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Stacy Hurst, Arkansas’ secretary of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, said while the recent legislative session spiked emails to her agency due to negative national headlines, there were also a number…
by - May 7, 2021 5:15 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (May 7) stopped the state’s participation in federal supplemental jobless benefits which provided an extra $300 a week to those who qualified. The move comes…
by - May 7, 2021 9:00 am
It had been nearly 50 years since I’d spent any time in northern Alabama before a brief trip there last week. I was interested to see not only what had…
by - May 6, 2021 10:14 am
Drax Group announced Thursday (May 6) it will begin constructing the first of three new “satellite” pellet plants in Arkansas. Drax Group is a worldwide sustainable biomass production and supply…
by - May 5, 2021 9:32 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Wednesday (May 5) a $2.6 million judgment against Real Travel, LLC, and the company’s founder Brian Scroggs. Real Travel, the now-defunct Bentonville-based company, through…
by - May 5, 2021 9:26 pm
Two criminal justice professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have been awarded a $324,987 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund a three-year program to…
by - May 4, 2021 2:36 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson wants more than 50% of Arkansans to receive at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose by early August, and state officials will pursue the goal by using pop-up…
by - May 4, 2021 11:55 am
Calendar shifts with tax filing, an improving economy and federal stimulus payments helped boost April tax revenue almost 20% more than the forecast, and pushed the state’s year-to-date revenue surplus…
by - May 4, 2021 7:00 am
Former Arkansas GOP chairman Doyle Webb announced Tuesday (May 4) he will enter the race for Lt. Governor in 2022. Webb, a former state senator from Benton, previously worked in…
by - May 3, 2021 4:54 pm
The Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield board of directors announced the election of Alec Farmer of Jonesboro, president of Farmer Enterprises, Inc., to its board on Monday (May 3)….
by - May 3, 2021 7:17 am
Former Republican Jason Davis announced Monday (May 3) he will seek the Democratic nomination in 2022 for Arkansas Attorney General. Davis, 34, is an attorney with Davis Law Firm in…
by - May 2, 2021 5:18 pm
Those outraged by legislation promulgated by the majority Republican legislative bodies during this unprecedented Arkansas Legislative Session should know it’s not personal. Many legislators believe their actions are in your…
by - May 2, 2021 3:48 pm
There has been growing optimism through the late spring and early summer that several row crops, including soybeans and corn, might add acres in 2021. The expectations are becoming a…
by - May 2, 2021 11:00 am
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill and Fort Smith Regional Airport could start sooner on infrastructure projects if they were to receive additional money from President Joe Biden’s plan…
by - May 2, 2021 10:58 am
UA Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj said new tax cuts and those proposed for later this year could help in a variety of ways, especially for lower income Arkansans, and…
by - April 30, 2021 12:03 pm
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), along with the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Arkansas Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, announced Friday (April 30) that Little Rock will…
by - April 29, 2021 2:14 pm
Windsor Door announced Thursday (April 29) it will add a third production line and second shift at its Little Rock manufacturing center. The expansion will create 42 new jobs bringing…
by - April 29, 2021 8:32 am
Colorado-based Summit Utilities, the parent company of Fort Smith-based Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp., announced Thursday (April 29) it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Arkansas and Oklahoma gas…
by - April 28, 2021 10:43 pm
In his first joint address to Congress, President Joe Biden delivered an hour-long speech calling on the nation’s lawmakers to enact an ambitious domestic and foreign agenda. “Tonight, I come…
by - April 28, 2021 4:53 pm
When Keith Chrestman was a child, he was fascinated by the television sitcom “Different Strokes” and honed in on one character in particular, the father in the series Mr. Drummond,…
