Rex Nelson
Through The Years: The ’90s (40 Years of Arkansas Business)
See highlights from Arkansas Business from 1990-1999. read more >
‘Arkansas Week’ Celebrates 40 Years on Educational TV
Arkansas PBS will mark the milestone with a six-minute montage of clips from the program over the decades, along with recollections from journalists who regularly appeared with Barnes and other hosts, including longtime Arkansas Business Editor Gwen Moritz. read more >
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PR Awards Honor Rex Nelson, Markham Howe, and Top Work of 2021
The Communications Group and MHP/Team SI, both of Little Rock, were among the night’s big winners. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
A News Entrepreneur Steps Up in Arkadelphia
Siftings Herald and GateHouse veteran Joel Phelps has stepped up with Arkadelphian.com. He’s promoting it as a professionally edited 24/7 community news source, and he hopes to make it profitable. read more >
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Rex Nelson Steps Up to the Plate for Classic Restaurants
Columnist Rex Nelson shares how Arkansas can better promote its culinary heritage and iconic eateries. read more >
Hot Springs Village Still Turning Heads at 50
At 26,000 acres, Hot Springs Village is the largest gated community in North America, with a golf course, lake or hiking trail practically a stone’s throw from any spot within those gates. read more >
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Phyllis Brandon, Pioneering High Profile Editor, Dies at 84
Phyllis Brandon, a pioneering newswoman who made the High Profile section an enduring Sunday read, died Saturday at her home in Little Rock. She was 84. read more >
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Clinton, Parade of Journalists Celebrate Arkansas Gazette’s 200th
Bill Clinton and a parade of venerable newspaper folks throw a 200th birthday party for a state treasure, the old Arkansas Gazette. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Holiday Cheer: Give the Gift of Arkansas
Several old and new friends, people who write knowledgeably and passionately about food, shared some of their favorite gifts to give — and receive. read more >
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Arkansas Delta Boosters Seek ‘Critical Mass’
The Arkansas Delta Council, a nonprofit economic development organization still in formation, hopes to raise money and entice investors to a region that has been losing population, unevenly but inexorably, for half a century. read more >
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Is LR at Tipping Point After Shooting? PR Voices Weigh In
Arkansas media and public relations professionals fear that negative perceptions of the capital city are reaching a critical mass after the mass shooting at the Power Ultra Lounge downtown. read more >
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Rex Nelson, Who’s Done it All, Is Back as a Face of the D-G
Rex Nelson is "home again," doing what he likes best. "That's traveling around and writing about Arkansas," he says. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Simmons First Not Cooling Its Jets
Simmons First National Corp. purchased a second jet last fall, a 1997 Dassault Falcon 2000, but don’t expect a fleet. read more >
Simmons Drops Banquet; Home BancShares Adds Board Members
Simmons First National Corp.’s annual banquet at the Pine Bluff Convention Center, catered by the Pine Bluff Country Club and often featuring background music by the Pine Bluff High School symphony, is no more. read more >
Caroline Morgan Ford Named New Executive Director of Wolfe Foundation (Movers & Shakers)
The Wolfe Street Foundation board of directors has named Caroline Morgan Ford the new executive director of the foundation after a regional search conducted upon the resignation of Markey Ford, longtime executive director (and no relation to Caroline Ford). read more >
Simmons Bank to Lead Conference on Declining Delta Population
Simmons Bank will sponsor "The Arkansas Delta: Why It Still Matters," a conference on the future of the Arkansas Delta region. read more >
Rex Horne to Leave OBU, Lead Arkansas’ Independent Colleges & Universities
Rex Horne has announced his resignation as president of Ouachita Baptist University at Arkadelphia to become president of Arkansas' Independent Colleges & Universities. read more >
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Rex Nelson Joins Simmons First as Director of Corporate Communications
Rex Nelson will leave his job as president of Arkansas Independent Colleges & Universities at the end of May to become director of corporate communications for Simmons First National Corp. of Pine Bluff. read more >
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The Top 10 Business Stories of 2014
Politics, white-collar crime, banking acquisitions, Turner Grain and more. Arkansas Business recaps the top 10 stories from the year that was 2014. read more >
AY Drops Publication of Talk Business
A shakeup has occured between former publication partners Vicki Vowell and Roby Brock. Since 2012, Vowell Inc., which publishes Little Rock’s AY Magazine, had also been printing Brock’s bimonthly Talk Business Arkansas publication. But late last month Brock announced that he and Vowell were no longer working together. read more >
by Luke Jones -