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Garrett Excavating is more than just a company; it is a team of passionate individuals dedicated to creating lasting, positive impacts on Arkansas communities. The third-generation earthmoving and construction company has been committed to improving the infrastructure that moves, houses and shapes the Natural State since 1950. With projects ranging from hospitals and roads to apartment complexes and subdivisions, Garrett Excavating lays claim to — and seeks to live up to — the title of “Best on Earth.”
The Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion plans to expand its hospitality complex for private members and events and its artists wing for performers. Why it matters: The region's largest concert venue wants artists to have a good experience so they are more likely to return, Walmart AMP vice president Brian Crowne said in a news release. The hospitality complex expansion will allow the venue to take more private club members after being at capacity for several years, spokesperson Jennifer Wilson told Axios in an email. Memberships start at $5,000 a year. A rendering shows plans for a gym and lounge for artists. Image: Courtesy of Walton Arts Center State of play: The 1,270-square-foot addition to the Willard and Pat Walker Family Artist Wing includes a gym for artists, crews and their families, plus a lounge for watching TV or playing games backstage. The work will include enclosing the patio that was added in 2020 and installing air-conditioning, Wilson said. Separately, a two-story permanent hospitality complex will replace the open-air tent that has housed the Land O'Lakes Lounge since 2014. The lounge will be on the first floor, and the second floor will house an all-inclusive club with beverages, food, air-conditioning, seating
C&C Tree Services of Arkansas in Little Rock is a family-owned and -operated tree service business that has served homeowners around central Arkansas for more than 45 years. Much more than just removing unwanted limbs and trees — which they do efficiently and affordably — father-and-son duo Chuck and Chase Shamlin specialize in providing a variety of top-notch services for outdoor spaces.
Long lines and crowded storefronts at the Promenade makes it an even bigger hangout area. During the week of Aug. 10-16, the Promenade welcomed two highly anticipated openings: the new Local Lime location on Aug. 12 and Little Rock’s first Lego Store Aug. 14. Together, the openings offered new reasons to visit the Promenade. A two hour wait might be enough to make someone give up on dinner, but for the new Local Lime at the Promenade, the wait was a sign of the excitement.
SHREVEPORT, La. — Severe weather swept through the ArkLaTex region Tuesday morning, bringing tornado watches, warnings, and multiple severe thunderstorm warnings as voters headed to the polls on Election Day. By late morning, National Weather Service offices monitoring eastern Texas, northwest Louisiana, and southwest Arkansas had issued several severe...
Extension services call November the ideal time to plant a tree. Four steps cover a hole twice as wide as the root ball, backfill, watering and mulch.
Arkansas-based business growth strategist and artificial intelligence consultant Jeff Turnbow helps companies turn AI into measurable business results. As CEO of Winning Local and founder of JeffTurnbow.com, he works with business owners and executive leadership teams on AI transformation, revenue growth, customer acquisition and operational efficiency. Central to Turnbow’s business ethos is Zig Ziglar’s famous philosophy: “You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”
Somewhere in the trees, a flock of Christmas duckies is hiding, and kids get to hunt for them. That’s the plan for the day after Thanksgiving this year. I can’t imagine a better way to burn off leftover pie. The very next weekend brings pony rides into the...
JONESBORO — Arkansas State University joined Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry and Arkansas Farm Bureau on Wednesday to unveil the latest addition to its College of Agriculture Meat Market and Lab: a $750,000 improvement project designed to fight food insecurity with the help of deer hunters and processors statewide.
Switzerland-based automatic lathe pioneer Tornos has selected machine tool distributor HHH Machine Tool Sales as its partner in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. Headquartered in Tulsa, OK, HHH Machine Tool Sales is known in the region for its service strength, with 11 service technicians, four application engineers across the three states, and 24-hour response time.
My headline is my thesis. Inaction by Congress this summer and fall, combined with deteriorating economic conditions due to many factors, has compounded a dire situation for Arkansas farmers. We’ve been reporting for a few years about the problems facing the state’s farm families. Closed markets due to tariffs, trade...
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Abandoned Pesticide Program collected 14,964 pounds of unwanted pesticides this fall, including materials gathered at recent collection events in Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Scott, Sebastian, and Yell counties. With this year’s collection events, the program has safely removed more than 7.2 million pounds of unwanted pesticides since its launch in 2005.
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has extended an executive order allowing farmers and timber harvesters to use tax-free, red-dyed diesel fuel in certain vehicles on public highways through the end of the year. Sanders signed Executive Order 26-16 on Friday, Oct. 30, extending an emergency...
Economic development is about more than bringing jobs to a community. It is about creating places where people want to live, work, raise their families, and build their futures. In Northeast Arkansas, we have made significant progress in creating jobs and attracting private investment. Since 2020, the Northeast Arkansas Regional...
Karen K. Hutchins, Executive Director of the Arkansas Bar Association, has announced her retirement after 22 years of service to the Association. Hutchins formally notified Association President Carol Dalby of her decision and shared the news with the Board of Trustees during its October 30 meeting. 22 Years of Growth...
The sun is setting on another harvest, but growers are already weighing next season’s fertility plans. Traditional nitrogen can be a major input cost, and its price and availability can be hard to predict. The challenge: meeting crop needs while managing costs and planning with confidence. Enter Pivot Bio,...
Yellville-Summit School is one eight winners in the 2026 Arkansas Grown School Garden of the Year Contest, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday. The contest is aligned with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ proclamation naming October as Arkansas Farm to School Month. Schools across the state have celebrated this...
Could In-N-Out be coming to Arkansas and Oklahoma?
More than 200 vendors share one roof at a single vintage market right off an Arkansas interstate. It works like a small town built from old dishes, retro toys, and furniture with stories. Another stop on this list pours coffee right beside its booths. One more is named after a...
Arkansas led the country in Chapter 12 filings over the July-through-September period of 2026, recording 12 cases. The post Arkansas tops nation with a dozen Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies in Q3 appeared first on AGDAILY .
