by - October 15, 2020 12:03 pm
Conway-based Home BancShares, the parent company of Centennial Bank, posted third quarter net income of $69.3 million, down 4.8% from the same quarter in 2019. Part of the decline was…
by - October 14, 2020 7:02 pm
The Arkansas PBS U.S. Senate debate on Wednesday (Oct. 14) was very one-sided… because only one candidate participated. Libertarian Senate candidate Ricky Dale Harrington was interviewed for the full hour…
by - October 14, 2020 4:30 pm
With COVID-19 cases and deaths continuing to rise, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (Oct. 14) announced a plan to use an initial allotment of 100,000 rapid test kits and the…
by - October 14, 2020 3:14 pm
Arkansas Farm Bureau officials said the strong response to a new $5 million grant program for expanding and upgrading Arkansas meat processing facilities highlights the need for reviving a state…
by - October 14, 2020 1:19 pm
Holiday shipping season, or peak season, has contributed to tighter capacity and rising rates, but capacity and rates were already at elevated levels leading into the season amid the COVID-19…
by - October 14, 2020 12:58 pm
Households that qualify for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will spend in 2020 an estimated $55 billion on food and beverage purchases, or roughly 9.7%…
by - October 13, 2020 6:17 pm
A COVID-19 modeling update from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences reports “significant growth in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths” in recent weeks, but also includes estimates of reduced…
by - October 13, 2020 5:27 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said he best knows the issues facing the 3rd Congressional District. Democrat challenger Celeste Williams said Womack has done nothing meaningful during his 10 years…
by - October 13, 2020 2:26 pm
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, sparred Tuesday (Oct. 13) with rivals William Hanson, D-Camden, and Frank Gilbert, L-Tull, over the fate of healthcare expansion, a second pandemic stimulus…
by - October 12, 2020 5:15 pm
U.S. Rep. Hill, R-Little Rock, and state Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, sparred over health care and tax cuts during their debate hosted by Arkansas PBS in Conway on Monday…
by - October 12, 2020 3:18 pm
COVID-19 hospitalizations jumped above 600 in Monday’s (Oct. 12) report from the Arkansas Department of Health. The number of active cases and Arkansans on ventilators also rose, with total known…
by - October 12, 2020 11:39 am
Dean Banks, president and CEO of Springdale-based meat giant Tyson Foods, will be a featured speaker at the seventh annual Northwest Arkansas Technology Summit that will take place virtually next…
by - October 12, 2020 10:11 am
Farmers throughout the Arkansas Delta had to grapple with the remnants of Hurricane Delta during the weekend. The storm dumped inches of rain on agriculture fields throughout the region during…
by - October 12, 2020 7:34 am
This week, Arkansas PBS will host several Congressional debates and a Senate forum. The schedule for the taping and airing of Congressional debates begins on Monday afternoon when incumbent U.S….
by - October 11, 2020 10:42 am
There will be three proposed constitutional amendments on voters’ November ballots that could affect highway funding, term limits and the initiative process itself. Issues 1, 2 and 3 are all…
by - October 10, 2020 3:25 pm
UA Little Rock Chancellor Christina Drale outlined a vision and priorities for the metropolitan university on Friday (Oct. 9) in a speech to the University Assembly. Drale has guided UA…
by - October 9, 2020 5:39 pm
It’s been a tough start to October in Arkansas on the COVID-19 front. The number of known cumulative cases rose almost 7% and the number of confirmed deaths rose almost…
by - October 9, 2020 2:15 pm
At the groundbreaking ceremony of its new Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts, University of Central Arkansas officials announced Friday (Oct. 9) a new $3 million gift for the…
by - October 9, 2020 2:12 pm
A decades-long goal of creating a bypass on U.S. 412 around the city of Paragould in Greene County to connect into U.S. 49 has finally become a reality. State workers…
by - October 9, 2020 12:18 pm
Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been awarded $1.3 million to study disparities in immune response to COVID-19, through serological testing in Arkansas. Serological testing…
