The Clinton House Museum has 15 months to find a new funding model after the Fayetteville Advertising & Promotions Commission voted 6-0 to end its funding on the facility at the end of the year.
Citing "continuing uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic," the board that oversees the University of Arkansas' Arkansas Business Hall of Fame says it won't induct a new class of honorees in 2021.
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education has purchased the former corporate office building of Golden Living in Fort Smith.
The Walton Family Foundation names Chelsea Peters as chief strategy officer, serving as a key advisor to Executive Director Caryl M. Stern. read more >
The Arkansas rice industry this week donated 153,500 pounds of rice to the Arkansas Foodbank in honor of National Rice Month. read more >
MFA Oil Co., a farmer-owned energy supply cooperative, buys Simmons Energy Solutions, the propane business of Simmons Foods Inc. of Siloam Springs. read more >
Arkansas Business is once again seeking nominations of the state's outstanding businesses, business executives and nonprofits for its Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >
CEO Trent Goins of OK Foods in Fort Smith says the Arkansas Department of Health's "erroneous reporting" of the number of positive coronavirus cases led to China banning imports from a company plant. read more >
The National Restaurant Association recently surveyed thousands of restaurant operators from across the country about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on their businesses, and the results from Arkansas' operators were anything but promising. read more >
Arvest Bank can be added to the list of plaintiffs suing troubled investment adviser Adam Kuettel and his firm, Kuettel Capital LLC of Bentonville. read more >
The Arkansas medical marijuana system has cleared three new growers, but the existing five cultivators are suing. read more >
President Donald Trump said Saturday he's given his “blessing” to a proposed deal that would see the popular video-sharing app TikTok partner with Oracle and Walmart and form a U.S. company. read more >
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said China has banned poultry products from a plant in Fort Smith. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville said Thursday that it would raise hourly wages for approximately 165,000 of its U.S. employees. read more >
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Commission awarded $14 million to 10 communities for water and wastewater projects serving more than 8,256 people. read more >
The University of Arkansas' Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation received a $1 million gift from an alumnus. read more >
Russ Jones, Ph.D., started as dean of the Arkansas Tech University College of Business on July 6. read more >
The 22nd Northwest Arkansas Business Women's Conference will be held virtually this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Walmart is teaming up with a company called Zipline to launch drone delivery program early next year that will deliver health and wellness products close to the retailer's headquarters in northwest Arkansas. read more >
Oracle says that the Chinese owner of TikTok has picked the U.S. company to be its “trusted technology provider," beating out rival Microsoft in a deal that could help keep the popular video-sharing app running in the U.S. read more >
Mervin Jebaraj works at the University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business so it is apropos that he has a grade for the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Rob Wells, the University of Arkansas journalism professor who is helping take over the arkansascovid.com news site, is also taking strict precautions against the virus. read more >
When it comes to Arkansas home sales, historically low interest rates are helping steamroll any ill effects from COVID-19. read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a wallop to the country's economy, but experts interviewed by Arkansas Business don't expect too much lasting damage. There is a caveat, of course. read more >
The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System expects to see a loss of 1% on its investments for its fiscal year that ended June 30, marking the first decrease since 2009. read more >
While two registered investment advisory firms associated with Stephens Inc. of Little Rock remain firmly atop the annual list of the state's largest money managers, even the second-tier firms are posting impressive new totals of assets under management. read more >
Wealth managers and national experts agree that clients' long-term goals, rather than political winds, should drive investment decisions. read more >
Two Arkansas counties have sued Walmart Inc. over allegations that the Bentonville retailer contributed to the opioid epidemic by failing to maintain tight controls when filling opioid prescriptions. read more >
Misty Orpin is handing off her latest baby, the pandemic news and data site arkansascovid.com, which she birthed on her laptop and raised to indispensability. read more >
Arkansas reported nearly 1,300 active coronavirus cases at its colleges and universities Thursday, as well as 525 in its public schools. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville releases its report on the company's culture, diversity and inclusion, which shows an increase of more than 7% in management-to-management promotions for people of color since 2019. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale says it will work with cattle ranchers to create what it called the nation's largest beef transparency program. read more >
The Walton Family Foundation announced Wednesday that it has or will distribute $500,000 to Little Rock nonprofits, to help meet the needs of local students through the Community Support Grant Program. read more >
