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Construction / Real Estate / Retail

Recent Real Estate Deals Total $2.4M

Convenience store, land and warehouse sold. read more >
John Riggs IV of J.A. Riggs Tractor Co. says he has high hopes for 2014. | (Photo by Jason Burt)
Business Services / Education / Manufacturing

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 >
Governor Asa Hutchinson speaks after signing into law three workforce bills into law. From left: Sen. Jane English (R-North Little Rock); Gov. Hutchinson; (obscured) Senate President Pro Tempore Jonathan Dismang (R-Searcy);Dr. Charisse Childers, director of the Department of Career Education; and Johnny Key, director of the Department of Education.
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Construction

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 >
The control cab of the new generation of drilling rigs, featuring joystick technology with touch screen applications, has been likened to the cockpit of a Star Wars spacecraft.
Energy / Manufacturing / Small Business

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 >
Bill Hannah, CEO of Nabholz Construction Corp. of Conway, right, talks to an employee at a job site.
Construction / Education / Energy

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 >