by - August 23, 2012 3:48 pm
Even many well established businesses can’t boast the creation of more than 100 jobs in six years, but one University of Arkansas professor has those bragging rights. Carol Reeves, the…
by - August 23, 2012 1:36 pm
Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin (R) rejected a substitute ballot title for a casino gambling proposal and the measure’s main proponent vowed a court challenge. Martin ruled that Nancy…
by - August 23, 2012 10:07 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced it will expand immunizations in more than 2,700 of its stores, a move analysts say will likely help the retailer grow its health care marketshare. It’s…
by - August 23, 2012 7:31 am
Arkansans will decide whether or not to allow for legalized medicinal marijuana this November. A group pushing for passage of the measure was notified by Secretary of State Mark Martin…
by - August 22, 2012 9:38 pm
Early action in the race for Arkansas Senate District 9 includes two voter surveys with vastly different results. Arkansas Rep. Tracy Pennartz, D-Fort Smith, on Wednesday (Aug. 22) released a…
by - August 22, 2012 8:45 pm
ABF Freight System has notified the Teamsters that it will not negotiate a new labor contract under a National Master Freight Agreement (NMFA) that has been the template for many…
by - August 22, 2012 8:00 pm
Wal-Mart-owned Massmart Holdings Ltd., South Africa’s biggest food and goods wholesaler, will spend about 2.6 billion rand ($313 million) in the second half of this year and 2013 as it…
by - August 22, 2012 6:07 pm
On this week’s adventure, we are heading to an old favorite of mine. And old is a relative term, seeing as how they’ve only been around for a few years….
by - August 22, 2012 11:35 am
The cheerful and colorful pinwheels placed throughout Northwest Arkansas every April remind passersby that child abuse still ravages young lives in the community. Each pinwheel represents a child who was…
by - August 21, 2012 10:28 pm
Fort Smith sent a message to U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., on Tuesday night (Aug. 21) at the Defending Our Defenders Listening Session. Hundreds of citizens, including civic leaders, city…
by - August 21, 2012 9:45 pm
A new virtual initiative at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has the potential to change the way researchers at state public universities share research and to revolutionize the way…
by - August 21, 2012 6:58 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart is sitting behind an oak desk in his corner office nursing a Diet Pepsi. He used to drink Diet Coke until the…
by - August 21, 2012 5:14 pm
Beef U.S. beef packer margins last week averaged $27 per head, improving to $47.80 by Tuesday (Aug.21 ), according to Hedgers Edge. Beef and cattle markets have recovered significantly from…
by - August 21, 2012 3:48 pm
Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus has named Debbie McClure of Clarksville its 2012 Teacher of the Year. McClure, an instructor in the Cosmetology Department, was given the award – voted on…
by - August 21, 2012 3:31 pm
Paula Riggs remembers carefully laying out the plastic across her car seats. It was a day about 15 years earlier when she agreed to transport a 14-year old girl in…
by - August 21, 2012 3:03 pm
Debra Mollen, 41, a psychology professor in Denton, Texas, said she and her husband don’t plan to have children as they strive to pay down their mortgage and save for…
by - August 21, 2012 2:02 pm
Private crop insurers, a group led by Wells Fargo & Co. and Ace Ltd., may face losses that exceed $5 billion if this year’s U.S. drought is worse than one…
by - August 21, 2012 1:57 pm
Regulations on U.S. manufacturing may reduce output by as much as $500 billion this year, according to an industry-sponsored study that cast doubts on President Barack Obama’s efforts to trim…
by - August 21, 2012 1:47 pm
A national trucking sector struggling through economic ups and downs hit the middle in July with no change in the American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage Index. The index, considered a…
by - August 21, 2012 7:10 am
When Whole Foods Market Inc. announced last year it was opening a store in downtown Detroit, the reaction was predictable: Whole Foods? In Detroit? The move reflects a new direction…
