by - August 30, 2022 5:23 pm
Dr. Jeffrey Osborn will join the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) as the vice president of research. The hiring is part of the college taking another step…
by - August 30, 2022 3:01 pm
U.S. shippers don’t expect rail service to recover to pre-pandemic levels until at least the second half of 2023 as shippers plan for a recession, according to a recent survey….
by - August 30, 2022 10:53 am
The ongoing monitoring of cancer-causing chemicals in the ground from when Whirlpool operated a manufacturing plant in Fort Smith shows that the pollution plume is shrinking. Some hot spots remain,…
by - August 30, 2022 8:18 am
The economic impact of the summer-long drought could approach $100 million in losses when it comes to hay and pasture field forage losses, according to a report by the Fryar…
by - August 30, 2022 7:56 am
As college athletes throughout the country started exploring the uncertainty of name, image and likeness (NIL) endorsements last summer, Hall of Fame football coach Mack Brown coined a cautionary phrase….
by - August 29, 2022 9:44 pm
Little Rock-based Westrock Coffee Co. announced Monday (Aug. 29) the closing of its business combination transaction with Riverview Acquisition Corp. In connection with the closing of the transaction, Westrock Coffee…
by - August 29, 2022 4:37 pm
Walmart will acquire the outstanding shares of Massmart for an estimated $377.6 million, the company announced Monday (Aug. 29). The Bentonville-based retailer already owned 51% of the large Africa retailer….
by - August 29, 2022 12:40 pm
Chris Langholz, the international group president for Tyson Foods since November 2019, was fired on Friday, Aug. 26, effective immediately, according to a filing the Springdale-based meat giant made Monday…
by - August 29, 2022 7:51 am
We are pleased to introduce to you the 2022 class of Northeast Arkansas Women in Business award winners. This is our fourth year producing this award for the region, and…
by - August 28, 2022 10:54 am
A new federal law that’s expected to impact climate change will extend or establish tax incentives for solar arrays, electric vehicles and U.S. manufacturers of solar array components, Arkansas energy…
by - August 28, 2022 9:39 am
Scott Hamilton has seen his organization, the Urban League of the State of Arkansas, tackle a variety of societal issues during his two-and-a-half years at the helm. Working on everything…
by - August 28, 2022 9:36 am
Sen. Keith Ingram, D-West Memphis, noted that a near decade of help from the state’s Medicaid expansion program has stabilized Arkansas’ health care system, but now a new set of…
by - August 25, 2022 3:32 pm
The amount of electricity produced from coal continues to fall, while the amount made from natural gas hits record highs, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). On July…
by - August 25, 2022 2:31 pm
The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday (Aug. 25) upheld a preliminary injunction against an Arkansas law that bans gender transition procedures for those under age 18. Plaintiffs…
by - August 24, 2022 3:51 pm
Actor and singer Pat Boone had a serious problem. He’d been in several movies and had refused to kiss his leading ladies. At first, he told one director he couldn’t…
by - August 24, 2022 2:47 pm
GoTextbooks recently acquired a warehouse that will help create more than 200 jobs in the Little Rock area, the company announced Wednesday (Aug. 24). This will be GoTextbooks’ second facility…
by - August 24, 2022 2:08 pm
Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Yo-Yo Ma are among the featured lecturers coming to Bentonville this fall as part of programming at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Museum officials announced…
by - August 23, 2022 4:54 pm
A severe drought this summer has left at least half of Arkansas’ pasturelands in poor or very poor condition, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This will likely lead…
by - August 22, 2022 3:26 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday (Aug. 22) that a video circulating on social media and news sites of three law enforcement officers in Crawford County beating a suspect on Sunday…
by - August 21, 2022 10:39 am
After surviving the pandemic, Arkansas’ hospitals are anything but on a road to recovery. Mounting financial pressures from workforce to reimbursements to inflation are leading to reductions in services and…
