by - August 17, 2014 6:52 am
From Jordan Bontke with our content partner, KATV Ch. 7 News: Both major party gubernatorial candidates spoke to state employees at a convention in the Embassy Hotel on Saturday. Each…
by - August 16, 2014 9:14 pm
The campaigns for the two major candidates for the U.S. Senate traded barbs Saturday as one candidate made a 110-mile trek through Northeast Arkansas to meet with voters. Rep. Tom…
by - August 16, 2014 3:30 pm
Adult applications in Arkansas for a type of Social Security Supplemental Security Income disability program have fallen 13% in the past year, according to Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, the incoming…
by - August 15, 2014 10:55 pm
For our weekend business and political readers: COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING LOGO The new logo for the World Trade Center has been unveiled, but Fast Company reports it comes across as…
by - August 15, 2014 5:46 pm
Municipal candidate filings drew to a close at noon Friday (Aug. 15) and a large number of candidates have filed to run for positions ranging from city council to mayor…
by - August 15, 2014 5:42 pm
The municipal filing period ended Friday with even more contested races developing for the fall. Several mayoral races developed Friday, creating nearly 40 contested races in Northeast Arkansas for the…
by - August 15, 2014 5:18 pm
With 80 days until Election Day, gubernatorial candidates Asa Hutchinson and Mike Ross are spending their campaign cash to book valuable air time in the race to succeed term-limited Governor…
by - August 15, 2014 5:03 pm
The concept of networking “is going to dominate the 21st century,” former President Bill Clinton told attendees at the opening of the Southern Governors’ Association’s annual meeting, which is being held in Little Rock this weekend.
by - August 15, 2014 3:49 pm
Municipal candidate filings drew to a close at noon Friday (Aug. 15) and a large number of candidates have filed to run for positions ranging from city clerk to mayor…
by - August 15, 2014 3:07 pm
The Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House received a $36,000 grant from the Arkansas Cancer Coalition to Enhance the Quality of Life for Cancer Survivors through Patient Navigation Services. …
by - August 15, 2014 2:42 pm
Smith Chevrolet-Cadillac announced Friday (Aug. 15) an $11,000 donation to the Fort Smith Emergency Children’s Shelter. The dealership donated $100 to the shelter for each new and used vehicle sold…
by - August 15, 2014 1:25 pm
by - August 15, 2014 11:56 am
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a new a criminal investigation into a chemical spill in Monett, Mo. from a wastewater facility operated by Tyson Foods. If the EPA charges…
by - August 15, 2014 11:06 am
On Thursday (Aug. 14) the Arkansas Board of Education unanimously agreed to enter into a partnership with the Walton Family Foundation and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation to target improvement in…
by - August 15, 2014 7:22 am
Dillard’s reported slightly lower sales and profits, although same-store sales were steady. The Little Rock-based retailer reported second quarter net income of $34.5 million on sales and revenue of $1.513…
by - August 14, 2014 9:59 pm
A fourth candidate filed Thursday to run for Harrisburg mayor, while county clerks in Mississippi County saw a boatload of candidates file into the courthouses in Blytheville and Osceola. Johnny…
by - August 14, 2014 8:55 pm
A farm bill that was passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama earlier this year meets the needs of farmers in the region, Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, said…
by - August 14, 2014 7:56 pm
A Washington, D.C.-based energy efficiency advocate told Arkansas regulators and others on Thursday that the state could see huge economic growth, save billions of dollars in power costs and create…
by - August 14, 2014 7:39 pm
Wal-Mart has leveraged its massive size and scale over the past 18 months to woo more suppliers into onshoring product manufacturing. The retailer says it’s just getting started, but is…
by - August 14, 2014 7:24 pm
A Washington, D.C.-based energy efficiency advocate told Arkansas regulators and others on Thursday that the state could see huge economic growth, save billions of dollars in power costs and create…
