CARTI Sets Sights on El Dorado Cancer Center
CARTI announces plans to build CARTI Cancer Center South Arkansas, a comprehensive cancer treatment facility in El Dorado. read more >
Health Care
Recent Real Estate Deals Total $2.14M
Topping the most recent real estate transactions is the $775,000 purchase of the 35,600-SF Little Rock Central Laundry warehouse in Little Rock. read more >
The Art of Being Wrong (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Before being elected president, Donald Trump had never worked for anyone but himself or his ultra-wealthy father. That doesn't explain why he feels so comfortable saying things that are demonstrably untrue, but it could explain why he never had to learn how to own a mistake. read more >
Settlement Reached in Rivendell Lawsuit
The family of a 20-year-old woman who died of a drug overdose reached an out-of-court settlement last month with Rivendell Behavioral Health Services in Benton. read more >
Midtown Park Sale Tops $5.1M Mark (Real Deals)
An affiliate of AMG Realty Group of Skokie, Illinois, bought the 132-unit Midtown Park project at 6115 W. Markham St. in Little Rock. read more >
Millennial Life: Better Educated, Most Women Work
Millennials are better educated than previous generations, with the share of young adults in the millennial generation (born 1981 through 1996) who have a bachelor's degree or higher standing at 39% compared with 15% for the silent generation (1928-1945). read more >
Mercy Makes Moves Across Northwest Arkansas (Movers & Shakers)
Drs. Kiran Kurichety and Daniel S. Paul will join Mercy Clinic Cardiology-Springdale when it opens Sept. 18. Dr. David Benson has joined Mercy Clinic Pain Management in Bentonville. read more >
DePoyster, Gordon Named to Methodist Family Board (Movers & Shakers)
David DePoyster and Clay Gordon have been added to the board of directors of the Methodist Family Health Foundation in Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas Business Presents 20 In Their 20s: The New Influentials of 2019
We're proud to introduce the 2019 class of New Influentials and the possibilities these 20 in their 20s offer our state in the decades to come. read more >
UAMS Researcher Gets $2.5M Grant for HIV Education
Latunja Sockwell, a researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, receives a $2.5 million federal grant to expand HIV and hepatitis C prevention education. read more >
Dispensary to Sell Self-Grown Products; Total Sales Top 1,100 Pounds, $8M
As Arkansas crossed the thousand-pound landmark in medical marijuana sales the Hot Springs dispensary that sold the state's first legal cannabis became the first retail outlet to grow, harvest and prepare to sell self-grown product. read more >
UAMS Gets $4.6M to Address Rural Physician Shortage
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $4.6 million grant to improve access to quality health care in rural Arkansas by expanding efforts to train and retain primary care physicians. read more >
The Centers for Youth and Families Signs Lease For New Space
The Centers for Youth and Families signed a lease for 17,047 SF of office space at west Little Rock's Market & Merrill office and retail center on Aug. 13. read more >
Update: JRMC Plans New $180M Hospital
The nearly 300,000-SF project would include new construction and renovations. It would feature a six-story tower and have about 200 hospital beds. read more >
Woodland Heights Sold for $37.7M
A senior-living project in west Little Rock forms this week's real estate triangle with restaurant-inspired transactions in Greenbrier and Benton. read more >
Difficult Year Continues for Allegiance Health
The sudden closing last month of North Metro Medical Center in Jacksonville was the latest in a series of woes facing the Shreveport company that runs the hospital, Allegiance Health Management Inc. read more >
CARTI Focuses on Expanding Cancer Care
After improving CARTI's financial health, CEO Adam Head says he's turned his attention to expanding the Little Rock cancer treatment provider's reach across Arkansas. read more >
Vinson Selected Officially Named EVP, CEO of Pharmacists Association (Movers & Shakers)
John Vinson, a pharmacist who lives in Benton, has been promoted from chief operating officer to executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association in Little Rock after having filled the position on an interim basis after the departure last year of Scott Pace. read more >
Three UAMS Grads Join Radiology Associates (Movers & Shakers)
Drs. R. Gaines Fricke, Micah R. Fritsche and Zachary A. Lambertsen have joined Radiology Associates PA as radiologists. read more >
Craighead County Jobs Growth Outperforms Nation, State
Economic development leaders in Jonesboro welcomed a report showing robust job growth in Craighead County, but they hope it's just a signpost on the way to even better numbers. read more >
UA Little Rock Researcher Awarded $600K for New Health Study
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is one of five institutions sharing a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a multi-scale integrative approach to digital health. read more >
Heileman Cattle Family Feud Includes Charges of Fraud, Larceny
A family cattle business in Poinsett County ended in a multimillion-dollar bankruptcy last year, and now one of its owners is being accused of fraud. read more >
Apartment Combo Sells In $21M Transaction (Real Deals)
Related entities paired up to acquire two west Little Rock apartment projects for $10.55 million each. read more >
Bowen Law School Starting Clinic to Help Vets
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law said last week that it is starting a Veterans Legal Services Clinic. read more >
Recession Forecasts: Business Economists Split on Timing
Seventy-two percent of U.S. business economists surveyed predict a recession next year or in 2021, with 38% forecasting a downturn in 2020, and 34% putting it in 2021. read more >
Burris-Hutchinson Connection Casts New Light on Dental Board Funding Freeze
Ben Burris, an orthodontist who formerly lived in Fayetteville, has been charged with bribing former state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, who has already admitted receiving the bribes. read more >
Fayetteville Retirement Home Sells for $18M (NWA Real Deals)
A Virginia investment firm bought the Brookstone Assisted Living Facility in Fayetteville for $18 million. read more >
Despite Fast Growth, Nelson Peacock Notes Ample Room for More Talent in NWA
Nelson Peacock, president and CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Council, says the area's greatest need is talented workers to fill 10,000 jobs. read more >
O'Sullivan Accepts Position at Washington Regional (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Senushi O'Sullivan has joined Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville as a hospitalist. read more >
Browning and Browning Bring Liability Background to WLJ (Movers & Shakers)
Michelle Browning and Jason Browning have joined the medical malpractice defense group at Wright Lindsey Jennings in Little Rock. read more >
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