by - March 6, 2019 6:22 pm
It’s been nearly five years since Greg Foran took over as CEO of some 4,700 Walmart U.S. stores. Speaking to investors at the UBS Consumer and Retail Conference in Boston…
by - March 6, 2019 5:03 pm
Karen Watts has been hired as the new digital and innovation manager for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Her job will be to bring modern technology and…
by - March 6, 2019 4:17 pm
Wisconsin-based Artemax Inc. is one of Walmart’s Open Call success stories in the retailer’s efforts to grow and support U.S. manufacturing jobs. The wristband manufacturer based outside Milwaukee employs about…
by - March 6, 2019 3:27 pm
Naming the basketball court at Bud Walton Arena for former University of Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson has been a popular topic among Razorback fans this season, 25 years after the…
by - March 6, 2019 1:25 pm
With an unlikely probability of gaining legislative referral in the 2019 session, attorney Alex Gray – one of the leaders of the successful casino amendment in 2018 – is seeking…
by - March 6, 2019 1:07 pm
Lockheed Martin Corp.’s industrial site in Camden is likely to be apportioned a significant amount of work from the Pentagon’s nearly $1 billion contract to provide so-called THAAD missiles to…
by - March 6, 2019 10:51 am
A Little Rock startup that aspires to be at the forefront of the fast-growing, multi-billion dollar food specialty market can trace part of its roots back to the public tennis…
by - March 5, 2019 9:21 pm
As the race to open Arkansas’ first cannabis dispensary in time for April showers grows closer, the state Medical Marijuana Commission (MMC) on Tuesday (March 5) approved the first round…
by - March 5, 2019 7:51 pm
Walmart has spent the past 18 months consolidating two older distribution facilities in Bentonville and Fort Smith into one new state-of-the-art fashion and apparel distribution center. On Tuesday (March 5),…
by - March 5, 2019 3:08 pm
Traffic congestion was projected to cost the trucking industry an additional $15.74 billion in 2016, according to a new study from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The nonprofit research…
by - March 5, 2019 1:18 pm
A Senate bill to reset the state’s net-metering policy on solar energy was finally pushed out of committee on Tuesday (March 5) after going through several revisions since the beginning…
by - March 5, 2019 10:27 am
Leaders of the city of Fayetteville, Ozarks Electric Cooperative and Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) broke ground Monday (March 4) on the largest solar power system on municipal land in Arkansas….
by - March 4, 2019 9:26 pm
The Arkansas Senate on Monday (March 4) unanimously adopted a bill that would change a 102-year old law to clarify serious violations on the use of the farming herbicide dicamba,…
by - March 4, 2019 6:38 pm
The twin pillars of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s highway plan – a fuel tax increase and an extension of the half-cent sales tax – moved another step closer to passage Monday…
by - March 4, 2019 5:51 pm
Two Grammy Award winners will headline the benefit concert at the 2019 Johnny Cash Heritage Festival in the cotton field adjacent to the Cash Boyhood Home in Dyess. The festival…
by - March 4, 2019 5:36 pm
Little Rock continues to the lead the state’s travel industry, according to the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau’s 2018 annual report. More than 6.4 million people visited Pulaski County…
by - March 4, 2019 4:58 pm
Walmart shoppers who want a credit option for larger purchases made in stores or online will soon have another choice. The retail giant is partnering with Affirm, a financial services…
by - March 4, 2019 4:42 pm
Arkansas tax collections fell short of expectations in February due to thousands of federal employees across the state impacted by the partial government shutdown last month, state budget officials said…
by - March 4, 2019 3:22 pm
Through the county courthouse’s third-floor conference room windows, Benton County Judge Barry Moehring shares how he sees a new county courts campus fitting “efficiently” among existing buildings in the historic…
by - March 3, 2019 10:17 pm
TV reporter, press spokesman, PR professional, film enthusiast, comedian. Not necessarily in that order. Matt DeCample wore a lot of hats in his too-short life. Former KATV reporter and longtime…
