by - January 28, 2016 4:42 pm
Brad Parsons, a longtime employee of Baptist Memorial Health Care, is the new CEO of all Jonesboro operations for the Memphis-based hospital company. Following the resignation of Darrell King, former…
by - January 28, 2016 4:29 pm
The quality of life in a town is key to a town’s success, Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin said Thursday during his “State of the City” address sponsored by the Jonesboro…
by - January 28, 2016 2:35 pm
The Innovation Competition seeks to underwrite a winning idea (or ideas) that will improve downtown Bentonville while promoting healthy living.
by - January 28, 2016 2:21 pm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday proposed to approve Arkansas’ request to designate Crittenden County as attaining the federal 2008 ozone standard, a move that Gov. Asa Hutchinson…
by - January 28, 2016 1:21 pm
Former Arvest Bank banker Dennis Smiley will spend the next eight years in federal prison for the bank fraud he committed with 24 banks while obtaining 55 loans and wrongly…
by - January 28, 2016 11:22 am
Henry Dennis Smiley Jr., former president of Arvest Bank-Benton County, received a 97-month sentence from a federal judge Thursday for his five-year scheme to defraud multiple Arkansas banks out of millions by pledging his personal Arvest stock as collateral.
by - January 28, 2016 7:48 am
The Springdale-based company has moved all of its plastic housing production to Arkansas, hoping to improve quality control and bring additional jobs to the state.
by - January 28, 2016 7:00 am
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, Talk Business & Politics provides “Startup Talk,” a round-up of startup, technology and entrepreneurial news. ––––––––––––––– VERIZON INVESTS $70 MILLION TO BOOST NETWORK SURROUNDING SUPER BOWL 50 SITE…
by - January 28, 2016 6:34 am
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded a $360,000 grant to a University of Arkansas physicist who studies semiconducting nanomaterials that could power a new generation of electronic…
by - January 28, 2016 6:34 am
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded a $360,000 grant to a University of Arkansas physicist who studies semiconducting nanomaterials that could power a new generation of electronic…
by - January 27, 2016 9:36 pm
NFL great and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw praised the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as hospital executives told the UA System Board of Trustees on Wednesday (Jan….
by - January 27, 2016 9:14 pm
A group of several hundred people spent Wednesday learning how soil and water can play a key role in the growth of crops as well as helping the bottom line…
by - January 27, 2016 8:07 pm
The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees voted to let the University of Arkansas Athletic Department take the next step on a $160 million renovation to the Donald W….
by - January 27, 2016 7:49 pm
The Board of Directors at Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. announced Wednesday (Jan. 27) a quarterly dividend of 8 cents per share to shareholders of record on Feb. 10, and payable…
by - January 27, 2016 7:49 pm
The Board of Directors at Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. announced Wednesday (Jan. 27) a quarterly dividend of 8 cents per share to shareholders of record on Feb. 10, and payable…
by - January 27, 2016 7:17 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce is seeking its first class in a high school leadership program the group announced in October. Modeled after the existing Leadership Fort Smith…
by - January 27, 2016 6:54 pm
Editor’s note: Changes made to the story to reflect that the Arkansas Education Association has concerns about the Teachers for America program but has not taken a stand in opposition…
by - January 27, 2016 6:35 pm
Sam’s Club is cashing in on the rollout of its Club Pick-up for online orders, which is commonly known in the industry as “click and collect,” according to a recent…
by - January 27, 2016 6:35 pm
Sam’s Club is cashing in on the rollout of its Club Pick-up for online orders, which is commonly known in the industry as “click and collect,” according to a recent…
by - January 27, 2016 5:37 pm
Declining crude oil and natural gas prices pushed Murphy Oil Corp. deeper into the well on Wednesday (Jan. 27) after the El Dorado oil giant reported that fourth quarter earnings…
