by - June 6, 2019 11:07 am
The Little Rock branch of the Federal Reserve Bank’s Eighth District in St. Louis will hold the Arkansas Jump$tart Coalition Conference on Wednesday, June 12 to share resources and ideas…
by - June 6, 2019 10:09 am
Black Hills Energy, a utility of Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Corp., broke ground Wednesday (June 5) on a 10,000-square-foot operations center in Siloam Springs, according to a news release….
by - June 6, 2019 9:30 am
Getting to a single version of the truth is the ultimate goal of business intelligence systems. It’s one of the most important values of blockchain, according to a panel of…
by - June 5, 2019 7:24 pm
A new Census Bureau report reveals that while more education leads to higher earnings, the gender pay gap is wider among men and women with a bachelor’s degree than among…
by - June 5, 2019 7:18 pm
New data from the U.S. Labor Department shows wireless phone service accounted for the lion’s share of telephone spending for much of the last decade as older Americans are increasingly…
by - June 5, 2019 7:08 pm
The Butterball turkey processing plant in Ozark reopened on Tuesday (June 4) after flood waters receded around the facility. The plant that employs about 600 workers has been closed since…
by - June 5, 2019 7:02 pm
Travel through many of the small communities of the southern Delta and the chances are the scenery that rolls past the car window tells the same story — that of…
by - June 5, 2019 5:09 pm
After Arkansas and the rest of the U.S. saw strong employment growth in April, a closely-watched private industry snapshot released Wednesday (June 5) highlights concerns that the Trump administration’s ongoing…
by - June 5, 2019 4:42 pm
Linda Seubold, a longtime reporter and columnist with the Southwest Times Record, and co-founder of Entertainment Fort Smith magazine, has died after a long bout with cancer. She was 76….
by - June 5, 2019 4:10 pm
Technology jobs in the fields of science, engineering and mathematics in Northwest Arkansas are growing at a faster clip than most sectors, according to data furnished by Mike Harvey, chief…
by - June 5, 2019 2:35 pm
The rise in the use of biodiesel can be attributed to the regulations requiring its blending into petroleum diesel fuel as it’s contributed to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions….
by - June 5, 2019 1:01 pm
Walmart executives spent a majority of time during the no-frills shareholder business meeting touting progress made in raising worker wages more than 50% and the $4.5 billion in additional pay…
by - June 5, 2019 10:19 am
U.S manufacturing companies’ seasonally adjusted after-tax profits rose 7.2%, or by $11 billion, to $164.2 billion in the first quarter of 2019, from $153.2 billion in the fourth quarter of…
by - June 4, 2019 7:35 pm
The Arkansas State University Innovation System’s Garage is moving onto campus this week to make the unit more accessible to students, executive director Ty Keller said. Aside from proximity, the…
by - June 4, 2019 7:31 pm
Winrock International is implementing a USDA-funded program to provide training and resources for three rural Arkansas municipalities to pursue economic development opportunities and confront challenges specific to each community. The…
by - June 4, 2019 7:21 pm
Wal-Mart acquired a 52% stake of South African-based Massmart in 2011 for $1.58 billion as part of the retailer’s emerging market strategy. But eight years later the retail giant rarely…
by - June 4, 2019 4:08 pm
The U.S. Departments of Commerce and Treasury on Tuesday (June 4) moved forward with plans to fully implement President Donald Trump’s foreign policy changes on Cuba first unveiled two years…
by - June 4, 2019 3:44 pm
Washington Regional Medical System in Fayetteville has donated $1 million to NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC). The money will support the two-year Bentonville college’s health professions and nurse training programs….
by - June 4, 2019 2:56 pm
The Arkansas Coding Academy (ArCA), a program of the Division of Outreach and Community Engagement at the University of Central Arkansas, has hired Dr. Donald Walker as its director. In…
by - June 4, 2019 2:48 pm
Big River Steel on Monday (June 3) announced it had closed on a debt-and-equity financing arrangement to expand its scrap metal recycling and flat-rolled steel production facility in Osceola, doubling…
