by - March 14, 2019 4:12 pm
Harps Foods CEO Kim Eskew didn’t choose the grocery business, it chose him. Growing up in tiny Piggott, Ark., Eskew said his father was a hard worker with two jobs…
by - March 14, 2019 4:11 pm
U.S. natural gas production rose 11% or by 10 billion cubic feet per day in 2018, from 2017, and the growth was the largest annual increase in production, reaching a…
by - March 14, 2019 2:17 pm
For 40 years, CJRW has been honored to be the marketing and communications partner for the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Through the decades, we’ve told many stories of…
by - March 14, 2019 2:11 pm
Editor’s note: This story is updated to include Gov. Hutchinson’s comments on the bill. A bipartisan group of legislators introduced a bill Thursday (March 14) that would provide $100 million…
by - March 14, 2019 2:05 pm
Tyson Foods announced Thursday (March 14) a program that uses DNA technology to trace beef products backs to the animal of origin for its Open Prairie Natural Angus Beef production….
by - March 14, 2019 1:59 pm
Editor’s note: CJRW’s team of professionals will be providing Talk Business & Politics a daily roundup of activity from this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. The reporting crew consists…
by - March 13, 2019 6:16 pm
Fresh has been the “sexy” play on food for the past several years as more consumers focus on buying fresh produce, deli and bakery items as opposed to canned and…
by - March 13, 2019 6:12 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said on Wednesday (March 13) that he would not support two bills to grant wide exemptions to Arkansas’ minimum wage hike approved by voters in November, but…
by - March 13, 2019 6:07 pm
Arkansas Highway 22 between Dardanelle and Fort Smith should soon be designated the “True Grit Trail” in recognition of the famous novel by Arkansas author Charles Portis and the two…
by - March 13, 2019 5:49 pm
Editor’s note: CJRW’s team of professionals will be providing Talk Business & Politics a daily roundup of activity from this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. The reporting crew consists…
by - March 13, 2019 5:23 pm
St. Bernards Healthcare has officially leased Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas, renaming the facility St. Bernards Five Rivers. The lease agreement, which took effect on February 25, means St….
by - March 13, 2019 5:16 pm
In a lights-out speech before the Little Rock Political Animals Club, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said on Wednesday (March 13) that he will ask lawmakers to soon take up the budget-balancing…
by - March 13, 2019 3:11 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Plant Board on Wednesday (March 13) approved a proposal from the Boll Weevil Committee for a $1 per acre refund to all Arkansas cotton farmers from…
by - March 13, 2019 3:05 pm
Amazon Prime shows no signs of losing members despite some subscription fatigue being felt among consumers. A recent prediction from eMarketer estimates 51.3% of U.S. households will be Amazon Prime…
by - March 13, 2019 3:05 pm
A bill funding a National Cancer Institute designation passed a Senate committee Wednesday (March 13) though by itself it would raise less than the $10.5 million sponsors have been seeking….
by - March 13, 2019 2:21 pm
Lockheed Martin has developed the first system that will provide reliable 4G LTE cell phone service to existing cell phones through hot spots that receive the service from satellites, according…
by - March 13, 2019 11:19 am
In 2018, 31.3 gigawatts of utility-scale electricity generating capacity were added in the United States while 18.7 gigawatts of the capacity were retired, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by - March 13, 2019 10:47 am
Retail food prices ticked higher in February, up 1.5% from a year ago and 0.3% higher than in January, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. The increase expected…
by - March 13, 2019 1:24 am
Arkansas is among the 67 select semi-finalists still in the running to land the new national headquarters for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) farming-related research and science-funding groups. U.S….
by - March 12, 2019 9:10 pm
Fort Smith voters rejected a one-cent, nine-month sales tax that would have raised an estimated $16 million for completion of the U.S. Marshals Museum. Unofficial results showed that 64.7% of…
