Regions

CBID moves forward with assessment plan, could begin process in 2021

The Central Business Improvement District commissioners voted Tuesday (April 21) during its monthly meeting, which was held via Zoom, to move forward with steps that could lead to an assessment…

First Security Bank sets pace in ROA race

For the eighth time in the past nine years, Searcy-chartered First Security Bank has the best return on assets (ROA) of the 27 privately-owned banks doing business in Northwest Arkansas….

Springdale truck broker rides freight surge, decline in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Earlier this year, at the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) heath emergency, Springdale-based brokerage Dana Transportation Inc. experienced a few weeks in which business doubled. It has since declined as the…

Program lets full-time workers become part-timers and collect benefits

The co-owner of a Hot Springs-based powersports dealership says a state program that lets employers move full-time employees into part-time positions while they still receive unemployment and other benefits is…

Sales tax collections in Jonesboro remained at record pace prior to pandemic shutdown

The city of Jonesboro set an all-time sales tax collection record for March, but those numbers are expected to drop drastically as the impacts to the sales tax base in…

Brad Rawlins named director of media and journalism college at ASU

The former top administrator at Arkansas State University’s Campus Queretaro has a new administrative position within the university system. Dr. Brad Rawlins, who has served as the interim director of…

Toronto firm now largest shareholder in Fayetteville’s Cabana Asset Management

Toronto-based independent fund giant CI Financial Corp. is now the largest shareholder in Fayetteville-based Cabana Asset Management, a fee-only Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) with more than $1.1 billion in assets…

AEP Foundation provides $200,000 to Illinois River Watershed Partnership

The American Electric Power Foundation announced Monday (April 20) it will give $200,000 to the Illinois River Watershed Partnership. The two-year grant will support the organization’s programs in Arkansas and…

Haas Hall Academy best in state, eighth in nation says U.S. News & World Report

Haas Hall Academy in Bentonville was ranked as Arkansas’ top high school and as the nation’s eighth best this year by U.S. News & World Report. The publication ranked Haas…

Crittenden County remains second most infected county in Arkansas

The number of COVID-19 cases continued to spike in Northeast Arkansas, and Crittenden County remains the second most infected county in Arkansas. The county that abuts the Mississippi River across…

Regional intermodal project receives $360,000 federal grant

The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority announced Monday (April 20) it received a $360,000 grant from Economic Development Administration to be used to “conduct an environmental study and a preliminary design…

Investors more positive after J.B. Hunt’s first-quarter earnings report; economist expects ‘atrocious’ second quarter for economy

Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported earnings fell in the first quarter but weren’t as bad as some analysts had expected amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A trucking industry…