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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.
His Outtakes column appears every week.
Entergy Arkansas has asked for a rehearing of last month's state regulatory decision to keep compensation at retail levels for power put onto the grid by customers with solar generation systems interconnected to utilities under net metering. read more >
Smith Family Funeral Homes, founded in North Little Rock in 1955, announces its acquisition of Little Rock Funeral Home from owner Brad Leggett, a fourth-generation funeral director. read more >
This month's legal action by fired Razorback football coach Bret Bielema paints the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Wally Hall as something of a stenographer for the Razorback Foundation, Bielema's target in a $7 million breach-of-promise lawsuit. read more >
CJRW, the longtime Little Rock marketing agency and the state's tourism account holder, laid off eight workers yesterday, eliminating 8 of 61 staff positions. read more >
Entergy Arkansas is tearing down a shuttered power plant in Forrest City, part of its overall modernization process, the company announced Monday. read more >
In a second major groundbreaking in a week, Scenic Hill Solar of North Little Rock will begin construction Thursday with a 1 p.m. ceremony for a long-awaited sun energy project for the city of Hot Springs. read more >
AT&T is doing its part to answer the call for more rural internet in the COVID-19 era, combining with the Federal Communications Commission to extend high-speed service to more than 41,000 rural homes and businesses in Arkansas. read more >
Bad Boy Mowers, the Batesville zero-turn mower maker known for its sports marketing, just refreshed its playbook. read more >
The face of journalism today is battered and bloody, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published proof on June 4. read more >
State utility regulators reject a plan by Entergy Arkansas to offer power from its new solar stations to customers at a special rate, a plan that the rising private solar development industry had labeled a “job killer.” read more >
