by - March 9, 2012 10:01 am
Governor Mike Beebe today announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Billy "Scott" Berna, Fayetteville, to the Burial Association Board. Appointment expires Dec. 31, 2016. Replaces Donald Martin. Steve…
by - March 8, 2012 6:59 pm
Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc. of Fayetteville and Central Research of Lowell are among 75 small businesses in the United States receiving "Blue Ribbon" status in 2012. The award comes…
by - March 8, 2012 9:09 am
Quad/Graphics, a printing company based in Sussex, Wisc., is closing its Jonesboro plant in the fourth quarter of this year. “We continue to make the bold and necessary moves to…
by - March 7, 2012 9:22 am
Tyson Foods continues to fight hunger across America, but Saturday (March 10) the meat giant will share that message at home with a 9:30 a.m. press conference at the University…
by - March 7, 2012 8:36 am
Tyson Prepared Foods in South Hutchison, Kansas is recalling about 12,060 pounds of pizza topping products because of mislabeling. The Food Safety Inspection Service notice of recall indicates the packages…
by - March 6, 2012 11:41 pm
Chicken The chicken processing margin averaged zero cents a pound, 13-cents better than a year ago. Broiler egg sets were down 5.5% to 195.2 million eggs. Heads slaughtered declined 4.8%…
by - March 6, 2012 10:02 pm
WEST MEMPHIS — Officials with the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism presented the annual Henry Awards during the closing banquet of the 38th annual Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism….
by - March 6, 2012 3:29 pm
FAYETTEVILLE – Terri Church, a clinical nurse specialist at Washington Regional, has been named CNS Educator of the Year by the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS), an organization…
by - March 6, 2012 3:06 pm
Liberty Bank of Arkansas is set to build a new banking center at the corner of Joyce Boulevard and Vantage Drive in Fayetteville. Bank officials broke ground Tuesday afternoon, (March….
by - March 6, 2012 7:34 am
Keith Roper, an engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas, and research colleagues at the University of Utah have discovered a new method of making nanoparticles and nanofilms to be…
by - March 2, 2012 10:33 am
Students at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville welcome a mobile device charging station recently installed in the school’s Student Center. The investment was made to help on-the-go students, faculty,…
by - March 1, 2012 12:19 pm
Walmart shareholders will receive an about 9% dividend increase in fiscal 2013 as the retail giant rewards investors who stay on board. The Wal-Mart Stores Inc. board of directors approved…
by - March 1, 2012 10:50 am
Bad Boy Mowers, a manufacturer of a variety of zero-turn mowers and multi-terrain vehicles (MTV), on Thursday (March 1) announced plans to expand its operations in Batesville, where the company…
by - February 29, 2012 7:27 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe on Wednesday (Feb. 29) announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Kathy Burl, North Little Rock, reappointed to the Arkansas State Board of Athletic Training. Appointment…
by - February 29, 2012 4:20 pm
Dr. Alfred Gordon Jr., the head team primary care physician for Razorback Athletics will be honored as the 2011-12 Southeastern Conference Team Physician of the Year by the Southern Orthopaedic…
by - February 29, 2012 3:23 pm
Walmart stores in Branson and Lebanon, Mo. sustained damage from severe storms that swept through the region early Wednesday (Feb. 29). The Walmart Super Center located at 2050 W 76…
by - February 28, 2012 10:41 am
Chicken The chicken processing margin averaged 3 cents a pound, 16-cents better than a year ago. Broiler egg sets were down 6.1% to 194.8 million eggs. Heads slaughtered declined 7.2%…
by - February 28, 2012 10:37 am
Arkansas will host the University of Tulsa on Nov. 3 as part of Homecoming festivities on the Fayetteville campus. Additional details, including kickoff time and the network televising the game…
by - February 27, 2012 9:11 am
A school voucher program in Milwaukee increased the chances of students graduating from high school and going on to college, according to the School Choice Demonstration Project based at the…
by - February 24, 2012 5:51 pm
The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services has received a $4.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to train more than 1,500 Arkansans to become nurses. The Department of…
