by - June 23, 2015 12:12 pm
The number of consumers in Arkansas looking to make a major household purchase over the past six months rose 5 points in March as wages saw a slight increase and…
by - June 22, 2015 6:53 pm
Bear State Financial Inc. announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase a Missouri bank in an all-stock deal that will add $442 million in assets to the fast-growing Little…
by - June 22, 2015 6:49 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has directed the Department of Education to withdraw Arkansas from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) consortium, despite a vote June 11…
by - June 22, 2015 6:35 pm
Sixteen teenagers assembled in a small conference overlooking the Fayetteville Square on Monday (June 22) to begin a week long study of entrepreneurship and starting their own business. The teenagers…
by - June 22, 2015 4:51 pm
A bonus purchase of dark meat chicken recently announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to lift the share prices of Tyson Foods Inc., and its poultry competitor…
by - June 22, 2015 3:13 pm
This week Wal-Mart Stores confirmed it began sending out amended agreements with approximately 10,000 of its suppliers in hopes of better controlling costs. Cutting costs is a major agenda for…
by - June 22, 2015 3:05 pm
For the fourth straight season and the eighth time in the last nine years, the Arkansas baseball team finished in the top two in national average attendance, as 8,290 fans…
by - June 22, 2015 2:46 pm
Williams Companies, the Tulsa, Okla.-based natural gas pipeline and terminal operator with operations in Arkansas, turned down an unsolicited buyout offer valued at 64 cents per share or $48 billion,…
by - June 22, 2015 2:24 pm
Our state has a problem. We don’t handle contract procurements very well. Recently, the Department of Human Services (DHS) has received deserved attention for mismanaging multiple eligibility contracts. It’s a…
by - June 22, 2015 2:18 pm
School board elections have for decades been held on the third Tuesday of September but for almost as long some Arkansans have complained that the annual elections need to move…
by - June 22, 2015 12:16 pm
Steve Schotta is stepping down as executive director of the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter and Greg Russell is stepping up from marketing director to fill the position effective July 1….
by - June 22, 2015 12:02 pm
Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores says a report generated by union groups regarding the retailer’s use of tax havens to shield U.S. taxes is “flawed.” Wal-Mart spokesman Randy Hargrove called the report…
by - June 22, 2015 11:26 am
The Walmart Foundation is giving $15.5 million in grants to seven national nonprofits to support free meal and nutrition education programs this summer and throughout the school year. This effort…
by - June 21, 2015 5:21 pm
In 2009, a 21-year-old interior design major at the University of Arkansas took a risk, trusted her gut, and started her own business on just $100. Today, that business —…
by - June 21, 2015 5:18 pm
Diverting offenders with mental illness into treatment instead of incarcerating them could save Arkansas $140 million a year, according to a rough estimate in a new report issued Thursday by…
by - June 21, 2015 5:12 pm
New survey data shows Republican Mike Huckabee would beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in Arkansas if both were their party’s respective nominees, and former Democratic Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe would lead…
by - June 19, 2015 1:51 pm
The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services will receive $6.362 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to support Arkansas’ efforts to improve reemployment services and to develop innovative job-training programs….
by - June 19, 2015 10:29 am
A year-over-year gain of more than 46,000 jobs kept Arkansas’ jobless rate at 5.7% during May. The month marked the 11th consecutive month the rate has been at or below…
by - June 18, 2015 7:26 pm
A growing demand for logistics employees in the area pushed by growth at Fort Smith-based ArcBest and Van Buren-based USA Truck has prompted one local college to create a new…
by - June 18, 2015 3:48 pm
There may no longer be a direct flight from the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport to Washington D.C. but there is a direct link between the two cities as the latter…
