Feds Sue Walmart Over Role in Opioid Crisis
The Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America. read more >
The Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale said it believes it overreported its beef inventory by about $285 million in fiscal 2020 because of "misrepresentations" by a supplier. read more >
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell says it will give $2.25 million in grants to the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville for programs to increase diversity, inclusion and sustainability in the supply chain. read more >
Solar power contractors in Arkansas are calling tax incentives and other provisions of the $900 billion COVID-19 relief plan a boost for the renewable power industry. read more >
Trucking magnate Wayne Hoovestol spent $615,000 on a Fayetteville warehouse-office building, which is conveniently located next to a U.S. Postal Service facility. read more >
I never imagined that I would experience a bigger news story than 9/11, which killed 2,977 Americans in a single day. But COVID-19, a disease few of us had heard of at this time last year, has killed 100 times as many in less than a year, and sometimes more on a single day. read more >
Arkansas Business asked industry leaders to share their expectations for 2021, both before and after the coronavirus vaccine is widely available. Here's what they said. read more >
High times and low moments noted from Arkansas Business subjects in 2020. read more >
They said it, we only quoted them. Here are some of the best things said in 2020. read more >
Legends in Arkansas died this year, ranging from the state's best-known writer to the father of the modern bass boat to the founder of what became the state's largest real estate company to a “titan of the steel industry.” read more >
While the coronavirus pandemic colored just about every news story of 2020, Arkansas Business readers found plenty of other reports worth clicking on this year. read more >
A Houston real estate investor couple paid $15.8 million for the Reserve at Tontitown apartment complex. read more >
Retired Dumas Clarion editor/owner Charlotte Schexnayder died Dec. 11 at just shy of 97 years. Dennis Schick, former APA executive director, died Dec. 15. read more >
D.J. Burrows has been named controller of Washington Regional Medical System in Fayetteville. read more >
Forrest Stobaugh has been hired as an associate attorney at Jones Jackson Moll McGinnis & Stocks PLC in Fort Smith. read more >
Dr. Joe Thompson is responsible for developing health policy, research activities and programs that promote better health and health care in Arkansas. read more >
The former Beechwood Village apartment complex in Fayetteville is getting a new name and a makeover thanks to a new equity investment through JLL Capital Markets of Chicago. read more >
SSW Holding Co. LLC of Fort Smith, a provider of engineered components to industrial markets, announced Thursday a rebrand and name change to SSW Advanced Technologies, effective immediately. read more >
The Walmart Foundation and Walton Family Foundation are providing nearly $1.3 million, combined, to help 14 grantees implement individualized diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) plans as part of an initiative called TRUE Northwest Arkansas. read more >
Lyon College President W. Joseph King has signed an agreement with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education in Fort Smith, guaranteeing that Lyon students who meet eligibility requirements will be granted an admissions interview for any of ACHE's programs. read more >
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas Inc. announced their 2021 officers and directors last week. read more >
Matt Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, has accepted a three-year appointment to the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Board of Directors. read more >
Winrock International of Little Rock announces its new Validation Fund, an “evergreen, not-for-profit fund dedicated to deploying early-stage awards to validation-stage Arkansas startup companies.” read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale fires seven plant managers after an investigation into allegations of a COVID-19 betting pool at its pork production plant in Waterloo, Iowa. read more >
Lilly Endowment Inc. of Indianapolis gave a nearly $1 million grant to the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville to establish a program to support pastors of Presbyterian Churches in rural and minority communities in Arkansas. read more >
Alice Walton's nonprofit Whole Health Institute will be designed by famed Fayetteville architect Marlon Blackwell and will be located on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. read more >
The Arkansas Center for Data Sciences launches a program for free information technology training and existing apprenticeships to Arkansans who need work because of COVID-19. read more >
Billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist Johnelle Hunt will be recognized as the Legacy of Leadership Award winner as part of the 33rd Annual Arkansas Business of the Year ceremony. read more >
Philip Taldo enjoyed a deep chuckle recalling a conversation he had with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson a few years ago. read more >
Think Multifamily is making a big splash in the Fort Smith commercial real estate market. read more >
