by - December 29, 2020 4:17 pm
Cotton, along with other Arkansas row crops, got off to a slow start when the planting season began in 2020. Torrential rains stymied farmers’ efforts along with the impacts from…
by - December 29, 2020 2:55 pm
With hospitalizations and deaths continuing to set new daily records, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he is “not satisfied with the pace” of vaccinations in the state. He also warned the…
by - December 29, 2020 1:24 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill is nearly completed with the design work for a $31.66 million project to build a sky bridge and renovate the terminal entrance. Designers…
by - December 29, 2020 10:45 am
Walmart, Kroger and Walgreens and other top retailers could play a role in administering the COVID-19 vaccine expected to be available in the coming weeks and months. Consumer packaged goods…
by - December 28, 2020 4:37 pm
COVID-19 hospitalizations jumped a record 62 to set a new daily record of 1,155, according to Monday’s (Dec. 28) report from the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). The ADH also…
by - December 28, 2020 3:25 pm
Volatile weather, not just the COVID-19 pandemic, severely impacted the start of rice planting in Arkansas during the spring of 2020. Wet weather across much of the Southern Plains prevented…
by - December 28, 2020 2:36 pm
Modeling 2021 economic conditions may be akin to trying to hit a satellite with a BB gun. The virus is expected to rage well into the year, even with vaccines….
by - December 27, 2020 4:51 pm
A rare bit of good news on the COVID-19 front is that confirmed and probable active cases declined during the Christmas break and following weekend (Dec. 24-Dec. 27). However, new…
by - December 27, 2020 9:49 am
With President Donald Trump throwing Congress two curve balls in the last week on carefully crafted federal spending, U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, says he’ll vote to override a…
by - December 25, 2020 9:50 am
United States Attorney Cody Hiland announced Thursday (Dec. 24) that he will resign from his post in the Eastern District of Arkansas, effective 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2020. He…
by - December 23, 2020 3:46 pm
Daily COVID-19 hospitalizations set a record for the second consecutive day, and a report from the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) shows a record number of school districts in…
by - December 23, 2020 3:05 pm
Owners of Fort Smith-based River Valley Relief have taken legal action to block a Dec. 8 Zone 4 dispensary license decision by the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC). The action…
by - December 23, 2020 11:09 am
Nestlé will invest more than $100 million to expand the company’s production facility in Jonesboro to include a new line to produce Hot Pockets brand sandwiches, the company announced Wednesday…
by - December 23, 2020 11:02 am
Thomas “Gary” Hudson will retire as CEO of Farmers and Merchants Bank and The Bank of Fayetteville on Dec. 31, 2020, after leading the bank for the past 11 years,…
by - December 22, 2020 7:51 pm
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Bentonville-based Walmart on Tuesday, (Dec. 22) claiming the retail giant and its pharmacists did not properly screen opioid prescriptions, and the…
by - December 22, 2020 6:29 pm
With over 5,000 pages of legislation, there was bound to be plenty to help Arkansans in the newly-passed stimulus and government funding bill. Congress passed a comprehensive $900 billion coronavirus…
by - December 22, 2020 4:51 pm
With hospitalizations reaching a new record of 1,103 in Tuesday’s (Dec. 22) Arkansas Department of Health report, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said 124 more hospital beds will be added in Little…
by - December 22, 2020 3:20 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Tuesday (Dec. 22) announced she is leading a coalition of 16 states that have filed an amicus brief supporting the National Rifle Association’s (NRA)…
by - December 22, 2020 9:17 am
Transportation and logistics giant J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is partnering with the University of Arkansas in a new $2.25 million collaboration to address diversity and sustainability in the industry,…
by - December 21, 2020 3:36 pm
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) on Monday (Dec. 21) reported 58 more COVID-19 deaths, with 20 of those being delayed from previous days. Arkansas health officials also on Monday…
