The Times Dispatch of Walnut Ridge is changing hands after nearly a century of Bland family ownership, joining an old ally — the Jonesboro Sun — as a property of Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky.\ read more >
Showing “The Fight of the Century” in 2015 was costly for a Caddo Valley sports bar owner. read more >
The core values Walter Hussman has been printing in Wehco’s 10 daily papers for two years will be chiseled in granite in Carroll Hall at the University of North Carolina, home of the Hussman School of Journalism & Media. read more >
Millions of Americans have student loan debt without having finished a degree, a prospect that makes my stomach hurt. That kind of debt generally cannot be discharged even in bankruptcy. read more >
Joseph W. Price II, an attorney at Quattlebaum Grooms & Tull PLLC in Little Rock, has been reappointed as the Arkansas state membership chair for DRI, a national association of defense attorneys and in-house counsel. read more >
Pamela Bowie has joined Arkansas State University in Jonesboro as the senior director of admissions in the Division of Enrollment Management. read more >
Every organization has at least one of those above-average performers, often considered rock-stars, who deliver results, make themselves invaluable, and leave a swath of anger, chaos, and destruction in their wake. read more >
Mark Abernathy has known success and failure during his 49 years of experience in the restaurant industry, and he knows what it takes to make a memorable cheese dip. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson's spokesman, J.R. Davis, will leave the post by the end of the month for a job in the private sector, and Katie Beck, the governor's director of state-federal relations, will take move into that job Oct. 1. read more >
A second east Arkansas newspaper scheduled for closure by leading chain GateHouse Media Group has been rescued by local buyers, with an Arkansas County broadcast group announcing that it has bought the Stuttgart Daily Leader. read more >
Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI of Little Rock was a top winner at the recent ARCom Awards for public relations excellence, with finalist entries in 35 of 41 categories and 32 total prizes. read more >
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 >
Flexible workspaces are attracting businesses of all sizes because they offer affordable short-term leases, collaboration, networking and a professional aesthetic along with a turnkey setup, according to providers in Arkansas. read more >
Making your employees’ lives a little easier and less expensive would be a solid benefit at no cost to your company. read more >
While Purple Cow itself is a tribute to nostalgia, its methods to keep current in an ever-shifting restaurant landscape, buffeted not just by diners’ whims but by technology, is all about moving forward. read more >
Walter Hussman Jr., publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and chairman of Wehco Media of Little Rock, startled the local media word by donating $25 million to the journalism school of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina. read more >
Tim Cain has been selected as director of the Arkansas Division of Public School Academic Facilities & Transportation, where he will oversee facility and transportation programs that assist public schools in the state. read more >
Jayme Vaughan has been hired as marketing manager for Arvest Bank in Siloam Springs. read more >
John Krebs has been named the Willis H. Holmes Distinguished Professor of Music at Hendrix College in Conway. Matthew Moran has been named the Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Biology. read more >
Allison J.H. Thompson, the new CEO of the Economic Development Alliance for Jefferson County, finds new investments in the area promising. read more >
