by - July 2, 2012 3:54 pm
SPRINGDALE — The arts center that started it all, the Arts Center of the Ozarks, kicks off its 46th season this weekend with the side-splitting, Tony Award-winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone….
by - July 2, 2012 3:30 pm
Wal-Mart has come a long way since Sam Walton opened store No.1 in Rogers exactly 50 years ago Monday (July 2). No one dreamed at the time the venture would…
by - July 2, 2012 2:48 pm
BLOOMBERG — Manufacturing in the U.S. unexpectedly shrank in June for the first time since the economy emerged from the recession three years ago, indicating a mainstay of the expansion…
by - July 2, 2012 2:32 pm
Arkansas’ Medicaid program will receive $7.65 million in an agreement with drug maker GlaxoSmithKline, according to a statement released Monday (July 2) by Attorney General Dustin McDaniel. Several states and…
by - July 2, 2012 1:56 pm
Houston-based Vanguard Natural Resources announced Monday (July 2) that it has closed on the $434.4 million deal to acquire natural gas and liquids reserves and operations from Denver-based Antero Resources….
by - July 2, 2012 12:18 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe said Monday that he’s “inclined” to expand the state’s Medicaid program under a provision in the federal law that was ruled constitutional last week. Beebe argued that…
by - July 2, 2012 11:48 am
The Poultry Federation of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, announces its Board of Directors and officers for the 2012-2013 year. Serving as chairman of the board is Kevin McDaniel, vice president…
by - July 2, 2012 11:32 am
Gov. Mike Beebe’s week-long trade mission to France should result in expansions of existing French firms doing business in Arkansas and could result in research collaborations for food safety and…
by - July 1, 2012 5:59 pm
In 2005, just two years after Whirlpool gave us a clear hint about the future of its Fort Smith manufacturing operations, business and community leaders in the Fort Smith region…
by - July 1, 2012 4:37 pm
ROGERS — The 2012 Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship may be over, but business connections made during the ladies golf tournament are long-lasting. The recent Women’s Day at the LPGA is one…
by - July 1, 2012 1:29 pm
BENTONVILLE — Good food, films and folk music were available in abundance at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s recent Journey into the Wild event. The party on the museum’s…
by - July 1, 2012 12:58 pm
“it’s constitutional. Bitches” (Punctuated as tweeted) Just in case you missed it, the above quote was tweeted Thursday by Patrick Gaspard, the Democratic National Committee’s Executive Director, when he learned…
by - July 1, 2012 12:48 pm
A decided minority of Arkansas Third District voters do not much care for U.S. Rep. Steve Womack’s Republican politics. Opponents see little besides a hyper-partisan who will someday look to…
by - June 30, 2012 12:54 pm
BENTONVILLE—An agreement between Northwest Arkansas Community College and the Association of Community College Trustees for the ACCT to provide presidential search consultation services is in the process of being finalized….
by - June 30, 2012 12:24 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Dickson Street’s Garden Room was decked out in patriotic colors for the Jackson L. Graves Foundation’s annual Red, White & Baby Blue event on Friday (June 29). Guests sipped…
by - June 30, 2012 10:00 am
FAYETTEVILLE — The 14th annual KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series begins at 8 p.m. tonight (Saturday) with a performance from the Aaron Goldberg Trio in the Starr Theater at the Walton…
by - June 29, 2012 10:25 am
On this week’s adventure, we are going to investigate a new joint that’s stirring up quite a buzz. It also doesn’t hurt that they serve one of my favorite foods:…
by - June 29, 2012 9:39 am
Fred Denney and Pete Galvan say Whirlpool officials are “cheap bastards.” And that was after they were given a few chances to soften their opinion. Whirlpool announced Oct. 27, 2011,…
by - June 29, 2012 6:52 am
BENTONVILLE — The first printed copy of the “Declaration of Independence,” printed on America’s birthdate, is on loan to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art from single private collector for…
by - June 29, 2012 12:50 am
Burn bans don’t usually affect fireworks sales much but when it gets so hot and dry that setting off personal fireworks gets prohibited, that’s when firework stand owners start to…
