine faculty members who are retiring this academic year will be recognized Tuesday (April 9) for their longtime service and contributions to Arkansas State University during the 41st annual Faculty…
by - April 8, 2019 11:24 pm
One of the most popular restaurants in downtown Jonesboro is moving to another location in the area. The Parsonage 322 will be the anchor restaurant in Northeast Arkansas’ first ever…
by - April 8, 2019 11:09 pm
After nearly three months of line-by-line scrutiny of one of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s major legislative priorities to reorganize state government, the Arkansas Senate on Monday (April 8) approved a 2,047-page…
by - April 8, 2019 9:49 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Education voted Monday (April 8) to approve the largest teachers’ raise in the past five years. The action will raise the base salary for starting…
by - April 8, 2019 6:40 pm
After a brutal 2017 in which spring flooding cost Arkansas growers an estimated $175 million in lost production and damaged acreage, rice growers saw higher production in 2018 than in…
by - April 8, 2019 6:12 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools held a contractor orientation Monday (April 8) to further explain upcoming construction projects in the district funded by a voter-approved millage increase. “Pretty much since the…
by - April 8, 2019 4:14 pm
Springdale-based Northwest Health broke ground Monday (April 8) on a standalone emergency department at the site of the former Clarion Hotel along Interstate 49 in Fayetteville. Details of the $9.5…
by - April 8, 2019 3:15 pm
Let’s just say it wasn’t the first time the State Capitol has been a site where small groups hastily assembled overly complex solutions to fix insignificant or non-existent problems. But…
by - April 8, 2019 2:47 pm
NM CLSN LLC. of Wilmington, Del., made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County between Feb. 15 and March 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s…
by - April 8, 2019 1:12 pm
“Solar energy means more jobs in Arkansas,” Senator Dave Wallace of Leachville recently told his Senate colleagues. Speaking from the well of the Arkansas Senate chamber on a March afternoon,…
by - April 8, 2019 12:00 pm
In the fourth quarter of 2018, the average return on assets (ROA) for Arkansas banks was 1.57%, ranking the state’s lenders as the top performers among the seven states that…
by - April 7, 2019 6:10 pm
Twelve days after firing Mike Anderson, the University of Arkansas has its next head basketball coach, and he has a clear directive from his new boss — build a nationally…
by - April 7, 2019 5:47 pm
Lavon Morton, the only Fort Smith City Director with an IMDB (Internet Movie Database) page, noted at the April 2 city board meeting that although he was appointed to the…
by - April 7, 2019 2:03 pm
In order to move the needle and to be strategic in their work, many organizations focus on certain areas of intervention to improve the lives of their clients. At the…
by - April 7, 2019 1:56 pm
The world’s rapidly growing population and the push of many people from the poverty ranks into the middle class will fuel significant growth in the agriculture industry, according to one…
by - April 7, 2019 12:20 pm
Sen. Tom Cotton says more advanced technology and updated asylum laws are needed to protect against illegal immigrants coming to America through Mexico, but he’s not sure closing the border…
