by - December 5, 2017 1:20 pm
Three banks have joined forces to create a $30 million loan program to fund renovations and new construction in downtown Springdale, in addition to the establishment of new businesses and…
by - December 5, 2017 12:54 pm
Colliers International Arkansas in Little Rock has promoted Isaac Smith to president, the company announced Tuesday (Dec. 5). Kevin Huchingson, the firm’s CEO and president the past 15 years, will…
by - December 5, 2017 12:19 pm
Deacue Fields III has been named the new dean of the University of Arkansas Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, pending approval by the UA System Board…
by - December 5, 2017 11:05 am
Major U.S. tobacco companies have started running ads in the Little Rock Sun and across the nation to comply with a 2006 federal court order after 11 years of appeals…
by - December 5, 2017 11:01 am
In the South, the amount of electricity generated with coal fell to 29% in 2016, from 50% in 2006, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Over the same period…
by - December 5, 2017 10:48 am
Michael Milken, chair of the Milken Institute, will be the featured speaker for the 24th-annual Business Forecast Luncheon, coordinated by the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business…
by - December 5, 2017 7:58 am
The number of people enrolled in Arkansas Works fell 6% to 309,719 in October, from 330,488 in the same month in 2016, according to the Arkansas Department of Human Services….
by - December 5, 2017 6:54 am
The last step in banning dicamba during the bulk of the 2018 growing season and a significant increase to the fines for farmers who use it illegally will be decided…
by - December 4, 2017 8:50 pm
A Little Rock-based financial technology startup with ties to the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Association has announced it is partnering with an unnamed Arkansas bank to offer electronic payments and financial…
by - December 4, 2017 7:27 pm
With design costs covered by the Walton Family Foundation, the city of Springdale is now turning to its residents to approve funding to build a new criminal justice facility downtown…
by - December 4, 2017 6:02 pm
Rice and ducks are big business in Northeast Arkansas and a Newport area rice farmer has received the Conservation Champion Award. Marvin Hare, whose family has been farming in Jackson…
by - December 4, 2017 3:57 pm
Editor’s note: This story is updated with confirmation from the University of Arkansas of the new hire. ––––––––––––––– The University of Arkansas has announced it will hire Hunter Yurachek as…
by - December 4, 2017 3:38 pm
The Fort Smith Port Authority passed two resolutions on Friday (Dec. 1) that will pave the way for the first new construction at the Port of Fort Smith since 1980….
by - December 4, 2017 3:27 pm
Cumulative sales tax revenue growth slowed in the past couple of months after posting hefty gains in the summer. Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers and Bentonville reported combined sales tax revenue of…
by - December 4, 2017 1:03 pm
Arkansas now has an estimated 80,400 women-owned businesses employing 55,700 staff and contributing $9.5 billion in revenue to the state economy, according to an American Express OPEN report that analyzes…
by - December 4, 2017 12:46 pm
State tax collections in November were mostly flat ahead of the all-important Christmas shopping season as Arkansas households appear reticent to hike spending during the holiday although consumer confidence across…
by - December 4, 2017 9:29 am
Shale gas production in the Appalachia region has been driving an overall increase in U.S. natural gas production, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Production in the region, which…
by - December 4, 2017 9:27 am
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Transportation Report is managed by Talk Business & Politics and sponsored by the Arkansas Trucking Association and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. Other transportation industry related stories can be…
by - December 4, 2017 9:00 am
Arkansas legal heavyweight Rose Law Firm has entered the Northwest Arkansas market. Fayetteville attorneys Mark M. Henry and Adam Hopkins of the Henry Law Firm have joined Rose Law Firm,…
by - December 4, 2017 8:36 am
Randy Veach and Rich Hillman were re-elected president and vice president Friday (Dec. 1) of the Arkansas Farm Bureau. Delegates elected seven other board members and filled a vacant board…
