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Baptist Health CEO Troy Wells said his hospital system’s acquisition of two campuses in the Fort Smith region was tricky due to negotiations with a publicly-traded company, but he expects…
by - December 7, 2018 3:29 pm
Fort Smith business leaders heard Friday morning (Dec. 7) that the four Ts —- teachers, taxes, transportation and transformation — will be the main focus when the Arkansas General Assembly…
by - December 6, 2018 6:46 pm
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $20 million in grants for a bypass extension in Hot Springs. The money will come from the $1.5 billion Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage…
by - December 6, 2018 5:10 pm
Northwest Arkansas will receive a $25 million federal grant to build a 4.81-mile segment of Interstate 49 in Missouri and to complete the 18.9-mile Arkansas/Missouri connector, or the Bella Vista…
by - December 6, 2018 4:20 pm
Despite ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to prop up one of the ailing segments of the fossil fuel industry, U.S. coal consumption in the power sector is expected to…
by - December 5, 2018 9:19 pm
Arkansas’ first announced cannabis testing lab will hold an open house and dedication next week as the Natural State moves closer to entering the fast-growing medical marijuana industry that is…
by - December 5, 2018 9:44 am
A Hendren winning a political race in Benton County is hardly a surprise. Family patriarch Kim Hendren and one of his sons, Jim Hendren, have been reliably elected Republican legislators…
by - December 4, 2018 9:35 pm
Bentonville City Council member Stephanie Orman will be Bentonville’s next mayor. With all precincts reported by the Benton County Election Commission, Orman won 63.27% of the vote in a somewhat…
by - December 4, 2018 9:00 pm
On December 4, 2018, Frank Scott, Jr. became the first elected African-American mayor of the capital city of Little Rock, Arkansas. More than 60 years after the Central High Crisis…
by - December 4, 2018 5:51 pm
Attorney Will Gruber will join consulting firm inVeritas as vice president of government relations and strategic partnerships. InVeritas is a Little Rock-based global public affairs firm specializing in corporate and…
by - December 4, 2018 4:23 pm
Arkansas revenue collections through November continued at a healthy pace as new payroll additions and robust sales tax collections emptied into state budget coffers ahead of the holiday shopping season,…
by - December 3, 2018 9:50 pm
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe defended Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s work requirement for Arkansas Works recipients, while former Gov. Mike Huckabee said President Clinton was more helpful when he needed something…
by - December 3, 2018 8:48 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said the effort to create a two-year congressional budgeting process failed because it didn’t have the support of congressional leadership, because the threshold for passage…
by - December 3, 2018 8:00 am
The United States, Mexico, and Canada reached a tentative agreement to strike a new North American trade deal, and President Donald Trump has given Congress six months to approve the…
by - December 2, 2018 11:28 am
UA Walton College of Business economist Mervin Jebaraj says President Trump’s tariffs have likely overshadowed tax cuts as the major economic story for 2018. Appearing on this week’s edition of…
by - December 2, 2018 11:27 am
Dr. Joe Thompson, CEO of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement and a former state surgeon general, says the data is still incomplete to shape policy over two of the…
by - December 1, 2018 10:30 am
The nation’s 41st president died late Friday (Nov. 30) at the age of 94 after a series of health complications. George Herbert Walker (H.W.) Bush was elected president in 1988…
by - November 30, 2018 12:29 pm
Arkansas motorists won’t be getting a lump of coal this Christmas as gasoline prices are headed for their lowest level of this year. The impetus, of course, is rapidly declining…
by - November 29, 2018 7:46 pm
The Fort Smith Police Department is making progress on a new “community first” initiative aimed at building a less confrontational, stronger relationship with residents of Fort Smith. Operation Community First…
by - November 29, 2018 1:42 pm
The number of uninsured children increased from 2016 to 2017 in Arkansas and the United States. In Arkansas, it increased from 30,000 to 33,000, and from 4% of the population…
