by - October 23, 2017 3:15 pm
Arkansas Trucking Association was one of the recipients of the 2017 Mike Russell Trucking Image Award winners, according to American Trucking Associations. The awards were announced at the trade organization’s…
by - October 23, 2017 2:39 pm
Mercy Northwest Arkansas will break ground Thursday (Oct. 26) at 10 a.m. on a $40 million multispecialty clinic that will add nearly two dozen primary care and specialty providers in…
by - October 23, 2017 2:03 pm
The University of Arkansas has named a search committee to find a new dean for the School of Law. Stacy Leeds will step down in June after seven years as…
by - October 23, 2017 12:12 pm
Simmons First National Corp. closed out a historic third quarter with another strong earnings report that saw the Pine Bluff banking group expand its reach into Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado,…
by - October 23, 2017 11:50 am
A scientist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received his third concurrent R01-type Research Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Daohong Zhou was…
by - October 23, 2017 11:03 am
Unplanned disruptions in the global oil supply fell to 1.6 million barrels per day in September, the lowest since January 2012, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Over the…
by - October 23, 2017 10:38 am
Escape rooms have grown in popularity during the past three years, including in Northwest Arkansas. According to Room Escape Artists, a New York City-based company that has looked since 2014…
by - October 23, 2017 10:16 am
Entrepreneur Ancil Lea of Ancil Lea Consulting in Conway has written a book on “entrepreneurship and its connection to coffee.” Titled “Common Ground,” it will be released Wednesday (Oct. 25)…
by - October 23, 2017 12:25 am
After staving off an investor-led push to be put on the auction block for nearly nine months, El Dorado-based Deltic Timber Corp. has succumbed to an all-stock deal to be…
by - October 22, 2017 9:56 pm
The Southwest Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority in Clark County has received a $1.3 million federal grant. According to the U.S. Economic Development Administration, the grant “funds the construction of a…
by - October 22, 2017 9:38 pm
Sales tax revenue fell more than 3% in Fort Smith’s August report, with year-to-date revenue up 1% and 2.6% above the budget estimate. Franchise revenue could end the year 5%…
by - October 22, 2017 8:56 pm
The 300 guests at Youth Bridge’s sold-out “Nox Stellata: The Starry, Starry Night” fundraiser on Oct. 19 experienced a new level of entertainment, setting it apart from the typical NWA…
by - October 22, 2017 4:57 pm
Arkansas Department of Human Services Director Cindy Gillespie is hoping a new baseline study effort can position state policymakers for better future decisions, and she’s still bullish on the state’s…
by - October 20, 2017 2:56 pm
Arkansas’ unemployment rate held steady at 3.5% for the second straight month as the state’s civilian labor pool closes in on levels not seen in nearly a decade. According to…
by - October 20, 2017 2:06 pm
Simmons First National Corp. has completed the acquisitions of two similarly named community banks in Oklahoma and Texas that will push the Pine Bluff banking group’s total deposits and assets…
by - October 19, 2017 8:04 pm
For more than 30 years, the Arkansas State University Convocation Center has been a center for athletic competitions, concerts and business exhibitions in Northeast Arkansas. It became an arena on…
by - October 19, 2017 2:23 pm
A 44,000-square-foot children’s enrichment daycare center located adjacent to the Scott Family Amazeum along J Street near the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will soon be a reality. The…
by - October 19, 2017 1:44 pm
More than a month after starting a supposed courtship to land Amazon Corp.’s $5 billion H2Q headquarters, Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola and chamber officials told the Seattle-based ecommerce giant…
by - October 19, 2017 12:54 pm
Cooper Clinic, once one of the largest physician-owned clinics in Arkansas, has been acquired by Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith, which is owned by St. Louis-based Mercy. News of the potential deal…
by - October 19, 2017 12:48 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services will pay a 23-cents per share cash dividend on Nov. 17 to shareholders of record Nov. 3. The Lowell-based carrier announced the dividend payment Thursday (Oct….
