by - February 19, 2019 12:42 pm
Gains in holiday sales helped boost Walmart revenue in the 2019 fiscal fourth quarter, and for the fiscal year ending Jan. 31. Quarterly revenue for the Bentonville-based retail giant rose…
by - February 19, 2019 12:38 pm
Arkansas is participating in an initiative to encourage female students to learn cybersecurity skills. The Arkansas Department of Education announced Tuesday (Feb. 19) that Arkansas is partnering with the SANS…
by - February 19, 2019 12:10 pm
Five federal regulatory agencies have issued a joint final rule to implement provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 requiring regulated institutions to accept certain private flood…
by - February 19, 2019 11:33 am
The advanced energy economy in Arkansas added 85 new solar jobs in 2018, according to a jobs report from The Solar Foundation. The number of solar jobs in the state…
by - February 18, 2019 9:08 pm
The Arkansas Senate on Monday (Feb. 18) unanimously approved both a measure that would prohibit Arkansas lawmakers from dual work as a lobbyist and a proposal to place statues of…
by - February 18, 2019 6:08 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. on Monday (Feb. 18) put off its fourth-quarter and yearly earnings report scheduled for Thursday as the Little Rock-based Fortune 500 company evaluates its options following an…
by - February 18, 2019 4:51 pm
Patty Opitz, a senior associate and licensed architect at Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects in Little Rock, has been honored with the prestigious Young Architect Award from the American Institute of…
by - February 18, 2019 4:25 pm
Arkansas farmers managed to pull enough rice from the land to mark a 30% increase over 2017’s lower numbers, which was a result of flooding during that year’s spring. Not…
by - February 18, 2019 4:19 pm
A former member of the Arkansas State University Board of Trustees has completed a $1 million gift to Arkansas State and announced the commitment toward a new $1 million gift…
by - February 18, 2019 3:19 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services on Friday (Feb. 15) completed the purchase of New Jersey-based carrier Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery. J.B. Hunt announced Jan. 9 it had reached…
by - February 18, 2019 2:02 pm
Bentonville-based technology firm Movista has announced the addition of industry veteran Patty Lehan to head up sales development for the company. Lehan has over 20 years’ experience leading global marketing…
by - February 18, 2019 1:34 pm
Net orders of class 8 trucks, the largest truck class, fell in January to the lowest order level in more than two years as orders have fallen over the past…
by - February 18, 2019 12:54 pm
Walmart’s big sustainability push known as Project Gigaton was announced in 2017 in partnership with the Sustainability Consortium. The milestone project involves Walmart’s removing 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse…
by - February 18, 2019 11:09 am
A first-of-its-kind robot is now providing guests and employees at the state’s largest public hospital facility with a healthy meal option by making customized salads around the clock, according to…
by - February 18, 2019 10:51 am
Murphy Oil Corp. recently announced that its top senior executive who oversees the company’s global exploration and production operations plans to step down on Feb. 28 after 17 years of…
by - February 18, 2019 10:41 am
Industrial production fell 0.6%, and manufacturing production declined 0.9% in January, from December, largely as a result of a decrease in motor vehicle assemblies, according to the Board of Governors…
by - February 18, 2019 9:39 am
Fayetteville-based Youth Bridge Inc. has signed a letter of intent to explore a “collaborative merger” with Springfield, Mo.-based Burrell Behavioral Health. The two behavioral health providers serve more than 45,000 youth…
by - February 17, 2019 4:33 pm
Senate President Pro Temp Jim Hendren, R-Sulphur Springs, says a $300 million highway plan will easily move through the State Senate and he’s confident that UAMS will secure the $10-20…
by - February 17, 2019 10:12 am
A Pennsylvania-based self-storage operator has sold one of its six Arkansas assets for $10.55 million. Self Storage Capital Partners (SSCP), a Philadelphia-based self-storage firm that uses the brand name of…
by - February 17, 2019 12:06 am
The retail landscape is changing but that’s not all bad, according to Kantar Research analyst Tim Campbell, who recently outlined his projections for retail growth by shopping channel in a…
