by - January 28, 2019 3:16 pm
Arkansas-based companies Tyson Foods, George’s Inc., Simmons Foods and OK Foods are each named as defendants in a civil lawsuit filed Jan. 25 by Florida-based restaurant operator Darden Restaurants in…
by - January 28, 2019 2:53 pm
The leader of the Arkansas State Senate says proposed tobacco tax increases, including those affecting currently untaxed e-cigarettes, could begin to take shape by the end of the week. Senate…
by - January 28, 2019 11:12 am
A Christmas present seven years ago helped stoke an entrepreneurial fire for Jordan Wright. “My dad bought me a [Big] Green Egg,” said Wright, who left a corporate career in…
by - January 27, 2019 5:01 pm
Despite recent shocks in financial markets, the global economy will continue to expand at a modest rate in 2019, according to a new analysis at the World Economic Forum in…
by - January 27, 2019 4:56 pm
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed federal charges against nine defendants in California, Russia, the Ukraine that allegedly hacked into the EDGAR system to extract nonpublic information to use…
by - January 27, 2019 4:49 pm
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City is now seeking proposals to reduce barriers for startups and entrepreneurs “who have been systemically left behind.” The application period for the…
by - January 27, 2019 4:44 pm
A Facebook initiative that connects college students with local businesses in central Arkansas is set to launch this spring in Conway. Facebook’s Career Connections program will first hold a two-day…
by - January 27, 2019 4:39 pm
Trends with robotics and AI, coupled with the socio-political milieu are all leading to a future where most available “good” jobs will be STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs….
by - January 27, 2019 4:29 pm
Little Rock-based Baptist Health has named Brent Beaulieu as the system’s next senior vice president and chief financial officer. Beaulieu, who has spent 21 years in health care, joined Baptist…
by - January 27, 2019 1:04 pm
Howard Safir, a former associate director of the U.S. Marshals Service during the Reagan presidency, said the long-awaited U.S. Marshals Museum under construction in Fort Smith will recognize the Marshals…
by - January 27, 2019 9:55 am
A permanent half-cent sales tax for roads. An increase in the motor fuel tax. Registration fees, revenue transfers, and reforming the procurement process. These are all ideas being floated to…
by - January 27, 2019 9:50 am
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, said there are specific areas of the southern border that should have new wall construction, while Democratic Party of Arkansas Chairman Michael John Gray…
by - January 25, 2019 10:38 am
After several years of sharp annual gains, Northwest Arkansas’ regional housing market cooled off slightly in 2018. Real estate agents combined to sell 9,992 homes in Benton and Washington counties….
by - January 25, 2019 6:11 am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville launched an artwork into space via a weather balloon at a public Art in Space event Jan. 20 as a celebration of…
by - January 24, 2019 8:48 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation might not yet see the need for a traffic light at the intersection Chad Colley Boulevard and Frontier Road in Chaffee Crossing, but stakeholders say…
by - January 24, 2019 5:57 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin vowed a strong crackdown on crime in Northeast Arkansas’ largest city during his state of the city address Thursday (Jan. 24). Two homicides in the city…
by - January 24, 2019 5:48 pm
Walmart store managers will have a new training tool in February as the retail giant unveils “Spark City” a simulation-style video game that puts players in charge of a Walmart…
by - January 24, 2019 5:11 pm
The United States is expected to continue to develop shale and tight oil and natural gas resources as well as expand its use of renewable resources, according to new projections…
by - January 24, 2019 4:37 pm
Without a timely end to the government shutdown, Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit might be out of money by Independence Day. Executive Director Joel Gardner said Thursday (Jan. 24)…
by - January 24, 2019 4:19 pm
The nonprofit organization Downtown Springdale Alliance (DSA) has hired former Bryant Mayor Jill Dabbs as its new executive director. Dabbs is replacing Kelly Hale Syer, who held the position from…
