by - October 4, 2014 8:31 am
How does a Starbucks operate inside the world’s largest intelligence community headquarters? It’s complicated. These stories and more for our weekend business and political readers.
by - October 3, 2014 5:58 pm
GOP Attorney General candidate Leslie Rutledge filed a new voter registration form with Secretary of State Martin on Friday afternoon, but she made clear she was doing it under protest….
by - October 3, 2014 5:06 pm
About 100 people will have a new place to call their work home Monday while others needing orthopedic care will have that care closer to home following the dedication Friday…
by - October 3, 2014 4:38 pm
National Manufacturing Day has been a chance to promote the sector and lobby for renewed interest in making stuff in the U.S.A., but for a group of Junior High students…
by - October 3, 2014 2:42 pm
In one month’s time Arvest Bank said it has collected enough to provide 640,792 meals for local food charities; and is well on its way to the 1 million meals…
by - October 3, 2014 2:40 pm
Mike Ross unveiled a “Fair Pay & Equal Opportunity Plan” Friday that he said was meant to correct disparities in pay between men and women. The plan would protect employees…
by - October 3, 2014 2:16 pm
The former Simmons First bank branch at 3210 South Walton Blvd. was recently purchased by Integrity First Bank which has plans to relocate their Rogers branch to the location on…
by - October 3, 2014 12:37 pm
Rates for consumers on the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace should be two percent lower in 2015 than they were in 2014, the Arkansas Insurance Department officially announced Friday. Last month,…
by - October 3, 2014 9:09 am
Keith Glover, president and CEO of Producers Rice Mill, Inc. in Stuttgart, has been appointed to fill the unexpired portion of a three-year term on the board of directors of…
by - October 3, 2014 7:15 am
Friday (Oct. 3) marks National Manufacturing Day and events happening across the region will mark the event in an industry that has seen significant declines both nationally and in Arkansas…
by - October 3, 2014 5:29 am
Over the last decade, Southwestern Energy Co. wrote the state of Arkansas a billion-dollar economic development check each year, not counting the interest made on high-paying jobs and shale dollars turning over in local communities. Can it continue?
by - October 3, 2014 5:13 am
Jak Chakhalian, a professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, has been awarded $1.8 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to create and investigate novel quantum materials…
by - October 2, 2014 8:11 pm
For the first time anyone can remember, every single game is a matchup of ranked teams. There’s not a lot of consensus in the Tusk to Tail picks, but they all…
by - October 2, 2014 7:23 pm
Necessary but often frustrating road work, significant investments in downtown areas, important quality of life improvements and workforce training are essential elements of the ongoing transformation of Northwest Arkansas, according…
by - October 2, 2014 6:53 pm
According to Gov. Mike Beebe’s office and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, the state of Arkansas has paid off its federal debt for funds borrowed to prop up the…
by - October 2, 2014 6:33 pm
Negotiations with between the city of Fort Smith, the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Justice have broken down, with the city expecting a lawsuit to be…
by - October 2, 2014 5:20 pm
Friday (Oct. 3) marks National Manufacturing Day and events happening across the region will mark the event in an industry that has seen significant declines both nationally and in Arkansas…
by - October 2, 2014 5:02 pm
There has been an interesting back-and-forth this week between Republican Attorney General candidate Leslie Rutledge and Democratic Pulaski County Clerk Larry Crane. In short, Crane canceled Rutledge’s voter registration based…
by - October 2, 2014 4:30 pm
Northwest Arkansas’ construction pace has flipped in recent months with fewer residential projects and more commercial work. Overall the permit values of new residential and commercial building projects among the…
by - October 2, 2014 4:28 pm
According to Gov. Mike Beebe’s office and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, the state of Arkansas has paid off its federal debt for funds borrowed to prop up the…
