by - January 26, 2016 9:02 pm
Baptist Health has created Arkansas’ first special purpose captive insurance company, Diamond Risk Insurance, which was approved Tuesday (Jan. 26) by the Arkansas Insurance Department. Bob Roberts, Baptist Health’s chief…
by - January 26, 2016 8:53 pm
A Jonesboro city council committee voted Tuesday (Jan. 26) to approve a one-year, $394,750 contract with the Northeast Arkansas Economic Development Commission, to provide economic development services for the city….
by - January 26, 2016 8:50 pm
Lake Village is among the 27 communities across the U.S. selected by the Obama Administration to participate in the “Local Foods, Local Places” (LFLP) initiative, a two-year federal program that…
by - January 26, 2016 8:26 pm
Officials with the four largest cities in Northwest Arkansas are optimistic they will continue to see sales tax revenue growth in 2016 thanks to steady employment and overall business expansion…
by - January 26, 2016 5:28 pm
Lance Beaty, one of the developers behind the renovation of Phoenix Village Mall and who is now in the process of redeveloping the Masonic Temple in downtown Fort Smith, has…
by - January 26, 2016 4:26 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Jan. 26) moved closer to a decision on whether to continue with Travelers Insurance for vehicle and property coverage on the city’s…
by - January 26, 2016 2:24 pm
Editor’s note: Each Tuesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Campus Talk,” a recap and roundup of education news. EL DORADO PROMISE TURNS NINE: It flew under the radar as most nine-year anniversaries…
by - January 26, 2016 1:05 pm
Southwest Power Pool officials on Tuesday (Jan. 26) released a study highlighting more than $240 million in fuel cost savings for utilities that provide power to many Arkansans because of…
by - January 26, 2016 10:17 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell below to 5% for the first time since June 2001 as the state’s labor pool climbed to 1,337,500 in December, according to the figures released Tuesday…
by - January 26, 2016 8:24 am
Former Arvest banker Dennis Smiley, who soon faces sentencing for fraud, believes the banks that loaned him money are not victims in his crime. He says they should have known…
by - January 26, 2016 8:02 am
Mark Pillow, an official with a group seeking to repeal a recently approved Jonesboro property maintenance code, said Monday an attempt to repeal the code is gathering steam. “The people…
by - January 25, 2016 9:57 pm
As Wal-Mart shutters 152 of its underperforming stores across the U.S., Murphy USA Inc. announced Monday that its board of directors has authorized a strategic allocation of $500 million to…
by - January 25, 2016 9:42 pm
Craighead County justices on Monday debated changing the formula by which sales tax revenues are distributed. However, the debate, which started on county roads, quickly went into the county budget…
by - January 25, 2016 8:04 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors may on Tuesday (Jan. 26) revisit the hot topic of pushing a prepared food tax to help shift a city budget expense that could…
by - January 25, 2016 6:40 pm
BancorpSouth posted fourth quarter net income of $21.2 million, below the $28.66 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 and well below what market watchers expected from the regional bank…
by - January 25, 2016 5:43 pm
Anita Bellew said Monday (Jan. 25) that there has been a tradition at Nettleton High School for many years of students learning about the real world that awaits them. About…
by - January 25, 2016 5:34 pm
Officials at Black Hills Corp. said they expect to close the $2 billion acquisition of SourceGas later in the first quarter, putting the South Dakota utility operator on target to…
by - January 25, 2016 5:26 pm
One casualty of the East Coast’s winter weather is Congress’ planned votes this week on overriding President Obama’s veto of the bill repealing Obamacare and defunding Planned Parenthood. The U.S….
by - January 25, 2016 5:20 pm
U.S. manufacturers began the year with a rebound in output and new business growth from the lows seen during December, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)…
by - January 25, 2016 5:11 pm
The University of Arkansas Department of Athletics is moving forward with a $160 million push for a renovation of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback football Stadium that will include significant additions…
