by - July 15, 2015 11:24 am
Summer Entrepreneurs Have A Sweet Treat For You
Would you walk or drive a short distance from home or work to buy a frozen treat or fresh-from-the-patch melon? These summer entrepreneurs hope so.
Regions
by - July 15, 2015 10:39 am
Crittenden County Hospital Sales Tax Passes
A plan to reopen Crittenden Regional Hospital in West Memphis received an overwhelming okay Tuesday by county voters. The five-year, one-cent sales tax was approved by a 2,888 to 444…
by - July 15, 2015 10:25 am
Apartment Complex Proposal Discussed At Jonesboro Planning Commission
A North Carolina company is looking to develop about 16 acres of land near Arkansas State University to build a 240-unit student housing complex, a spokesman for the company said…
by - July 15, 2015 10:11 am
Night Court Reenactment Trial
United States v. Cherokee Bill Friday, August 21 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, August 22 at 6:00 p.m. In July of 1895, Cherokee Bill, eighteen years old, sets in his jail…
by - July 15, 2015 10:09 am
Night Court Reenactment Trial
United States v. Cherokee Bill Friday, August 21 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, August 22 at 6:00 p.m. In July of 1895, Cherokee Bill, eighteen years old, sets in his jail…
by - July 15, 2015 10:07 am
Bryan Adams Reckless 30th Anniversary Tour
The Walmart AMP is excited to welcome Bryan Adams to Northwest Arkansas on Saturday, Sept. 19. Doors open at 6 pm and music starts at 7:30 pm. Tickets go on…
by - July 15, 2015 10:04 am
Austin Jones Bugs Everyone at Hobbs State Park
Summer time is here, and all around us are bugs we may not even be aware of, and certainly we are not familiar with all of their strange names. Have…
by - July 15, 2015 9:40 am
Health Beat: Health Care Spending Starting To Slow
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. HEALTH CARE…
by - July 15, 2015 9:28 am
Airplane Food Gets New Twist At Walnut Ridge Restaurant
Matt Mershon with content partner KATV reports: Airplane food has always had a bad reputation, but one Northeast Arkansas restaurant is challenging that theory. The Parachute Inn serves up southern…
by - July 15, 2015 4:51 am
Gov. Hutchinson: New I-49 Stretch A Good Start But More Is Needed
Those who spoke Tuesday (July 14) at the opening ceremony for a six-mile piece of Interstate 49 through Chaffee Crossing east of Fort Smith had a common theme: It’s a great start worth celebrating, but more money and concrete is needed to link the short stretch into a major national highway corridor.
by - July 14, 2015 9:23 pm
Arkansas gets an ‘F’ on medical cost transparency, moves made to correct
Arkansas, like 44 other states, gets an “F” for its medical pricing transparency from one report, but a statewide effort could raise the score and help consumers better understand what…
by - July 14, 2015 8:58 pm
River Valley bank gets $120,000 grant from Walmart Foundation for new truck
The River Valley Regional Food Bank has been awarded a $120,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation State Giving Program. The funds will be used to purchase a replacement Retail Recovery…
by - July 14, 2015 8:01 pm
Recent Amazon, Wal-Mart moves show effort for online sales loyalty
Christmas in July is not a new retailer tactic to draw in shoppers in hopes of hoisting mid-summer sales. Amazon has never taken part in these theatrics until now, according…
by - July 14, 2015 7:58 pm
State Gets ‘F’ On Medical Cost Transparency, But Future Is ‘Cautiously Optimistic’
Arkansas, like 44 other states, gets an “F” for its medical pricing transparency from one report, but a statewide effort could raise the score and help consumers better understand what…
by - July 14, 2015 7:38 pm
Gov. Hutchinson: New I-49 stretch a good start but more is needed
Those who spoke Tuesday morning (July 14) at the opening ceremony for a six-mile piece of Interstate 49 through Chaffee Crossing east of Fort Smith had a common theme: It’s…
by - July 14, 2015 6:28 pm
Fort Smith employees, managers push back against retirement plan change
City employees packed the room at Tuesday’s (July 14) study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors in which reinstatement of a business license fee, a reduction in non-uniformed…
by - July 14, 2015 5:51 pm
Talk Business & Politics Podcast 7.14.15
TB&P Business Editor Wesley Brown and Editor-in-Chief Roby Brock debated a variety of topics on this week’s business podcast edition of Talk Business & Politics. Those topics include: U.S. Quietly…
by - July 14, 2015 2:53 pm
Arkansas Congressional delegation critical of Obama’s deal with Iran
The agreement early Tuesday between the United States and Iran over nuclear weapons and economic sanctions put foreign policy back into the political debate and drew a strong rebuke from…
by - July 14, 2015 2:48 pm
Lockheed Martin To Live Stream Launch Of USS Little Rock On Friday
Lockheed Martin will debut its first-ever live stream launch of the future USS Little Rock on Friday at the Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin.
by - July 14, 2015 2:35 pm
More jobs, people send NWA apartment occupancy rates higher
Apartment living remains popular in Northwest Arkansas with the mid-year occupancy rate averaging 98.5%, up 0.05% from the average reported at the end of 2014, probably because of more jobs…