by - September 20, 2015 8:43 pm
As the sun rose Saturday morning, Dale Cullins introduced Tusk to Tail to a phenomenon known as the “Fayetteville fizzle,” occurring when the mountain elevation pushes smaller rainstorms either north…
by - September 20, 2015 7:43 pm
Highway funding has been more than a speed bump for policymakers to find a way to increase revenue while gas tax collections sputter and inflation keeps raising the price of…
by - September 20, 2015 7:22 pm
What does the 21st century hold for our young people? How do we prepare them for an unpredictable and unprecedented future in a global society? To begin to answer these pressing…
by - September 20, 2015 6:53 pm
This year, we worked hard to fund four new Career Centers in Ashdown, Clarksville, Mountain Home and Paris, Arkansas. This gives us more than 32 Career Centers in Arkansas. These…
by - September 18, 2015 4:42 pm
FEST OF ALE 2015 October 17, 2015 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The Annual Fest of Ale to benefit Girls Incorporated® of Fort Smith will be held on Saturday, October…
by - September 18, 2015 1:14 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate fell to 5.4% in August thanks to a year-over-year gain of more than 43,000 jobs. Also, the number of unemployed declined by 4,825 in August compared to…
by - September 18, 2015 11:30 am
In recent weeks two high ranking executives working at Wal-Mart in digital e-commerce and analytics have left the retailer for jobs at ABC-Disney and PepsiCo, both suppliers to Wal-Mart. Gibu…
by - September 17, 2015 5:45 pm
Former Oklahoma governor and American Banking Association CEO Frank Keating told an audience of mostly legal and financial professionals on Thursday (Sept. 17) that overly burdensome Dodd-Frank regulations implemented since…
by - September 17, 2015 5:33 pm
Wal-Mart Stores will build its next two e-commerce fulfillment centers in south-central Florida as part of its continued focus and investment to drive more online sales while also expediting delivery…
by - September 17, 2015 5:13 pm
The consultants who are preparing a report that will guide Arkansas’ health reform efforts are “absolutely in writing mode” as they near an expected Oct. 1 completion date, the firm’s…
by - September 17, 2015 3:57 pm
The post-Toledo debacle predictions are in and this group of Hog fans remain optimistic, with one predicting the Razorbacks will beat Texas Tech by a score of 48-13. One might…
by - September 17, 2015 3:26 pm
ABF Freight and Panther Premium Logistics have been named to Inbound Logistics’ Top 100 Truckers list for 2015. The two operations are subsidiaries of Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. Each year,…
by - September 17, 2015 3:20 pm
Efforts are made by Dawson Meadows to become Arkansas’ next Parks & Tourism Director or a small boat captain. Or maybe both. It’s uncertain. Also, there is no bleeping in…
by - September 17, 2015 2:54 pm
by - September 17, 2015 12:46 pm
Alma-based InvoTek Inc., along with three clinical partners, received funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). The 5-year, $5 million project seeks to improve…
by - September 17, 2015 12:39 pm
The local foreclosure pace in August bucked the national trend as the number of filings doubled in Benton, Sebastian and Washington counties compared to the same month last year, according…
by - September 17, 2015 9:14 am
Walmart will hire 60,000 workers to help the retailer through the holiday shopping cycle, with 1,245 of those short-term hires to be in Arkansas, the company announced Thursday (Sept. 17)…
by - September 16, 2015 8:03 pm
I’ll never forget what one of the best public school teachers I ever knew said about performance programs and those results. “If I had taken the career path to follow…
by - September 16, 2015 7:36 pm
The state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission (JDDC) concluded Wednesday that no evidence of misconduct occurred in a controversial Arkansas Supreme Court case involving same-sex marriage. In April of this…
by - September 16, 2015 5:32 pm
After giving a pep talk to hospitality industry leaders at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock, Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) told reporters on Wednesday that he had begun…
