by - October 12, 2017 2:37 pm
The Little Rock Technology Authority board of directors on Wednesday (Oct. 11) revealed that the city’s taxpayer-financed startup incubator will be completed this week and come in $2.5 million under…
by - October 12, 2017 12:57 pm
The future is here in terms of interconnected “smart” devices, also dubbed the internet of things (IoT). While proliferation of the technology is not mainstream among grocery and food companies,…
by - October 11, 2017 9:12 pm
Fort Smith area government officials remain supportive of an effort to build an intermodal facility in the region, with Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken saying it is a project…
by - October 11, 2017 7:27 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) updated its enplanement numbers as far back as 2015 to reflect aircraft landings that weren’t reported, leading to a more than 57,000 enplanement discrepancy over…
by - October 11, 2017 7:23 pm
The Pocahontas City Hall sits on historic ground. A century ago, Wear Kibler Schoonover’s boyhood home was located on that spot. Schoonover would become the first football player in the…
by - October 11, 2017 6:48 pm
Walmart U.S. CEO Greg Foran said he and his management team have spent two years “fixing stores.” By that, he means looking at every process within a store operation and…
by - October 11, 2017 4:10 pm
The Walton Family Foundation of Bentonville gave $21 million to support charter school facilities in Denver, New York City and Oakland, Calif., in the past year, according to its Year…
by - October 11, 2017 10:08 am
Bank of the Ozarks reported Wednesday (Oct. 11) that third quarter profits topped $96 million, easily beating year ago results and continuing a two-year streak for record quarterly earnings results,…
by - October 10, 2017 8:01 pm
To address the rising incidence of heroin and opioid addiction and fatal overdoses in Arkansas, the Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC) has formed a five-member Opioid Task Force. It includes…
by - October 10, 2017 6:53 pm
Arkansas soybean farmers had to whither springtime floods, dicamba drift, and even the remnants of two hurricanes late in the season. Despite those obstacles, about 62% of the 3.5 million…
by - October 10, 2017 6:30 pm
The state’s top utility regulator said Tuesday (Oct. 10) a proposed federal rule some critics say would prop up the nation’s declining coal and nuclear power industries would put the…
by - October 10, 2017 5:39 pm
What an eventful weekend Tusk to Tail just put in the books. We covered more ground to get to and from a tailgate, overcame some mechanical and weather related hurdles,…
by - October 10, 2017 5:05 pm
The hurricanes might have hurt the modest third-quarter growth in the economy, but efforts to clean up and rebuild should help trucking and logistics operators by generating “a lot of…
by - October 10, 2017 4:35 pm
Republican Jan Morgan, a Hot Springs gun range owner, public speaker, and Fox News contributor, has formed an exploratory committee to consider a GOP challenge to Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson….
by - October 10, 2017 3:31 pm
Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon told the investment community Tuesday (Oct. 10) he wouldn’t want to trade places with anyone else because he likes Wal-Mart’s odds to win in the…
by - October 9, 2017 11:03 pm
The Public Policy Center of the UA Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service works to explain ballot issues from a non-partisan perspective during election years. The group has new analysis…
by - October 9, 2017 8:02 pm
The price of used vehicles continues to rise at record levels, and increased 6.3% in September, from the same month in 2016. Since August, the price of used vehicles has…
by - October 9, 2017 7:02 pm
A full generation has passed since the U.S. beef industry launched its “Beef. It’s What For Dinner” campaign, but the sector’s largest trade group — the National Cattlemen’s Association —…
by - October 9, 2017 6:45 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court is deliberating a gerrymandering case out of Wisconsin and it could have an impact on Congressional redistricting nationwide. How it could impact Arkansas is unclear, according…
by - October 9, 2017 3:50 pm
The reaction to the Sept. 15 announcement by Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon that the company was going to invest in a new home office campus in Bentonville has been…
