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Kyle Massey, who was born in Conway and raised in Newport, has been at Arkansas Business since February 2016. He began his journalism career as a sports writer at the Log Cabin Democrat in Conway before moving on as an editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Charlotte Observer. For 17 years, he served in editing roles at the New York Times in Manhattan. He and his wife, Kerry Prichard, have four grown children.
Travelers have increased their spending in Hot Springs, the state's tourism mecca, by nearly 30% since 2013, according to data presented Monday to the area's tourism industry. read more >
The Arkansas Cinema Society will open its annual festival, Filmland 2019, this week with a look at a couple of men of distinction. read more >
Entegrity's Little Rock headquarters is being honored as Project of the Year in the Green Tie Awards program presented by the Arkansas chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. read more >
After two fatal shootings and several threats, Walmart finds itself a focus in America's bitter gun debate. The company, founded by an avid hunter and incubated in gun-loving Arkansas, sells 2% of the nation's firearms and 20% of its ammunition; still, you might be surprised by changes it has already made. read more >
Walmart reported upbeat second-quarter financial results on Thursday, but before discussing rising same-store sales and e-commerce numbers, CEO Doug McMillon reflected on gun violence and suggested reconsideration of a ban on “military-style rifles.” read more >
More than three and a half years after getting the ax from The New York Times, I have a chance to say I told you so. I'm not going to, exactly. read more >
Sarah Fortner, who spent four early-career years as a meteorologist and weather anchor at KTHV, Channel 11, is returning to the Little Rock CBS affiliate after several years in the Carolinas. read more >
Arkansas' eighth medical marijuana dispensary, The Source, will open at 8 a.m. Thursday in Bentonville. It will be the second cannabis outlet in a little over a week to start selling in the city. read more >
James Bright took over as general manager of the Texarkana Gazette just five months ago, but don't call the paper his new baby. read more >
Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman has staked his paper's future on readers taking the iPad path to daily news. That change in our reading habits have coincided with another sign of the apocalypse for daily papers, the $1.4 billion merger of America's two largest newspaper chains, Gannett and GateHouse. read more >
