by - December 10, 2018 12:56 pm
Rogers-based tech company RichContext is a startup launched in mid-2016, but it has rapidly grown its client base to include some of the biggest names in the consumer packaged goods…
by - December 10, 2018 10:40 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank has created a new operations role for Matt Machen — regional executive of enhanced banking services. Machen joined Arvest this year following its acquisition of Bear State…
by - December 9, 2018 12:54 pm
When a Portland, Ore.-based artist needed help last spring constructing an exhibit at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, museum officials in Bentonville called upon the University of Arkansas. To…
by - December 9, 2018 12:48 pm
Northwest Arkansas is well known for Razorback athletics, and it’s ground zero for retail and supply chain logistics. Very few, though, would think the region is on the minds of…
by - December 9, 2018 10:43 am
Baptist Health CEO Troy Wells said his hospital system’s acquisition of two campuses in the Fort Smith region was tricky due to negotiations with a publicly-traded company, but he expects…
by - December 9, 2018 9:54 am
The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s State Plant Board has approved restrictive use of the herbicide dicamba for the upcoming growing season, and now it will be under Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s review….
by - December 7, 2018 6:56 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum will go before the Fort Smith board of directors Tuesday (Dec. 11) to ask for a special election to ask the voters for a one-time, non-renewable,…
by - December 7, 2018 3:29 pm
Fort Smith business leaders heard Friday morning (Dec. 7) that the four Ts —- teachers, taxes, transportation and transformation — will be the main focus when the Arkansas General Assembly…
by - December 7, 2018 12:24 pm
Imports on goods from China continue to set records, with two million containers reaching U.S. ports in October, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released Friday (Dec. 7)…
by - December 6, 2018 8:33 pm
Walmart’s shopping spree continues with the latest purchase of Art.com, a startup founded in 1998, and now the largest online art and wall decor retailer with more than two million…
by - December 6, 2018 5:10 pm
Northwest Arkansas will receive a $25 million federal grant to build a 4.81-mile segment of Interstate 49 in Missouri and to complete the 18.9-mile Arkansas/Missouri connector, or the Bella Vista…
by - December 6, 2018 4:20 pm
Despite ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to prop up one of the ailing segments of the fossil fuel industry, U.S. coal consumption in the power sector is expected to…
by - December 6, 2018 3:08 pm
Online shoppers showed up big Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday by spending an estimated $24.2 billion this year, up 23.3% from a year ago, according to Adobe and eMarketer.com. Andrew…
by - December 6, 2018 10:30 am
Two new parking lots are in the works near the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers’ Pinnacle Hills area that planners say should alleviate any concerns of a parking…
by - December 5, 2018 9:19 pm
Arkansas’ first announced cannabis testing lab will hold an open house and dedication next week as the Natural State moves closer to entering the fast-growing medical marijuana industry that is…
by - December 5, 2018 2:40 pm
While voice-activated commerce is still only about $2 billion of the total U.S. retail spend, the segment is poised grow to $40 billion by 2022, according to OC&C Strategy Consultants….
by - December 5, 2018 1:30 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has added five Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter trucks to its fleet, and they are the Lowell-based carrier’s first all-electric trucks. The carrier on Wednesday (Dec. 5) had…
by - December 5, 2018 9:44 am
A Hendren winning a political race in Benton County is hardly a surprise. Family patriarch Kim Hendren and one of his sons, Jim Hendren, have been reliably elected Republican legislators…
by - December 4, 2018 9:00 pm
On December 4, 2018, Frank Scott, Jr. became the first elected African-American mayor of the capital city of Little Rock, Arkansas. More than 60 years after the Central High Crisis…
by - December 4, 2018 5:36 pm
Growing up in Granite City, Ill., Nucor’s Mary Emily Slate was destined for a career in steel manufacturing. It was that community’s primary trade and after working in the industry…
