John Riggs
Recent Real Estate Deals Total $2.4M
Convenience store, land and warehouse sold. read more >
Riggs Tractor an Example of Teaching Students Their Options
J.A. Riggs Tractor Co. sells heavy construction equipment, things like motor graders and earth movers. But technicians are the biggest segment of its 400-employee workforce, people “working on fairly sophisticated equipment,” said John Riggs, company president. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Arkansas Worker Education Ready for Makeover
Over a year after state Sen. Jane English began her crusade to reform workforce education in Arkansas, Charisse Childers is poised to carry out what English thinks is the centerpiece of that reformation: Act 892 of 2015, signed into law last month. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Technological Innovations Bring Profitable Changes to the Fayetteville Shale
New advances have enabled companies to drill deeper and more complex wells to tap the gas shale, too. Mixed in with the drilling improvements are new fracking techniques that increase the productivity of wells. read more >
by George Waldon -
Construction-Related Firms Report Mixed Bag of Revenue Results
Revenue was up and down among construction-related firms in the list of the state's largest private companies. read more >
by George Waldon -