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…
by - May 29, 2025 11:52 am
Arkansas’ severance tax revenue will need a major boost in the final two months of fiscal year 2025 if it is to rebound above the $16.41 million in fiscal year…
by - May 29, 2025 11:47 am
Express Scripts by Evernorth, the pharmacy benefits business of The Cigna Group, and its affiliated pharmacies, filed a lawsuit Thursday (May 29) in federal court to strike down Arkansas’ new…
by - May 28, 2025 4:59 pm
State officials on Wednesday (May 28) approved a lithium compensation plan as part of an application from Standard Lithium subsidiary SWA Lithium for its planned mining in the Smackover Formation…
by - May 28, 2025 2:28 pm
All seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas posted job gains in April, with the estimated number of jobs in the Northwest Arkansas metro setting a new record at…
by - May 28, 2025 8:44 am
A Chinese state-owned company that owned land in Craighead County has sold that land, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. Syngenta Seeds LLC sold more than 150 acres to…
by - May 27, 2025 5:44 pm
The need for more affordable housing continues to accelerate in Northwest Arkansas, according to the Walton Family Foundation. The foundation released an update Tuesday (May 27) to its first Our…
by - May 25, 2025 11:34 am
Glen Howie is coming up on his three-year work anniversary in Arkansas, and he has more than a billion reasons to celebrate. Howie is the state’s broadband director, and since…
by - May 25, 2025 8:51 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, thinks the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” passed by the House this week will have a broad positive impact on his constituents, and he believes the…
by - May 25, 2025 8:48 am
Arkansas Speaker of the House Rep. Brian Evans, R-Cabot, was satisfied with his first legislative session in charge, but he thinks tax cuts may wait with the uncertainty around federal…
by - May 23, 2025 4:06 pm
Two Federal Reserve District presidents discussed the importance of community banks and what the Fed and other federal agencies are doing to help them, such as through programs and events…
