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Tolbert: Obama Makes It Clear His Policies Are On The Ballot

You have probably already seen this video of President Obama from a few days ago. It was in a speech where he tried to lay out a case that the…

Study cites potential transition problems with EPA ‘Clean Power’ rules

Little Rock-based electricity transmission coordinator Southwest Power Pool (SPP) has released a reliability impact assessment of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposed Clean Power Plan. The study indicates not enough…

Grand Savings Bank to Buy Decatur State Bank

Officials say the necessary paperwork has been filed, and the transaction is expected to close by the end of the year.

Southwest Power Pool Releases Reliability Impact Study Of EPA Regs

Tyson Foods CEO Shares Views On Leadership, ‘Trust’ In The Workplace

It’s been five years since Donnie Smith assumed the role of CEO at Tyson Foods. It’s a job he says he still struggles to balance with his personal life especially…

Disclosed Email Heats Up Attorney General’s Race

The Arkansas Attorney General’s contest centered on race Thursday after a report of a seven-year old email from the GOP nominee was made public. Leslie Rutledge and her Democratic rival Nate Steel weigh in.

Alaska move on Uber could set precedent for Fayetteville officials

The car sharing service Uber has been a thorn in the side of Fayetteville officials since its introduction to the Northwest Arkansas market earlier this year, with Fayetteville police issuing…

Tusk to Tail 2014: 7 predictions from Highly Effective Tailgaters, week 7

Will it be an Alabama butt-whoopin’ for the Hogs this week? The previous six weeks of the college football season may have been a strange trip already, but Tusk to…

Tyson Foods CEO shares views on leadership, ‘trust’ in the workplace

It’s been five years since Donnie Smith assumed the role of CEO at Tyson Foods. It's a job he says he still struggles to balance with his personal life especially…

Ebola, ISIS, and God were topics at Cotton rally in Fort Smith

U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, brought his campaign for the U.S. Senate to Fort Smith Thursday (Oct. 9), bringing a familiar Arkansas native with him in an attempt to drum…

Startups to Watch: Oh Baby gets private label, Picasolar and DataRank hiring

There is no shortage news from three of the fastest growing startups in Northwest Arkansas tagged by The City Wire earlier as those to watch in 2014. New product launches,…

Buddy Wray one of four new Arkansas Business Hall of Fame inductees

Donald “Buddy” Wray, one of the legendary Tyson Foods officers who helped Don Tyson grow a regional poultry operation into a multibillion global food company, is one of four new…

General Mills to present Amazeum’s first exhibit

The Amazeum which set to open in 2015 has already announced its first permanent exhibit will be "Lift, Load & Haul" and will focus on kinetic activity and the transference…

Tolbert: Another Forwarded Rutledge Email (UPDATED)

The stories on Leslie Rutledge continue to trickle. It seems like someone is hoping to hurt her campaign with a death by a thousand cuts. But as with the previous…

Amazon to open a physical store in midtown Manhattan

Multiple news reports cite Amazon plans to open its first brick and mortar store in midtown Manhattan ahead of the holidays. Dow Jones Newswires reports the location as 34th Street…

Former Tyson Executive Buddy Wray Named to Arkansas Business Hall of Fame

The Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame Board announced on Thursday four planned additions to the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame in 2015, and Donald Buddy Wray, a former Tyson Foods Inc. executive, is one of them.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson