An all-Arkansas contracting team breaks ground on a $150 million medical school energy project expected to save $4.8 million a year at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.5% last month, according to a report by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services. read more >
Arkansas Business announces 35 businesses, nonprofits and executives from around the state as finalists for its 32nd Annual Business of the Year Awards. read more >
As the planet warms and storms, hurricanes, floods and wildfires intensify, backup power systems are an urgent new market in renewable energy. But take a lesson from windy, fiery California: Even if you have solar panels and sunshine, your home or business could stay dark. read more >
More than $8.5 million of new and pending utility improvement projects are underway in and around Helena-West Helena. Pieces of the infrastructure puzzle are moving into place to enhance local economic prospects as well as industrial recruitment. read more >
Apartments and an auto service project in west Little Rock combined with a convenience store and industrial project in Benton and topped with a Conway car wash form this week’s serving of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >
Arkansas Federal Credit Union recently acquired a former Twin City Bank location in Sherwood for $535,000 from JWJ Investments LLC of North Little Rock, led by Steven Jenkins. read more >
Tandem transactions in midtown Little Rock introduced new ownership to neighboring medical office buildings. read more >
Mark Cayce, general manager of Ouachita Electric Cooperative, talks about innovation and renewable power’s potential to cut electricity rates. read more >
As the desire to revitalize downtown areas becomes more popular, there is an increasing focus on the practical reasons to maintain detailed records of what exists now, what came before, and what is to come. read more >
Walmart has quietly hired off-duty officers at its stores in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman police say targeted Mexicans opened fire in a store in August and killed 22 people. read more >
Superior Group of Companies of Seminole, Florida, announces a $10 million expansion and update to its garment distribution center in Eudora, which is expected to create 125 jobs. read more >
Arkansas Lighting of Van Buren, going back to the earth’s basic light source, the sun, will soon be fully powered by solar energy, the company announced last week. read more >
A mini-storage project in Maumelle, a retail building in Bryant, a grand home in west Little Rock, a warehouse in east Little Rock and a sandwich shop in downtown Little Rock are served up in this week's seven-digit deals. read more >
East Harding Construction has completed a 10-year buyout plan making Van Tilbury the sole owner, and executives are sharing how they went about it. read more >
Mutual accusations of money-grubbing provide common ground in the courtroom wrangling over the estate of Michael Lasiter, owner of RedStone Construction Group of Little Rock. read more >
An affiliate of Cleveland’s Boyd Watterson Asset Management bought the seven-story Mann Building at 322 Main St. in downtown Little Rock. read more >
Steve Clark of Fort Smith, entrepreneur and startup investor and adviser, has received the Award of Merit from the Arkansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Brandon Ruhl of Taggart Architects in North Little Rock has received the Emerging Professional Award. read more >
The Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas received $3 million in donations for forestry-related projects. read more >
Arkansas must improve its workforce because a skilled labor pool attracts economic development projects, Ted Abernathy said at the annual Arkansas State Chamber/Associated Industries of Arkansas. read more >
