by - October 14, 2015 5:25 pm
A healthier state would save taxpayer dollars, improve Arkansans’ quality of life, and help with industrial recruitment, Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) said Wednesday (Oct. 14) in announcing a 10-year plan…
by - October 14, 2015 3:44 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith took a big step toward reality on Wednesday (Oct. 14) when a state panel approved the application for the open enrollment charter school. The…
by - October 14, 2015 3:23 pm
A new report from the Federal Reserve shows that Arkansas borrowers have shown a willingness to take on more risk, but are still acting more cautiously in today’s environment than…
by - October 14, 2015 3:08 pm
Arkansas Children’s Hospital CEO Marcy Doderer has named Trish Montague of San Antonio, Texas, to oversee the leadership positions and the on-site construction of the recently announced hospital campus in…
by - October 14, 2015 12:36 pm
Former Arkansas Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller (R) joins William Dillard II, Dr. George Mitchell and Patricia Upton to be inducted into the 2016 class of the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame….
by - October 14, 2015 11:04 am
DataRank, one of The City Wire’s startups to watch in Northwest Arkansas, has been acquired for an undisclosed sum. Seattle-based Simply Measured, a social analytics firm, closed the deal this…
by - October 14, 2015 10:38 am
Wall Street did not like what Wal-Mart execs had to say on Wednesday (Oct. 14) about the heavy investments in people, technology and supply chain changes. The investments resulted in…
by - October 14, 2015 8:15 am
Net income at Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services rose 12.4% to $115.1 million for the third quarter of 2015 ending Sept. 30. Net income compared to $102.4 million earned in…
by - October 13, 2015 9:09 pm
Only a year remains until the Presidential election – the special time that only comes once in a leap year, when us little people choose which person in Washington, D.C….
by - October 13, 2015 8:43 pm
Winning on everyday low prices is a major focus for Walmart’s grocery business and the level of competition from major players like Publix, Kroger, Target, Dollar General and Aldi continues…
by - October 13, 2015 8:33 pm
Bank of the Ozarks reported third quarter earnings of 52 cents a share, easily besting year ago results of 40 cents. However, the fast-growing Little Rock regional bank came in…
by - October 13, 2015 8:24 pm
Arkansas Education Commissioner Johnny Key said Tuesday (Oct. 13) that a department of education announcement last week saying end-of-the-year testing showed a majority of students being “on track for college…
by - October 13, 2015 8:12 pm
The state is appealing to the Arkansas Supreme Court a decision by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffin staying the executions of eight death row inmates whose appeals have been…
by - October 13, 2015 5:36 pm
Fort Smith Director Tracy Pennartz took Whirlpool representatives to task at the Tuesday (Oct. 13) study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors and also began the process of…
by - October 13, 2015 5:07 pm
While most U.S. businesses have been shut out of Cuba for 55 years, Arkansas’ poultry industry has exported broiler meat to the tiny island nation for more than a decade….
by - October 13, 2015 3:59 pm
Dollar General is the latest retailer to announce its paring down the home office ranks with plans to eliminate 255 positions in a corporate restructuring plan. The jobs elimination was…
by - October 13, 2015 1:29 pm
Non-profit WorkMatters announced the addition of two new directors – Elise Mitchell, CEO of Mitchell Communications, and Tyson Foods exec Mike Roetzel – effective in later September. "We are honored…
by - October 13, 2015 1:03 pm
Metova Inc., a technology development company, announced the opening of its new Fayetteville location bringing 30 new technology jobs to the region. The Franklin, Tenn.-based company said it’s expanding outside…
by - October 13, 2015 12:03 pm
Downtown Bentonville Inc. is working with the U.S. Business Leadership Network to bring a mobile version of the Disability Rights Museum to the city’s Downtown Activity Center on Oct. 20…
by - October 13, 2015 8:42 am
Monthly and quarterly severance tax collections in Arkansas at the end of September have declined to levels not seen in several years as wellhead prices for natural gas have brought…
