SCA Pharmaceuticals of Little Rock, which makes sterile pharmaceuticals for hospital pharmacies and health care facilities throughout the country, says it will expand its operations in Little Rock. read more >
A national cancer imaging database maintained by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has become the official storage site for all of the United States' COVID-19 clinical images. read more >
Arkansas reported nearly 700 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, the first day of a statewide mask mandate that's drawn some resistance from local leaders and law enforcement. read more >
Marriott hotels will require guests to wear masks in lobbies and other public spaces starting July 27. read more >
During an interview on ABC's “This Week,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said that wearing masks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus shouldn't be about politics. read more >
What's the worst-case scenario if we make the wrong choice? If we wear masks and it turns out they were of little use, what's the maximum harm? read more >
Industrial property in east Little Rock, convenience stores in west Little Rock and North Little Rock, duplexes in Faulkner County and more form this week's conga line of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >
Quapaw House Inc., the troubled Hot Springs drug and alcohol treatment provider, has no employees, no open locations and no receiver nowadays, a lawyer for the company says, though it does have more than $13 million in debt. read more >
G&T Investments LLC of Las Cruces, New Mexico, acquired the Mattress Firm-Vitamin Shoppe project at 4300-4302 E. McCain Blvd. from McCain Plaza LLC of Los Angeles. read more >
Ben Kutylo has been named executive director of Forward Arkansas in Little Rock. read more >
Dr. Michael Beard has been hired by Benton Family Health Clinic, and Anne Brown has been hired by Baptist Health Family Clinic West. read more >
Jon Harrell, the CEO of Generations Bank, says the pandemic has allowed community banks to demonstrate their value. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday he's deferring to local police and sheriff's departments on how they'll enforce his order requiring people to wear masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. read more >
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8% in June from 9.6% in May, the state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday. read more >
The Federal Reserve has opened one of its lending programs to nonprofit groups, including hospitals, educational institutions, and social service organizations. read more >
Two major retailers join the growing list of national chains that will require customers to wear face masks regardless of where cities or states stand on the issue. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences opened a second Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine location in northwest Arkansas Thursday, at 519 Latham Drive in Lowell. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson left open the possibility of a statewide mask mandate to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday but said the state is making progress encouraging their use as the number of virus cases surpassed 30,000. read more >
Three Arkansas hospitals and Proton International LLC have signed a letter of intent to bring the state's first proton therapy center to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' Radiation Oncology Center. read more >
Chirie Bazzelle, owner and CEO of New Beginnings Behavioral Health Services, has reached a plea agreement with the state attorney general's office involving a misdemeanor charge of obstructing governmental operations, the office says. read more >
Arkansas Business will host its first virtual Executive Leadership Academy this fall. Applications are now open and the deadline to apply for the program is July 31. read more >
Dr. Jessica Snowden, has been named chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease in the College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. read more >
COVID-19 hurt tax revenue for the Arkansas Department of Transportation, but all projects remain on track, and the department doesn't think future projects will be affected by the pandemic. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is caught between his deep allegiance to faith and commerce and his duty to public safety in deciding how much to tell the public in the coronavirus pandemic. read more >
Steffany Benton has been hired as the clinical director of Health Tech Arkansas in Little Rock. read more >
Baptist Health of Little Rock, like other health care providers in the state, took a financial hit in the first quarter as a result of COVID-19, and it isn't looking better for the second quarter, which ended June 30. read more >
The $905,000 sale of a Sherwin-Williams Paints store in North Little Rock led the most recent round of real estate transactions. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson's executives orders aim to give legal protections from COVID-19-related claims. Here's a closer look at the orders and what they mean for businesses. read more >
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas announced Wednesday that it has added 14 mother-baby suites and a high-risk obstetrics unit to its services. read more >
Arkansas Children's Research Institute received more than $1.2 million from the National Institutes of Health for a five-year study that looks at the effects of exposure to trichloroethylene. read more >
