by - June 5, 2025 7:24 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Thursday (June 5) that she will travel to Paris and Switzerland for an economic trade mission from June 14-19. The Governor’s trip will include appearances on…
by - June 4, 2025 9:33 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders on Wednesday (June 4) joined First Gentleman and Natural State Initiative Advisory Council Chair Bryan Sanders, along with Mary Beth Hatch, chief of education for the Arkansas…
by - June 4, 2025 11:17 am
Benton and Washington counties in Northwest Arkansas were in the top 5 among the nation’s largest 369 counties for average weekly wage percentage gains in the fourth quarter of 2024….
by - June 4, 2025 10:00 am
A.E. Shoffner decided to move from Orange County, N.C., to Jackson County in Arkansas in the 1860s to start a farm. He primarily grew cotton, and it wasn’t long before…
by - June 3, 2025 6:46 pm
The National Cold War Center (NCWC) announced Tuesday (June 3) that Dr. Christian Ostermann, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Cold War, has become the organization’s executive director….
by - June 3, 2025 11:08 am
Contractors have prepared for and continue to discuss how import tariffs – either proposed, implemented, sometimes rescinded or reduced by the Trump Administration – will impact construction material prices in…
by - June 3, 2025 10:52 am
Green Bay Packaging, a packaging solutions manufacturer, announced Tuesday (June 3) it is expanding its existing production facility in Morrilton with an investment of more than $1 billion. This expansion…
by - June 3, 2025 10:09 am
Arkansas tax revenue is down $372.7 million in the first 11 months of the fiscal year, but the almost 5% decline is 0.3% above the budget forecast. The state’s sales…
by - June 3, 2025 7:11 am
ACC Capital announced the official launch of the ACC Capital Foundation, its 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm, formerly known as the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation. With a renewed mission and expanded scope,…
by - June 2, 2025 1:18 pm
Investigators from the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office led an organized retail crime blitz in Jonesboro with the cooperation of the Jonesboro Police Department and 13 retail store locations last week,…
by - June 2, 2025 1:08 pm
Little Rock-based Southern Bancorp, Inc., a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and holding company for Southern Bancorp Bank, plans to acquire Ozarks Heritage Financial Group, and its wholly owned subsidiary,…
by - June 2, 2025 10:50 am
Large-scale solar power facilities are on about 0.2% of Arkansas agricultural land, with utility-scale solar ranging in land use between 445 acres for a 50-megawatt site to 2,670 acres for…
by - June 2, 2025 8:20 am
Olivia Walton, a champion for improving maternal health in Arkansas, is promoting recent Arkansas changes nationally as part of an effort to continue more improvements in aiding mothers’ and infants’…
by - June 2, 2025 7:32 am
Kendra Pruitt, former chief of staff for the City of Little Rock, announced Monday (June 2) the launch of Solution Seekers, a boutique consulting firm offering a variety of services…
by - June 1, 2025 8:50 am
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., laid out his thoughts on the reconciliation bill that passed the U.S. House and will now be considered by the full Senate. Not surprisingly, the…
by - May 30, 2025 12:59 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Fort Worth, Texas-based BNSF Railway and Mexico rail provider Grupo México Transportes (GMXT) have launched a new intermodal service in Mexico, modeled after…
by - May 29, 2025 7:36 pm
More than 200 people gathered Thursday (May 29) for the opening of a $31 million food hub in downtown Springdale that will support a Walton Family Foundation initiative to strengthen…
by - May 29, 2025 6:44 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, co-led a letter to the leadership of the House Appropriations Committee requesting an H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze in upcoming appropriations legislation. He was joined…
by - May 29, 2025 6:34 pm
Western Global Airlines has opened a new base maintenance facility at the Arkansas International Airport in Blytheville. The new facility includes a 50,000-square-foot hangar, the largest at the Aeroplex, and…
by - May 29, 2025 3:44 pm
Where does the buck stop? That’s the question for courts to determine between present and past Tyson Foods execs and the survivors of former employees who died from their exposure…
