by - January 24, 2023 11:42 am
Editor’s note: This story has been edited to report revenue and net income that was incorrectly reported earlier. Pine Bluff-based Simmons First National Corp. posted full year net income of…
by - January 24, 2023 10:25 am
Drought, other commodity price hikes, and higher input costs led to a middling peanut crop in Arkansas during the 2022 growing season. Arkansas farmers grew about 2,000 fewer acres of…
by - January 23, 2023 5:54 pm
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) announced the Arkansas Cinema Society and Ballet Arkansas as its partner companies-in-residence. These organizations are joining forces to create an inaugural year of…
by - January 23, 2023 5:51 pm
Former Arkansas legislator and state drug czar Denny Altes pled guilty on Monday (Jan. 23) to one count of abuse of public trust, a class A misdemeanor. He was sentenced…
by - January 23, 2023 5:41 pm
Pay raises for Fort Smith police officers, approved by the Fort Smith Board of Directors Jan. 17, will be vital to meeting the public safety demands of the city over…
by - January 23, 2023 2:52 pm
The Arkansas branch of Austin, Texas-based Resplendent Agency recently became an independent company to focus on its Arkansas clients. Resplendent Arkansas is the temporary brand, said Andrea Ritchie, president of…
by - January 23, 2023 2:34 pm
Oklahoma energy services company EightTwenty Solar has expanded to the Northwest Arkansas market with a Fayetteville office at 5 E. Mountain St. A spokeswoman said the market entry would create 20 jobs….
by - January 23, 2023 12:58 pm
The Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie announced inductees into this year’s Arkansas Waterfowler Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony will honor these individuals on March 2 at the Embassy…
by - January 23, 2023 11:40 am
Ten acres along U.S. Highway 71B in Lowell sold recently for $1.6 million. The purchase price equals $3.67 per square foot. 906 N Bloomington LLC, managed by Ray Osment and…
by - January 22, 2023 6:19 pm
Matuschka Lindo Briggs has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Regional Executive for the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In a note from the…
by - January 22, 2023 6:14 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Commission on Thursday (Jan. 19) approved $13.244 million for three water and wastewater projects serving more than 226,000 Arkansans. Lonoke White Public Water…
by - January 22, 2023 11:24 am
The University of Arkansas announced Friday (Jan. 20) that six startups will participate in the third cohort of the Greenhouse Outdoor Recreation Program (GORP). The spring 2023 cohort includes five…
by - January 22, 2023 11:06 am
Bentonville-based retailer Walmart Inc. said recently it now operates, with its vendors, 36 drone delivery hubs in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia. “I’m incredibly proud of…
by - January 21, 2023 10:59 am
Economics Arkansas, a nonprofit educational organization that promotes economic literacy to K-12 students, will present the 2023 Excellence in Free Enterprise Award to J.B. Hunt Transport Services President Shelley Simpson….
by - January 21, 2023 10:46 am
Besides being the nation’s largest retailer, Walmart is slowly becoming a technology company. The Bentonville-based retail titan spent big on technology innovations last year in hopes of adding additional revenue…
by - January 19, 2023 6:38 pm
Arkansas Tech University announced Thursday (Jan. 19) the election of Fayetteville attorney Jim Smith as chairman of the ATU Board of Trustees. Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed Smith to a five-year…
by - January 19, 2023 6:04 pm
Little Rock-based Bank OZK reported Thursday (Jan. 19) that net income for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $158.8 million, up 6.1%. Diluted earnings per common share for the fourth…
by - January 19, 2023 3:51 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced Thursday (Jan. 19) it will pay a cash dividend of 42 cents per share on Feb. 24 to shareholders of record as…
by - January 19, 2023 3:37 pm
A master’s degree in public health will be yet another degree program to be offered by the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE), with the first class set…
by - January 19, 2023 12:09 pm
A key aspect of entrepreneurship is connecting with others, which requires empathy. “I think that [empathy] is the most important part for any person who wants to be a mentor…
