by - May 9, 2018 8:17 am
Bentonville developer Jake Newell, owner and CEO of Newell Development, has announced plans for a $6 million housing development near the intersection of Southwest B and Sixth streets. “We’ve been…
by - May 9, 2018 8:00 am
Ross DeVol, formerly the chief researcher at the economic think tank Milken Institute in California who now does similar work for the Walton Family Foundation in Bentonville, has released a…
by - May 8, 2018 7:23 pm
Mother’s Day, rooted in the sentiment of honoring the one you call “mom,” has grown to the second largest spending retail holiday behind Christmas. The National Retail Federation estimates the…
by - May 8, 2018 5:02 pm
Nearly 100 years ago World War I had ended, and a group of Jonesboro citizens decided to open a Rotary chapter in the city. The new group met at the…
by - May 8, 2018 4:51 pm
The Arkansas Public Service Commission on Tuesday (May 8) gave Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) the go ahead for the controversial Wind Catcher Energy Connection project, a $4.5 billion project…
by - May 8, 2018 3:23 pm
Officials at the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) are in the process of hiring 25 more people, at an average salary of $118,000, to complete faculty and…
by - May 8, 2018 12:49 pm
Tyson Foods recently issued a new bill of rights contract for its poultry growers in an effort to foster more transparency and better communication between the corporate giant and family…
by - May 8, 2018 12:29 pm
The federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) paid out more than $18.111 million to 4,580 Arkansas retirees in failed pension plans in 2017. The payments came despite fears that rising…
by - May 7, 2018 9:07 pm
Upgrades at Joe Mack Campbell Park in Jonesboro are complete, and a recreational tournament was held there this last weekend to commemorate the completion of the work. The city spent…
by - May 7, 2018 3:51 pm
The Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce has received a Walton Family Foundation grant from brothers Steuart and Tom Walton to fund projects it hopes will attract entrepreneurs to the…
by - May 7, 2018 3:32 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) has formed a task force to advance the access road project and wants Hight Jackson Associates of Rogers to design a $20 million project to…
by - May 7, 2018 3:00 pm
“How many of you feel like you can make a difference in your community?” Rusty Myers ends each year of the community leadership course he and fellow businessman Fred Williams teach…
by - May 7, 2018 2:25 pm
As prices rise and investors keep tabs on inflation that might slow industry growth, tight capacity for truckload and some rail carriers has led them to invest in their fleets…
by - May 7, 2018 2:07 pm
Tyson Foods reported second quarter net income of $315 million for the quarter ending March 31, down 7.35% from the year-ago period thanks to rising labor and freight costs. The…
by - May 6, 2018 4:47 pm
Toyin Umesiri has spent the better part of three years trying to turn more eyes toward economic opportunities in Africa. A native of Nigeria, Umesiri left a retail career with…
by - May 4, 2018 5:07 pm
Good-paying jobs are the “new currency” of the global economy, and one former industrialist believes Fort Smith is well-positioned to compete for them. Tom Loehr, former executive vice-president of Rolls-Royce…
by - May 4, 2018 2:21 pm
Venita McCellon-Allen has retired as president and chief operating officer for Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO). On Friday (May 4), the company of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP), announced…
by - May 4, 2018 2:04 pm
Nearly two months after joining operations with its Arkansas rival, PotlatchDeltic Corp. on Thursday (May 3) eked out a first quarter profit and reported its recent deal with El Dorado-based…
by - May 4, 2018 1:07 pm
U.S. small businesses, or those with fewer than 50 workers, offer 68% of their employees paid time off work for holidays and 67% of their employees paid time off work…
by - May 4, 2018 12:19 pm
Arkansas’ economy only saw a moderate 1.1% change in real domestic product (GDP) growth in 2017 as the state’s economic output ranked 36th among the 50 states, according to a…
