by - January 7, 2019 2:33 pm
The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) approved two licenses for pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), under the guise of a new law passed in a 2018 special session. AID Commissioner Allen Kerr…
by - January 7, 2019 1:22 pm
Roughly 93 million Americans overspent on their holiday purchases according to WalletHub’s post-holiday shopping survey. As the credit card bills begin to roll in over the next few weeks, WalletHub…
by - January 7, 2019 10:36 am
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a utility company of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP), will request proposals for up to 1,200 megawatts of wind energy projects to be in…
by - January 5, 2019 9:14 pm
Longtime Rogers civic leader and former State Rep. Dick Barclay of Rogers died Friday (Jan. 4) in Rogers from health complications due to Alzheimer’s. He was 81. Barclay served as…
by - January 4, 2019 5:26 pm
Hundreds crowded into the Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal Building to witness former State Rep. George McGill, D-Fort Smith, be sworn in as the first African-American mayor in Fort Smith’s…
by - January 4, 2019 5:18 pm
Centene Corporation has agreed to buy QualChoice Health Insurance. Terri Parker West, QualChoice Health Insurance communications & design manager, confirmed Friday (Jan. 4) that QualChoice’s parent company, Catholic Health Initiatives,…
by - January 4, 2019 4:32 pm
It’s not enough to bring medical students to Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education, according to ACHE President Kyle Parker, who spoke at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of…
by - January 4, 2019 3:24 pm
State and city leaders celebrated the completion of a segment of Arkansas Highway 265 and honored Dick Trammel of Rogers, outgoing chairman of the Arkansas Highway Commission, in a ceremony…
by - January 3, 2019 5:59 pm
Key Fort Smith area news in 2018 included a change in ownership of one of the oldest hospitals in Arkansas, the first Fort Smith Public School millage increase in 31…
by - January 3, 2019 3:41 pm
In early 2019, consumers across Northwest Arkansas will be among the first in the country to eliminate clunky coin change using digital piggybank software developed by Bucket Technologies. Bringing the…
by - January 3, 2019 3:14 pm
Arkansas lawmakers will go into the upcoming legislative session with a $17 million surplus as Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s plan for a sizable tax cut to reduce the top personal income…
by - January 3, 2019 2:30 pm
Turnover at large truckload carriers declined 11 percentage points to 87%, and a strong peak season has ended in the transportation sector while the outlook for 2019 remains uncertain. After…
by - January 2, 2019 4:41 pm
2018 saw plenty of significant business and political news stories in Northwest Arkansas. In our annual Top 10 list, we present the developments that had the most impact on the…
by - January 2, 2019 12:13 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (Jan. 2) named businessman and political activist Keith Gibson to the Arkansas Highway Commission. He replaces Dick Trammel of Rogers whose 10-year term expires Jan….
by - January 1, 2019 1:47 pm
Talented people are the driving force behind any effective economic strategy. As 2019 begins, one of Northwest Arkansas’ leading development officials believes attracting and retaining those individuals remains the defining…
by - January 1, 2019 1:34 pm
Italy-based Colavita, a longtime Walmart food supplier, embraces the challenges of balancing online commerce and subscription-based meal kits with expanding its brick-and-mortar presence. It’s not often a family-owned business based…
by - January 1, 2019 1:18 pm
As the new year gets underway, many Arkansans will be among the millions of workers across the U.S. getting a wage hike as more than two dozen states implement changes…
by - January 1, 2019 12:59 pm
The Millennial generation is too big to ignore and is expected to surpass the Boomers as the nation’s largest generation in 2019, according to the Pew Research Center. The sheer…
by - December 31, 2018 4:54 pm
Windstream Holdings Inc. closed out a challenging year on Monday with the all-cash sale of its Earthlink branded internet service for $330 million, the Little Rock telecom announced Monday (Dec….
by - December 31, 2018 12:23 pm
Rich Grubbs is “like a kid with a new toy” when he talks about the possibilities of North Walton Boulevard in Bentonville. Grubbs, owner of Arkansas Commercial Real Estate, believes…
