by - January 18, 2018 9:39 am
The nonprofit Peel Compton Foundation of Bentonville has named former Wal-Mart Stores executive Debra Layton as interim executive director, after the resignation of Corrin Troutman. Layton retired from Wal-Mart last…
by - January 17, 2018 6:17 pm
Australia’s BHP Billiton announced Wednesday (Jan. 17) it plans to move forward with an exit strategy to divest its U.S. onshore operations, which includes the global mining giant’s Fayetteville Shale…
by - January 17, 2018 5:28 pm
The gas station and convenience store industry has evolved, and few nationwide brands continue to grow their footprint while some have closed. But Arkansas-based, family-owned Workman’s Travel Centers looks to…
by - January 17, 2018 3:54 pm
Residents in Jonesboro were fed up with a continuing problem, and in 1906 they decided to do something about it. Sewer waste water spewed in the streets. A group of…
by - January 17, 2018 3:28 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart has partnered with a DisposeRX, a startup founded in 2015 aimed at safer and convenient disposal of Class II prescriptions such as opioids. Wal-Mart said it chose…
by - January 17, 2018 1:01 pm
Ray C. Dillon has been named to the Stone Bank Board of Directors. Dillon was formerly the president and chief executive officer of Deltic Timber Corporation and was an executive…
by - January 17, 2018 12:00 pm
Moses Tucker Real Estate and Newmark Grubb Arkansas announced Wednesday (Jan. 17) a merger that will create a new company called Moses Tucker Partners. The new company, according to a…
by - January 17, 2018 11:43 am
There is a changing of the guard at Wal-Mart Stores’ International division as the retailer confirmed early Wednesday (Jan. 17) that David Cheesewright notified the company of his plan to…
by - January 17, 2018 11:30 am
Bank of the Ozarks Chairman and CEO George Gleason told Wall Street analysts that the fast-growing Arkansas banking giant plans to continue expanding its profitable real estate specialties group and…
by - January 17, 2018 9:50 am
Wholesale electricity prices at trading hubs in the eastern United States were flat in 2017, from 2016, as average monthly wholesale prices in California and Texas rose 18% and 27%,…
by - January 17, 2018 9:13 am
Techstars Startup Weekend, an educational and networking event where participating individuals are tasked with starting a business in 54 hours, is planned March 9-11 at the Brewer Family Entrepreneurship Hub…
by - January 16, 2018 8:19 pm
Propelling Downtown Forward and a new “food court” at Garrison Commons Park were main topics at Tuesday’s (Jan. 16) meeting of the Central Business Improvement District (CBID). CBID commissioners approved…
by - January 16, 2018 7:49 pm
The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute is set to launch the “Art in its Natural State” exhibit that organizers hope will become an annual event and the institute director believes will help…
by - January 16, 2018 6:30 pm
Arkansas is one step away from banning the controversial herbicide dicamba for virtually all of the 2018 growing season. Members of the Administrative Rules and Regulations Subcommittee of the Arkansas…
by - January 16, 2018 6:23 pm
The Daughters of Charity Services of Arkansas, DCSA will receive part of a $2 million grant to help with technical assistance in the areas of finance, operations, technology, and quality…
by - January 16, 2018 4:44 pm
The United States Marshals Museum (USMM) Board of Directors voted Tuesday (Jan. 16) to name the future museum building space after Mary Carleton and Robert A. Young III for their…
by - January 16, 2018 4:26 pm
Northwest Arkansas business and community leaders convened Tuesday (Jan. 17) in Springdale at the Northwest Arkansas Council’s winter meeting to hear about diversity and inclusion, issues that flagship companies in…
by - January 16, 2018 4:16 pm
About 150 people who were exposed to measles in the Little Rock area last week aren’t expected to get it if they’ve had laboratory confirmed illness, were vaccinated or born…
by - January 16, 2018 12:01 pm
Airbnb, a hospitality company that has gained popularity in Arkansas in the past few years, will start contributing to the hotel/restaurant tax in Fayetteville, starting Feb. 1. Per an agreement…
by - January 16, 2018 11:52 am
E-commerce sales have nearly doubled in the past five years to $450 billion, accounting for 8.4% of all retail sales, and the rise has significantly impacted the supply chain as…
