by - July 18, 2017 4:31 pm
The Arkansas State Alumni Association has hired a new executive director. Lindsay Burnett, a 2005 marketing graduate from ASU, will replace Beth Smith who retired earlier this spring. “Lindsay has…
by - July 18, 2017 3:58 pm
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has expanded the circumstances in which banks can appeal a material supervisory determination and improved consistency with the appeals process of other federal banking…
by - July 18, 2017 1:54 pm
The Riverfest Board of Directors on Tuesday (July 18) announced its annual music festival in downtown Little Rock has been suspended. The festival has been an annual event held alongside…
by - July 18, 2017 1:44 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (July 18) told CNN host Wolf Blitzer now that efforts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act are on life support, Republican lawmakers should…
by - July 18, 2017 1:13 pm
It’s been four years since Wal-Mart Stores Inc., announced its commitment to buy $250 billion more in American-made products over a 10-year period. Since that time, dozens of new suppliers…
by - July 18, 2017 12:32 pm
Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc., a technology firm located in the Arkansas Research and Technology Park at the University of Arkansas, has received a $750,000 award from the U.S. Air Force….
by - July 18, 2017 11:19 am
Coal exports rose 58% in the first quarter, from the same period in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Steam coal exports increased 6 million short tons and…
by - July 18, 2017 10:26 am
Matt Timboe is a fan of Chickadee’s Fresh Fare, near the library on the south side of downtown Siloam Springs. The restaurant opened in early June, and in less than…
by - July 18, 2017 9:34 am
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said he is supportive of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s latest tactic to bring up a 2015 measure that repealed the Affordable Care Act and set…
by - July 17, 2017 8:15 pm
A new report that focuses on the manufacturing sector shows that hundreds of communities across the U.S. with large numbers of residents armed with only high school degrees or earning…
by - July 17, 2017 4:25 pm
Lockheed Martin has received a $471 million contract from the U.S. Army for Lot 12 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets. According to a press release, the…
by - July 17, 2017 4:19 pm
Wal-Mart Stores recently partnered with Thrive Global and Accenture to launch a first of its kind virtual commerce competition dubbed Innov8. The retail giant said last week the competition will…
by - July 17, 2017 3:29 pm
More than 100 years ago, Arkansas State University opened its doors for the first time. Its first classroom space was in downtown Jonesboro. A century later, ASU has a presence…
by - July 17, 2017 3:13 pm
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has been largely supportive of the current administration’s efforts to defend U.S. manufacturing. But in a recent statement, it broke rank to speak out…
by - July 17, 2017 1:12 pm
The $13.7 billion deal that Amazon made to acquire Whole Foods Market is not likely to sail through without some regulatory scrutiny and shareholder litigation. U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, a…
by - July 17, 2017 12:55 pm
Hot Springs-based Wilson Real Estate Auctioneers Inc. announced Monday (July 17) the hiring of Chuck Dicus as a real estate sales agent. Dicus, who played football at the University of…
by - July 17, 2017 12:19 pm
Vicki and Gary Jech of Springdale and their family will give $250,000 to Arkansas Children’s Northwest, a 233,613-square-foot pediatric hospital under construction west of Interstate 49 in Springdale. Arkansas Children’s…
by - July 17, 2017 12:07 pm
The U.S. retail price for regular gasoline is expected to be an average of $2.38 per gallon this summer, and if the projection holds true, it will be the second-lowest…
by - July 17, 2017 11:58 am
The University of Arkansas has named Donald Judges as vice provost for distance education and leader of the Global Campus, the UA announced Monday (July 17). Judges officially took on…
by - July 17, 2017 11:50 am
For decades the heart and soul of every community across America was its downtown. Families traded at the local grocery store, children rode their bikes along tree-lined sidewalks, neighbors stopped…
