by - August 11, 2016 3:49 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories about the planned $900 million Diamond Pipeline that will transport crude oil across Arkansas. –––––––––––––––––– Diamond Pipeline officials are prepared to…
by - August 11, 2016 3:16 pm
Recruiting doctors to Northwest Arkansas is a constant challenge. That’s why the Walmart Foundation has awarded a $750,000 grant to the new Northwest Arkansas Community Internal Medicine Residency Program. Foundation…
by - August 11, 2016 1:08 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum kicked off a new era Wednesday night, Aug. 10, with the arrival of president and CEO Patrick Weeks from Dublin, Ohio. Weeks met with fundraisers, organizers and…
by - August 11, 2016 12:54 pm
Rumors have swirled for months about a new fully independent school in downtown Bentonville from grades six through 12. On Thursday (Aug. 11) Thaden School officials announced plans for a…
by - August 11, 2016 11:22 am
A former Fayetteville police chief and candidates from Chicago, New Mexico and Texas are among finalists for the open Fort Smith police chief job, and utility director candidate finalists are…
by - August 11, 2016 11:06 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– PENTAGON HOPES WORLD’S FIRST ALL-MACHINE HACKING, BOT-HUNTING CONTEST WILL LEAD TO BETTER…
by - August 11, 2016 10:51 am
Fifty-three leaders from eight states, including nine from Arkansas, graduated from the Delta Leadership Institute Executive Academy, a year-long leadership program that prepares them to address issues in the Mississippi…
by - August 11, 2016 10:13 am
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce encountered a new and potentially serious problem that could hurt the state’s jobs market when they toured the Remington Arms Company Inc. in Lonoke…
by - August 11, 2016 8:53 am
Communications Sales & Leasing Inc.’s on Thursday (Aug. 11) reported that its second quarter earnings fell into the red as the state’s only publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)…
by - August 10, 2016 7:49 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority (LRTPA) on Wednesday unanimously adopted a measure to dissolve the local business incubator’s stake in the city’s Metrocentre Improvement District Commission, a nonprofit vehicle…
by - August 10, 2016 4:22 pm
The Fort Smith Parks Commission on Wednesday (Aug. 10) discussed the Parks Department’s capital improvement plan (CIP) and if it should include a proposed $1 million downtown improvement. Meeting at…
by - August 10, 2016 4:13 pm
On Wednesday’s Talk Business & Politics Daily digital newscast KATV’s Janelle Lilley examines three ads airing out of state involving Donald Trump as a political weapon. In our Inside the…
by - August 10, 2016 3:50 pm
Sebastian County Sheriff Deputy Bill Cooper died following an early Wednesday morning shootout near Hackett with suspect Billy Jones. Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck praised Cooper as a “perfect example”…
by - August 10, 2016 3:40 pm
Hunter Riley and John Godwin found themselves in Chicago, a long way from the North Little Rock neighborhood where they grew up. Riley was couch surfing at Godwin’s while in…
by - August 10, 2016 3:12 pm
It’s no secret that homes in the areas of preferred elementary schools often have higher prices than those in underperforming districts. Benton County results are mixed in terms of school…
by - August 10, 2016 2:54 pm
At age 64, Betsy McNeil is getting rid of her furniture, her clothes and her artwork, and she is downsizing. Really downsizing. In mid-August, McNeil will move into a 399-square-foot…
by - August 10, 2016 1:57 pm
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up health-related topics. ––––––––––––––– CMS WARNS STATE REGULATORS, NURSING HOME OPERATORS OF GROWING SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE The U.S….
by - August 10, 2016 1:08 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (Aug. 10) said he was not going to try to “get into Donald Trump’s mind” to try and figure out recent comments the Republican candidate…
by - August 10, 2016 12:38 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin and three members of the state’s congressional delegation all gathered together on Wednesday at a North Little Rock petroleum storage facility off the…
by - August 10, 2016 9:15 am
Peco Foods Inc. has hired more than 500 workers, and could employ more than 1,000 at its new poultry processing plant in Pocahontas. The 272,000-square-foot plant cost $165 million to…
