Walmart to Stop Selling Electronic Cigarettes at Stores
Walmart said Friday that it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs following a string of mysterious illnesses and deaths related to vaping. read more >
Tagged: Health Care
Arkansas Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.4%
Arkansas' unemployment rate remain unchanged at 3.4% between July and August, the state Division of Workforce Services said Friday. read more >
Arkansas Children's, Jefferson Regional to Open $17.5M Clinic
Arkansas Children's and Jefferson Regional Medical Center say they will establish a new pediatric clinic on the campus of Jefferson Regional in Pine Bluff. read more >
Jim Hendren Proposes New Vaping Tax, Regulations
Arkansas' Senate president on Monday proposed a new tax and regulations on vaping products, and said he hopes the governor will call lawmakers back to the Capitol to take up the issue. read more >
Baptist Health Foundation CEO Files Lawsuit Over Termination
Reanetta Hunt eagerly returned to her native state earlier this year to take charge of the Baptist Health Foundation. On her 90th day of employment, two business days after signing off on an audit, she was terminated. read more >
Do Your Employees A Solid (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Making your employees’ lives a little easier and less expensive would be a solid benefit at no cost to your company. read more >
Lost Causes (Editorial)
One of our mottoes is “Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.” Apparently, whether he knows it or not, it’s one of Congressman Bruce Westerman’s too. read more >
UAMS Adds Marino, Devabhaktuni (Movers & Shakers)
Drs. Katy A. Marino and Subodh Devabhaktuni have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas Organizations Receive Governor’s Quality Awards
Allen Engineering of Paragould was one of 20 organizations to receive an Arkansas Governor’s Quality Award during the 25th Annual Awards Celebration Thursday at the Marriott Ballroom. read more >
Arkansas Children's Research Institute, UAMS Awarded $420K
Arkansas Children's Research Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have received a $420,000 National Institutes of Health to research chlamydia. read more >
Michael Birrer to Lead Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Dr. Michael Birrer, an oncologist who specializes in gynecologic cancers, has been named vice chancellor and director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. read more >
UAMS Doctor Named President of State's AAFP Chapter
Dr. Matthew Nix was recently named president of the Arkansas Chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians. read more >
CARTI Sets Sights on El Dorado Cancer Center
CARTI announces plans to build CARTI Cancer Center South Arkansas, a comprehensive cancer treatment facility in El Dorado. read more >
Recent Real Estate Deals Total $2.14M
Topping the most recent real estate transactions is the $775,000 purchase of the 35,600-SF Little Rock Central Laundry warehouse in Little Rock. read more >
The Art of Being Wrong (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Before being elected president, Donald Trump had never worked for anyone but himself or his ultra-wealthy father. That doesn’t explain why he feels so comfortable saying things that are demonstrably untrue, but it could explain why he never had to learn how to own a mistake. read more >
Settlement Reached in Rivendell Lawsuit
The family of a 20-year-old woman who died of a drug overdose reached an out-of-court settlement last month with Rivendell Behavioral Health Services in Benton. read more >
Midtown Park Sale Tops $5.1M Mark (Real Deals)
An affiliate of AMG Realty Group of Skokie, Illinois, bought the 132-unit Midtown Park project at 6115 W. Markham St. in Little Rock. read more >
Millennial Life: Better Educated, Most Women Work
Millennials are better educated than previous generations, with the share of young adults in the millennial generation (born 1981 through 1996) who have a bachelor’s degree or higher standing at 39% compared with 15% for the silent generation (1928-1945). read more >
Mercy Makes Moves Across Northwest Arkansas (Movers & Shakers)
Drs. Kiran Kurichety and Daniel S. Paul will join Mercy Clinic Cardiology-Springdale when it opens Sept. 18. Dr. David Benson has joined Mercy Clinic Pain Management in Bentonville. read more >
DePoyster, Gordon Named to Methodist Family Board (Movers & Shakers)
David DePoyster and Clay Gordon have been added to the board of directors of the Methodist Family Health Foundation in Little Rock. read more >
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