by - April 16, 2015 9:34 am
Acquisition hungry Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial Bank, on Thursday reported record first quarter profits of $31.1 million, or 46 cents per share, up 13.9% from first quarter profits…
by - April 16, 2015 9:28 am
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced Thursday that longtime local media relations executive David Avery has been appointed director of corporate communications for the local grid operator. Avery has more than…
by - April 16, 2015 7:09 am
Oral arguments in the case of State of West Virginia vs. Federal Environmental Protection Agency will begin at 9:00 a.m. today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District…
by - April 16, 2015 5:46 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free…
by - April 16, 2015 5:37 am
The local and regional executives of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield presented a $250,000 grant to the Arkansas State University College of Nursing and Health Professions Wednesday morning in…
by - April 15, 2015 8:36 pm
Former and current Arkansas Highway Commissioners Bobby Hopper and Dick Trammel, respectively, were part of a group of area officials who gathered Wednesday morning (April 15) to formally break ground…
by - April 15, 2015 5:56 pm
With Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Mike Preston, his new jobs boss, in attendance, the mood was celebratory at the formal groundbreaking for the $30-plus million new corporate headquarters for Fort Smith-based ArcBest.
by - April 15, 2015 4:51 pm
An annual spring trip taken by officials with the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce with city and county officials for nearly two decades has brought dividends back to the region,…
by - April 15, 2015 3:45 pm
The Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative announced a first of its kind study on Wednesday in an effort to analyze student data and the power of education to break the poverty…
by - April 15, 2015 3:44 pm
Analysts and retail experts say Wal-Mart, while focused on fresh grocery, customer service and employee relations, could also do better with its stagnant apparel division that represents about 7% of…
by - April 15, 2015 8:03 am
Content partner, KAIT Ch. 8 reports: William Gregory “Greg” Chance, news director for Arkansas State University’s radio station KASU, was killed Tuesday night in when his car crashed into a…
by - April 15, 2015 8:02 am
A proposed rezoning request for a seven acre plot of land in south Jonesboro drew supporters and opponents Tuesday night to the Jonesboro Metropolitan Area Planning Commission meeting. When the…
by - April 15, 2015 8:00 am
Six faculty members who are retiring this academic year were recognized Tuesday during the annual Faculty Honors Convocation for their longtime service to Arkansas State University, according to Dr. Lynita…
by - April 15, 2015 7:19 am
Entergy Arkansas announced plans Wednesday to add the state’s largest solar power plant to Arkansas’ growing energy mix by the end of the decade – if approved by the Arkansas…
by - April 15, 2015 7:18 am
Editor’s note: Each Wednesday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Health Beat,” a round-up of health-related topics in our email newsletter, which you can sign up to receive daily for free here. ARKANSAS PRIVATE…
by - April 14, 2015 7:11 pm
The Inventors Club of Northeast Arkansas will host its monthly meeting by hearing from an aeronautical engineer. The meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at Wild Hog BBQ, located in the…
by - April 14, 2015 7:07 pm
Lt. Governor Tim Griffin on Tuesday announced details of the nine listening tour stops and five Little Rock hearings for the Governor’s Council on Common Core Review. The meetings are…
by - April 14, 2015 4:30 pm
Talk Business & Politics Business Editor Wesley Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock discuss the top business headlines of the last few weeks. Topics on this week’s agenda include: The start…
by - April 14, 2015 1:44 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson made the following appointments to various boards and commissions as well as several judicial appointments: Sheriff Boyd Hicks, Magazine, to the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards…
by - April 14, 2015 10:58 am
Denso Manufacturing, the Japanese automotive supplier that landed in Arkansas nearly a dozen years ago, is shaking up its U.S. North American operations as the world’s second largest auto parts…
