by - September 25, 2018 5:44 pm
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith officials announced Tuesday (Sept. 25) that the Myles Friedman trust has donated $10.8 million to the university. It is the largest donation by an…
by - September 25, 2018 4:47 pm
Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) will receive a $2.9 million federal grant and use it to build a 10,000-square-foot office building, replacing the existing administrative office on U.S….
by - September 25, 2018 6:50 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, an early supporter of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, still believes he should be on the nation’s high court and she fears the allegations…
by - September 24, 2018 7:58 pm
Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck is going back to school. He will soon be in charge of security for the around 15,000 Fort Smith Public School students in 19 elementary…
by - September 24, 2018 5:57 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider numerous important cases in the fall term that begins Oct. 1, including one that could determine whether Arkansas Medicaid recipients can seek care in…
by - September 24, 2018 5:37 pm
There were two new developments Monday (Sept. 24) regarding Arkansas ballot initiatives that will determine the fate of proposals to raise the minimum wage and shorten term limits. In separate…
by - September 24, 2018 4:32 pm
Flexibility in hours-of-service rules are expected to benefit several large carriers, including Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services, and they could save more than $150 million and almost 2.3 million hours…
by - September 24, 2018 3:57 pm
The basic premise behind “The Debt Fixer” is that solutions exist to address the growing federal deficit, but the solutions are tough and full of political landmines. That premise will…
by - September 24, 2018 1:04 pm
Arkansas regulators are on schedule to issue pot dispensary licenses across the state by Thanksgiving if an agreement with a Boston-based consulting group is finalized as expected this week, a…
by - September 23, 2018 10:00 am
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. CEO Duane Highley isn’t selling much more electricity these days and he’s happy about it. Highley, who has been at the helm of one of the…
by - September 22, 2018 7:03 am
Vice President Mike Pence travelled to Little Rock on Friday (Sept. 21) to rally Republican troops for U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, and the GOP ticket in November. Speaking…
by - September 21, 2018 4:42 pm
Former State Sen. Jon Woods, R-Springdale, has appealed the conviction and sentence of 18 years and four months in federal prison handed down by U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks for…
by - September 21, 2018 2:13 pm
Arkansas’ unemployment rate edged back closer to last summer’s all-time low as nonfarm payroll hires in government and education offset fewer job adds in other sectors, according to newly released…
by - September 20, 2018 9:15 pm
The Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission on Thursday (Sept. 20) filed formal charges against Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Dan Kemp and five other justices more than a year after…
by - September 20, 2018 5:26 pm
In a new survey just released by a pro-China council that includes Tyson Foods, Walmart and Microsoft as members, three-fourths of the members who do business with China say they…
by - September 20, 2018 4:47 pm
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $155 million in new funding for support of states, territories, tribes and non-governmental organizations working to prevent the growing…
by - September 20, 2018 10:24 am
The Arkansas Department of Education has received a $9 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop and support school-based mental health programs in the…
by - September 19, 2018 5:29 pm
Officials with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) shed more light on the university’s new fixed tuition program for first-year entering students. UAFS Director of Government and Community…
by - September 19, 2018 4:53 pm
A report released Wednesday (Sept. 19) by the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) makes the case that one-fourth of the state’s workforce would benefit from the Issue 5…
by - September 19, 2018 4:07 pm
Democratic Congressional candidate Clarke Tucker had the stage to himself on Wednesday night (Sept. 19). Tucker sat for an hour with KATV’s Chris May and Talk Business & Politics’ Roby…
