by - October 3, 2014 7:15 am
Friday (Oct. 3) marks National Manufacturing Day and events happening across the region will mark the event in an industry that has seen significant declines both nationally and in Arkansas…
by - October 3, 2014 5:29 am
Over the last decade, Southwestern Energy Co. wrote the state of Arkansas a billion-dollar economic development check each year, not counting the interest made on high-paying jobs and shale dollars turning over in local communities. Can it continue?
by - October 3, 2014 5:13 am
Jak Chakhalian, a professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, has been awarded $1.8 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to create and investigate novel quantum materials…
by - October 2, 2014 5:02 pm
There has been an interesting back-and-forth this week between Republican Attorney General candidate Leslie Rutledge and Democratic Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane. In short, Crane canceled Rutledge’s voter registration based…
by - October 2, 2014 4:28 pm
According to Gov. Mike Beebe’s office and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, the state of Arkansas has paid off its federal debt for funds borrowed to prop up the…
by - October 2, 2014 4:21 pm
The next four days will be a dream for local political aficionados as virtually every statewide candidate for office will be in Northeast Arkansas, at campaign rallies, area festivals and…
by - October 2, 2014 4:17 pm
Hot Springs’ Historic Baseball Trail, a series of 28 historical markers throughout the city commemorating it as the Birthplace of Major League Baseball Spring Training, is being awarded the 2014…
by - October 2, 2014 4:16 pm
Rogers-based Ozark Mountain Poultry (OMP) will officially cut the ribbon on its new Warren poultry facility on Friday, Oct. 3 Oct. 3 – an expansion that will employ 124 local workers. The…
by - October 2, 2014 4:09 pm
The Walton Family Foundation has granted nearly $500,000 to KIPP Delta Public Charter Schools to fund a two-year pilot program to help prepare more students throughout the Delta for college….
by - October 2, 2014 10:21 am
Arkansas revenue forecasters said the state’s tax collections are about 0.5% below forecast after the first quarter of the state’s fiscal year, which ended September 30. Year-to-date net available general…
by - October 2, 2014 6:19 am
How does a retailer or product supplier find the proverbial “Bubba” to review a deer hunting product? Or how would a property manager based in Fayetteville or Fort Smith quickly…
by - October 1, 2014 9:42 pm
Editor’s note: Reporter Elicia Dover with our content partner, KATV Ch. 7 News, provided the bulk of this report. Talk Business & Politics Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock also contributed to this…
by - October 1, 2014 9:29 pm
Members of the state House and Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committees heard testimony Wednesday regarding a movement to amend the U.S. Constitution through a method never before used…
by - October 1, 2014 8:38 pm
A non-profit in Pine Bluff and one in Fayetteville are combining forces to fight poverty and build communities across seven states in the South. On Wednesday (Oct. 1), alt.Consulting of…
by - October 1, 2014 7:58 pm
KATV’s Elicia Dover delivers Wednesday’s Election Central Daily Brief, which includes more news on Republican Attorney General nominee Leslie Rutledge and a pair of partisan “anniversaries.” RUTLEDGE ELIGIBILITY Pulaski County…
by - October 1, 2014 7:57 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart will face claims that it defrauded shareholders by concealing corruption linked to the ongoing bribery allegations and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act in its Mexican…
by - October 1, 2014 7:21 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe thanked hundreds of Southwestern Energy Co. employees on Wednesday for not only boosting the state’s economic fortunes over the last decade, but for helping to lessen the nation’s dependence on foreign energy sources.
by - October 1, 2014 2:32 pm
Windstream Corp. said it has acquired Chicago-based Business Only Broadband, a fixed wireless enterprise services provider with operations in Chicago, New York City, northern New Jersey and Milwaukee. Terms of…
by - October 1, 2014 10:32 am
Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams announced that Dominik Mjartan has been named CEO of Southern Bancorp Community Partners, a development finance partner organization of Southern, and Executive Vice President of…
by - October 1, 2014 10:29 am
Gov. Mike Beebe today announced the following judicial appointment: Robert W. McCorkindale, Harrison, as Special Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arkansas for the case styled 14-427, Nathaniel Smith,…
