by - November 22, 2016 10:48 am
Northwest Arkansas businesses collected 1.86% more in sales tax during September which returned $5.508 million to the region’s four largest cities in November, according to the Arkansas Department of Finance…
by - November 22, 2016 10:39 am
The end may soon arrive for a rare “inventory overhang” that has been an earnings drag on J.B. Hunt, ArcBest (ABF Freight), USA Truck and other national and regional trucking…
by - November 22, 2016 10:34 am
Optimistic attitudes among consumers buying on credit helped to fuel more large household purchases for Arkansas residents in the past six months, according to the final report from the Fall…
by - November 22, 2016 9:02 am
Editor’s note: Ken Smith is the policy director for Arkansas Advanced Energy Association. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s). They…
by - November 22, 2016 9:00 am
Arkansas Sen. Jason Rapert (R-Conway) has been named chief executive officer for a Conway-based startup that makes door lockdown devices for schools, homes and churches. Rapert takes the lead at…
by - November 22, 2016 8:45 am
Becky Keogh, director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, said she and her staff had recent meetings with officials at Sun Paper Industry of China on pre-engineering and environmental…
by - November 22, 2016 8:18 am
Dr. Scott Osborn, a co-founder of Fayetteville water technology company BlueInGreen, has been named Engineer of the Year by the Arkansas section of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological…
by - November 22, 2016 8:12 am
Motorists in Arkansas should expect to see a lot of orange highway barrels and traffic strangleholds across the state as low gas prices spur many families to hit the roads…
by - November 22, 2016 7:59 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Department of Education teamed up to establish a $1.2 million pilot program providing telemedicine to students, educators and families in rural…
by - November 21, 2016 5:58 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday that he has not spoken to President-elect Donald Trump and doesn’t know when Trump will decide if two Arkansas elected officials will be part of…
by - November 21, 2016 5:55 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday made Little Rock native Kimberly O’Guinn his second appointment to the state Public Service Commission while governor. She replaces outgoing Commissioner Lamar Davis who resigned…
by - November 21, 2016 5:45 pm
William Duke and Nicolas Nahas, students at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts in Hot Springs, were among the regional finalists in the Siemens Competition in Math,…
by - November 21, 2016 5:31 pm
As the Little Rock Technology Park moves closer to completion of Phase I construction in early 2017, the nonprofit authority’s seven-person board on Monday approved a resolution to give current…
by - November 21, 2016 5:31 pm
The global commercial smoke detector market could hit $2 billion in revenue by 2020, according to a new report from Technavio. The research firm’s report, entitled “Global Commercial Smoke Detector…
by - November 21, 2016 4:55 pm
Fort Smith city sales tax collections are holding steady approximately three months after the Board of Directors approved a budget revision to account for lower-than-anticipated revenues. The total adjusted budget…
by - November 21, 2016 4:42 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) has received a $200,000 grant to combat statewide dips in the graduation rate for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs. The…
by - November 21, 2016 10:38 am
Editor’s note: Ruth Whitney is founder and CEO of InVeritas, a global public affairs firm. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted in this space are wholly the view of the author(s)….
by - November 21, 2016 10:19 am
Tourism-related tax collections were up in Springdale, Fayetteville and Bentonville in the first eight months of 2016, whereas Rogers saw a decrease that can be attributed to room closings and…
by - November 21, 2016 10:15 am
Congress will consider legislation that would require the Secretary of Commerce to assess and analyze outdoor recreation economic impacts nationwide. House bill 4665 (H.R. 4665) is now under consideration by…
by - November 21, 2016 10:01 am
GenWealth Financial Advisors is adding offices in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana as a part of a long-term strategic growth plan for the company. Arkansas-based GenWealth has acquired the assets…
