First Security Eyes Future Growth
First Security Bancorp is looking to the future with its purchase of three west Little Rock buildings. read more >
First Security Bancorp is looking to the future with its purchase of three west Little Rock buildings. read more >
People Trust, led by founder Arlo Washington, is set to see customers in March. read more >
Arkansas’ two osteopathic medical schools are flexing their young muscles, sending hundreds of graduates into new residency programs and starting to ease a long-term physicians shortage. read more >
The $24 million Sevier County Medical Center near De Queen is on standby to begin delivering health care services any day now. read more >
More than four years since Arkansans approved a constitutional amendment to put a casino in Pope County, Legends' gaming license is still being challenged. read more >
The Crain group in Fayetteville is challenging Volkswagen’s decision to grant a dealer franchise to the Everetts in Benton County. read more >
The 400,000-SF hotel-event center will be one of the largest in Arkansas. “We’re all in,” said Carlton Saffa, chief market officer for Saracen. read more >
Inflation takes the top spot in this year's review of business stories. read more >
Cameron Baker, founder and owner of Cryptic Farms, which has mining sites in Malvern, Greenbrier, Russellville and Mountain Pine, concedes that the FTX scandal devastated public confidence and generated calls for more regulation, including a declaration last week by Arkansas Sen. John Boozman. read more >
The Arkansas Society of CPAs said that enrollment for students seeking accounting degrees was down more than 6.5% between 2019 and 2021, the largest two-year decline in more than half a century. read more >
Construction company executives say demand for projects has remained robust, and they have learned to cope with now-predictable complications like higher materials costs and labor shortages. read more >
Now in its third decade, CDI Contractors is growing its headcount in 2023, surpassing its origins as Dillard’s Inc.’s in-house contractor. read more >
Walter Hussman Jr., 75, is ending 48 years as publisher of the Democrat-Gazette at the end of this year, with news of his successor expected soon. read more >
Arkansas is among 25 states without a National Shooting Sports Foundation five-star-rated range. A $10 million development championed by Brian Martin and Jonathan Lowman would change that. read more >
Walmart says its insurance companies are obligated to cover its defense costs, settlements, judgments and other losses involving the opioid lawsuits, but aren’t doing so. read more >
Connaway & Associates Equine Insurance Services Inc. in Little Rock is one of the nation’s largest insurance companies that specialize in insuring horses. read more >
Arkansas workers and employers are going for health savings account plans more rapidly than any other state since 2015. read more >
Harvey Hughes, a computer system programmer-turned-pilot-turned-entrepreneur, found his calling building programs for educators like those who saved him from dropout risks in high school and financial need in college. read more >
While Arkansas' colleges saw a slight increase in enrollment this fall, they are preparing for a period of decline as a result of a fall in birth rates after the 2008 financial crisis. read more >
More than 53 million Americans turned to food banks, food pantries and meal programs for help in 2021, one-third more than before the coronavirus outbreak. read more >
