by - December 16, 2016 10:44 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate remained unchanged for the third straight month in November as employers in the high-paying professional and businesses service supersector continued to add new positions although growth leveled…
by - December 15, 2016 7:56 pm
Ongoing delays with the River Valley Sports Complex reached a boiling point for the Fort Smith Parks Commission at a meeting on Wednesday (Dec. 14). Commissioner Chris Raible asked Fort…
by - December 15, 2016 7:47 pm
The Health Reform Legislative Task Force approved the final draft of a report that says the state will save at least $959 million in Medicaid costs over five years by…
by - December 15, 2016 7:32 pm
While Wal-Mart Stores is hoping consumers will spend big his holiday season, the retailer also unveiled a plan to help consumers sock away more savings for the future. Working with…
by - December 15, 2016 7:06 pm
Construction is set to begin on a $12 million worker education facility on the Arkansas Northeastern College campus. The community college located in Blytheville trains up to 1,500 workers each…
by - December 15, 2016 6:35 pm
The Fort Smith School Board tapped Dr. Doug Brubaker as the pick to take over as school superintendent starting “before July 1, 2017,” pending contract negotiations. The unanimous decision was…
by - December 15, 2016 5:18 pm
An older guy with white hair brought gifts to children at the Arkansas Capitol Thursday, but his title wasn’t Santa – it was “governor.” Gov. Asa Hutchinson and his wife,…
by - December 15, 2016 5:09 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay a former employee $75,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced this week….
by - December 15, 2016 4:57 pm
Rommy Revson came to Northwest Arkansas in June at the urging of a friend whose daughter was attending the University of Arkansas. Revson packed a suitcase and rented the Pratt…
by - December 15, 2016 4:17 pm
Little Rock marketing and communications firm CJRW on Thursday (Dec. 15) announced the promotion of advertising veteran Jill Joslin to president of the company. She takes on the title previously…
by - December 15, 2016 4:03 pm
Vince Insalaco, the chairman of the Democratic Party of Arkansas, announced in an email Thursday (Dec. 15) he will not seek a third term as chairman of the party. He…
by - December 15, 2016 3:59 pm
The establishment will celebrate the anniversary with several concerts New Year Eves weekend, according to a press release from venue owner Brian Crowne, also vice president of the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers.
by - December 15, 2016 3:38 pm
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce has hired Toni Barger Bahn as its new director of governmental affairs. She will start Jan. 3. She is replacing Angela DeLille, who took…
by - December 15, 2016 11:51 am
The Bentonville-based Walmart Foundation, the corporate giving arm of Wal-Mart Stores, will donate $290,000 to the Jones Center for Families in Springdale to help fund programs and services, the center…
by - December 15, 2016 11:26 am
Two regular visitors on Sunday (Dec. 11) found a 1.73-carat diamond at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro. The finders, Jack Pearadin of Murfreesboro and Doug Nelsen of…
by - December 15, 2016 10:45 am
Mark Elrod of Conway has been elected chair of the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Commission, and Mary Joe Rogers of Stamps has been re-elected as vice chair, the commission announced on…
by - December 15, 2016 10:42 am
George’s Majestic Lounge will have been open on Dickson Street in Fayetteville 90 years in 2017. The establishment will celebrate the anniversary with several concerts New Year Eve’s weekend, according…
by - December 15, 2016 6:01 am
The Fort Smith School Board interviewed Dr. Doug Brubaker, the second of two finalists for the position of superintendent on Wednesday (Dec. 14) in a daylong event that included interviews…
by - December 14, 2016 9:15 pm
Simmons First National Corp. announced after Wednesday’s closing bell it had entered into an agreement to acquire Stillwater, Okla.-based Southwest Bancorp Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at more than…
by - December 14, 2016 8:03 pm
Legislators on Wednesday moved within one day of voting for a non-binding “road map” that the author estimates will save $963 million or more in Medicaid costs over five years….
