by - October 28, 2019 6:08 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ economy continues to thrive if sales and use tax collections are any indication of consumer spending in Craighead County and Jonesboro. In October, the city collected $1.633 million…
by - October 28, 2019 5:31 pm
Little Rock-based AR Cannabis Clinic (ARCC) has announced plans to expand its operations with multiple new medical offices across the state that specializes in certifying new patients seeking pot for…
by - October 28, 2019 3:36 pm
Shares of Tyson Foods rose 4.59% on Monday (Oct. 28) as analysts expect chicken processors will benefit on news that China could soon lift a ban on U.S. poultry that…
by - October 28, 2019 3:28 pm
Almost 37% of the more than $684.821 million 10-year capital improvement plans for Fort Smith’s water and sewer system is related to federal consent decree requirements, with those requirements estimated…
by - October 28, 2019 11:10 am
Rep. John Walker, who represented African-American students and Nolan Richardson as an attorney and also represented his Little Rock district in the Arkansas House of Representatives, was found dead in…
by - October 27, 2019 7:44 pm
Camden native Tommy Tuberville, the former college coach at Auburn, Ole Miss, Texas Tech and Cincinnati, is a leading candidate for the Republican nomination in the Alabama U.S. Senate race…
by - October 27, 2019 7:26 pm
University of Arkansas Walton College of Business economist Mervin Jebaraj says China’s economy has been growing slowly for the better part of this decade and that the tariff war started…
by - October 27, 2019 5:44 pm
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas nominated candidates for next year’s U.S. Senate race and two U.S. House of Representatives races Saturday (Oct. 26), assuming a court of appeals allows those…
by - October 26, 2019 4:55 pm
Fort Smith Prosecuting Attorney John Settle died Saturday morning (Oct. 26) after suffering a heart attack at a gym. Settle, an attorney in Fort Smith for more than 40 years,…
by - October 25, 2019 5:03 pm
Cool temperatures and drizzle greeted guests that gathered in Hickman Friday (Oct. 25) as Nucor unveiled its new $230 million specialty cold mill complex. Mississippi County has long been touted…
by - October 24, 2019 7:58 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and other state officials presented grants totaling more than $8.8 million to 78 Arkansas communities and counties at a ceremony held Oct. 24 at the Arkansas State…
by - October 24, 2019 7:06 pm
It’s been a long road for Safe Foods Corporation. Borne out of research conducted at UAMS twenty years ago, the privately-owned startup biotech company has turned a big corner and…
by - October 24, 2019 6:34 pm
The Delta Regional Authority announced that six additional rural hospitals will participate in the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development – Technical Assistance Program (DRCHSD), which helps improve healthcare services…
by - October 24, 2019 12:38 pm
The U.S. Census Bureau has launched a national recruitment effort to hire approximately 500,000 temporary workers to help conduct the 2020 Census. Nearly 4,000 local recruiting events are scheduled to…
by - October 24, 2019 11:34 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and Philander Smith College have created a 4+3 pipeline program for law students. This new partnership recognizes…
by - October 24, 2019 11:31 am
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $5.6 million grant to advance the NuCress scaffold, a groundbreaking bone regeneration technology. The…
by - October 23, 2019 9:18 pm
The director of the Arkansas Beverage Control Board (ABC) said on Wednesday (Oct. 23) that agency officials may rewrite state medical marijuana rules that would allow regulators to revoke licenses…
by - October 23, 2019 1:56 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments on Wednesday (Oct. 23): Dale Douthit, Russellville, to the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System. Appointment expires March 9,…
by - October 22, 2019 8:28 pm
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) announced Tuesday (Oct. 22) a $1.5 million investment into 11 organizations across the Mississippi River Delta region to align workforce and economic development strategies, enhance…
by - October 22, 2019 4:46 pm
The city of Fort Smith seeks to sell three parcels of land at Chaffee Crossing where the controversial and unfinished River Valley Sports Complex is located. The land up for…
