by - February 6, 2017 10:55 am
The Grammy Award-winning country music group Lady Antebellum will play at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers on Aug. 5. Country pop singer Kelsea Ballerini, nominated this year for…
by - February 6, 2017 6:54 am
Editor’s note: Story update with changes and additions throughout. –––––––––––––––––– The folks based out of Springdale have been selling the meats. Tyson Foods on Monday announced record fiscal first quarter…
by - February 5, 2017 1:57 pm
Doctor and former Oklahoma Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn and believes Obamacare can be replaced, suggesting the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate and House look at two existing provisions within the law…
by - February 5, 2017 9:38 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, says having a Southerner as Agriculture Secretary will be good for Arkansas. He also says don’t look for a singular piece of legislation to replace…
by - February 5, 2017 8:42 am
“Made In America,” is a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– MANUFACTURING JOBS UP SLIGHTLY SINCE 2011, STILL DOWN 28% IN PAST 25 YEARS Over the last 25…
by - February 3, 2017 11:46 am
The nation’s jobless rate rose in January to 4.8% and added 227,000 new payroll jobs as the new Trump administration takes over the reins of the nation’s economy, according to…
by - February 2, 2017 6:18 pm
Plans first made public in late 2015 by local CBS affiliate KFSM-TV, Channel 5, to move more of its operations to Northwest Arkansas from Fort Smith are ongoing, although the…
by - February 2, 2017 3:51 pm
Arkansas lawmakers in Washington D.C. are cautiously optimistic a deal will be brokered to allow farmers to sell agriculture goods in Cuba with private financing. There’s a $1 billion agriculture…
by - February 2, 2017 1:02 pm
Rail movements of propane, propylene, normal butane and isobutane reached 426,000 barrels per day in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The four petroleum products account for the…
by - February 2, 2017 9:22 am
Arkansas ranked No. 42 in a WalletHub list of the best states to retire in, largely because of its low quality of life rating and its healthcare access rating. WalletHub’s…
by - February 2, 2017 6:55 am
Murphy USA’s profits fell more than 34% in the fourth quarter as rising wholesale gas prices cut overall margins, but the El Dorado convenience store operator was still able to…
by - February 2, 2017 5:38 am
John Furner, 42, started his new job as CEO of Sam’s Club on Wednesday (Feb. 1) by introducing himself on the Walmart Blog. Furner, who succeeded Rosalind Brewer, is not…
by - February 1, 2017 8:18 pm
Seven bills, all filed by Rep. Doug House, R-North Little Rock, that would regulate parts of the supply chain and make other changes to the state’s medical marijuana amendment were…
by - February 1, 2017 8:16 pm
A bill allowing patients to establish telemedicine relationships with medical providers from wherever the patient is located passed the Senate Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee Tuesday, two years after…
by - February 1, 2017 5:32 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed the centerpiece of his tax cut proposals into law on Wednesday during the first bill signing ceremony of the 91st General Assembly, noting that nearly half…
by - February 1, 2017 4:30 pm
The Steel Wheels Bourbon Express will leave the station on March 25 to benefit the Fort Smith-based Steel Horse Rally Inc. charity. The educational bourbon sampling will take place aboard…
by - February 1, 2017 4:06 pm
There is never a shortage of Wal-Mart Stores news any day of the year. The nation’s biggest employer is entangled in multiple lawsuits and invests heavily in e-commerce capabilities, while…
by - February 1, 2017 4:00 pm
Sam Walton was a small business man at heart, and his desire to launch a wholesale club to benefit other small businesses stemmed from that, according to local retired Sam’s…
by - February 1, 2017 1:42 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has joined two top 100 indexes compiled by the NASDAQ stock market. On Tuesday (Feb. 7), the Lowell-based carrier, with a market capitalization of $11 billion,…
by - February 1, 2017 10:30 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is not sure it wants to increase funding for another intermodal port study to be managed by the Western Arkansas Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority…
