by - December 5, 2018 1:30 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has added five Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter trucks to its fleet, and they are the Lowell-based carrier’s first all-electric trucks. The carrier on Wednesday (Dec. 5) had…
by - December 5, 2018 12:32 pm
One day after a convincing political victory, Stephanie Orman said she was eager to bridge the divide of a sometimes contentious campaign. “Whichever way you voted [Tuesday], today is a…
by - December 5, 2018 9:53 am
Entrepreneur Bill Adams has invested nearly $1.2 million to renovate a 9,000-square-foot building into a comedy club, restaurant and bar, and to add a sports complex on 5 acres in…
by - December 5, 2018 9:44 am
A Hendren winning a political race in Benton County is hardly a surprise. Family patriarch Kim Hendren and one of his sons, Jim Hendren, have been reliably elected Republican legislators…
by - December 5, 2018 7:29 am
Trauma victims in rural Arkansas often are many miles and many precious minutes away from potentially life-saving care, decreasing their odds for survival until they reach a hospital. Statistics from…
by - December 4, 2018 5:36 pm
Growing up in Granite City, Ill., Nucor’s Mary Emily Slate was destined for a career in steel manufacturing. It was that community’s primary trade and after working in the industry…
by - December 4, 2018 5:25 pm
Oklahoma City-based Flywheel Energy LLC closed on an earlier announced deal to acquire the top leasehold position in the Fayetteville Shale play from Southwestern Energy Co. at a purchase price…
by - December 4, 2018 5:17 pm
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) on Monday (Dec. 3) filed its official proposal with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that some experts say will determine the future of the…
by - December 4, 2018 5:04 pm
Jonesboro is about to get its first convention center and a new hotel, and now the project has a new general manager. Embassy Suites by Hilton Jonesboro, owned and operated…
by - December 4, 2018 4:23 pm
Arkansas revenue collections through November continued at a healthy pace as new payroll additions and robust sales tax collections emptied into state budget coffers ahead of the holiday shopping season,…
by - December 4, 2018 3:12 pm
Northwest Arkansas planners and legislators continue to await a decision from the federal government on the fate of a $25 million grant that would be used to build a 4.81-mile…
by - December 4, 2018 1:32 pm
Four trucking industry executives in Arkansas were among those named to serve on the 2019-2020 Research Advisory Committee of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a nonprofit research organization for…
by - December 4, 2018 1:26 pm
Walmart said it will roll out about 250 autonomous floor-scrubbing robots by the end of January, adding to the 100 or so robots already in operation at the retail giant….
by - December 4, 2018 12:25 pm
Walmart is launching a new service to allow customers to purchase online items they don’t find in stores during their shopping trip. Seeking to help customers fulfill their complete shopping…
by - December 4, 2018 10:14 am
A 50,708-square-foot commercial building in Fayetteville has changed hands for $8.4 million. The purchase price equals $165.65 per square foot. South Dakota-based Black Hills Energy is the new owner of…
by - December 3, 2018 9:50 pm
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe defended Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s work requirement for Arkansas Works recipients, while former Gov. Mike Huckabee said President Clinton was more helpful when he needed something…
by - December 3, 2018 8:48 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said the effort to create a two-year congressional budgeting process failed because it didn’t have the support of congressional leadership, because the threshold for passage…
by - December 3, 2018 6:54 pm
An Arkansas State University alumnus has committed a significant gift that will provide what could be hundreds of scholarships to the schools’ graduates in the years to come. Jim Smalley…
by - December 3, 2018 6:50 pm
NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine on the Arkansas State University campus has more than 100 third-year medical students performing clinical rotations throughout Arkansas and the Delta region. On Thursday, (Dec….
by - December 3, 2018 6:43 pm
Murphy Oil Corp. on Monday (Dec. 3) closed on its recently announced $795 million deal with Brazil’s multinational oil conglomerate to develop a deepwater Gulf of Mexico project that is…
