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Chief Justice Jim Hannah Announces Intent To Resign Over Health Issue (UPDATED)

Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah announced his intent to resign from the state’s high court. He issued the following statement: “The people of Arkansas elected me to our…

CS&L Ekes Out Quarterly Profit As Real Estate Trust Launches Operations

Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. reported second quarter profits of $8 million, or five cents per share, as the state’s newest publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) is fresh…

Dillard’s Reports Lower Profits Of $30 Million

Dillard’s Inc.’s second quarter profits easily beat Wall Street expectations, but the company’s top executive expressed disappointment in the department store chain’s performance compared to a year ago as gross…

Home Sales In Arkansas’ Large Markets Up Nearly 7% In First Half Of 2015

Thanks to a robust June – particularly in Northwest Arkansas – home sales across Arkansas are trending higher in 2015 versus a year ago.

Zip Line Safety Overseen By Labor Department Inspectors In Arkansas

Jordan Bontke with content partner KATV Ch. 7 reports: In June, a 12-year-old girl in North Carolina was killed when she fell from a zip line because her harness failed…

Startup Talk: Verizon Completes Testing On Broadband Service 1,000 Times Faster Than Average Home Connection

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…

Whataburger’s opening in Fayetteville required law enforcement help

It was love as the first burger came off the grill at the new Whataburger, which opened nearly three weeks ago, according to the long lines still forming daily at…

Gov. Hutchinson sends Common Core letter to state education officials

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday sent a letter to the State Board of Education commenting on the recommendations from the Governor’s Council on Common Core Review, officials said. According to…

Home sales in Arkansas’ large markets up 6.95% in the first half of 2015

The first half of 2015 ended strong for home sales in Arkansas’ four largest markets, with the number of homes sold up almost 10% and the value of the home…

CartDelivered, Swivel Caddy Win Awards At G60 Competition In Rogers

Two brand-spanking new companies earned the top spots at the latest G60 Elevator Speech Competition, which was held during the 2015 Northwest Arkansas Business Expo on Tuesday (Aug. 11). The…

Gov. Hutchinson Sends Common Core Letter to State Board of Education

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday sent a letter to the State Board of Education commenting on the recommendations from the Governor’s Council on Common Core Review, officials said. According to…

Cruz: Nominate A ‘Genuine Conservative’

Sen. Ted Cruz said Wednesday that if he’s elected president on his first day in office he’ll “rip to shreds this catastrophic Iranian nuclear deal” and direct the Department of…

Chef Shuttle to expand delivery service into Washington County

Little Rock-based Chef Shuttle will expand its growing restaurant delivery business to include Springdale, Fayetteville and Farmington on Friday (Aug. 21.) The new zip codes coverage area will include:  Springdale…

Springdale Businessman Arrested, Accused of Transporting Marijuana

Monte Johnston, owner of the Automatic Auto Finance dealership franchise in Northwest Arkansas, was arrested Aug. 5 after returning from Colorado in possession of what police are calling high-grade marijuana.

Former Hog baseball coach DeBriyn to enter SWC Hall of Fame

Former Arkansas baseball coach Norm DeBriyn will be inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of the fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame announced Wednesday (Aug. 12). DeBriyn will…

Arkansas, U.S. fuel pump prices expected to fall further in the fourth quarter

Arkansas and U.S. motorists will likely see pump prices continue to move lower for the rest of the year, and may well see local gas prices ratchet down near the…

Kraft Heinz slashing 2,500 jobs in major restructure

Ongoing consolidations among food companies and a highly competitive operating climate has forced Kraft Heinz to purge 2,500 jobs, with 700 positions to be eliminated from the company’s co-headquarters in…

CartDelivered, Swivel Caddy win awards at G60 competition in Rogers