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Fewer than 44 out of every 100 working-age Baxter County residents hold a job or are looking for one, and the head of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce told a Mountain Home audience Monday that number should catch the eye of any employer looking to expand. “This is a...
Arkansas State University-Mountain Home has restructured the leadership of its School of Technology and Health Sciences, naming a nurse practitioner with a doctorate as dean and creating two workforce development posts aimed at local employers. Dr. Jess Camp is the new dean of technology and health sciences and director of...
Evan and Beth Luter of Corning (Clay County) are seeing their dreams come true after pitching their Nona Belle’s Golden Fry breading mix to Walmart buyers at the retail giant’s Open Call event Oct. 7. They were one of 120 companies meeting with buyers, and the only one based in Arkansas.
A candy maker in the Ozarks still works from a recipe book published in 1897. Some of those recipes trace back to the Civil War era, which makes my sweet tooth feel very young. Another shop in this state has been making candy since 1925, often in copper kettles. Four...
The Arkansas Department of Commerce fired five employees following an investigation into alleged fraud, conflicts of interest, and improper benefit distribution within the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services Division.
The magazine that lands each month in the mailboxes of North Arkansas Electric Cooperative members turns 80 this month. Arkansas Living, published by the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, first appeared in November 1946 as Arkansas REA News, an eight-page black-and-white monthly sent to 21,018 rural co-op members. More than 950 issues later, it runs 44 pages in full color and reaches more than 375,000 addresses through 16 localized editions, which the cooperatives say makes it the largest-circulation publication in the state.
During the midterms last week Democrats took party control in congress. Meanwhile in Arkansas, Republicans maintained control of major statewide offices, including the Governor's office and the U.S. Senate seat. Dr. Cameron Wimpy is a professor and the chair of the Department of Government, Law, and Policy, as well as the director of the Institute for Rural Initiatives at A-State. He said while statewide races were closer than they have been, the decisions voters made is more of a reaction to current policies, the economy, and the war in Iran rather than an embracing of Democrats.
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas led the nation in Chapter 12 bankruptcy filings in 2025 and may continue that trend in 2026 as farmers facing intense financial pressure look for ways to stay in business, and others decide to leave farming altogether. Thirty-two agricultural operations in the state had filed...
South Arkansas bankruptcies listed by county for the week ended Tuesday, November 3, 2026, according to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Columbia. Wilbert M. Shaw, P.O. Box 453, McNeil; Chapter 13; bankruptcy filed October 21, 2026. Heath Parham and Stacy Parham, 1260 Columbia Road...
Littlefield Companies is returning to its roots. The company recently sold its 25-store retail portfolio to focus entirely on its core petroleum hauling, wholesale distribution, and logistics operations. The divestiture of the Littlefield Express network, which spanned convenience stores and highway travel centers in Arkansas and Oklahoma, was completed through a sale to Green Trail Fuel, a joint venture between HF Sinclair and UPOP Holdings.
Little Rock buyers found more options and more negotiating room as listings climbed and homes spent more time on the market.
HOT SPRINGS — Several Arkansas Farm Bureau members from the Grand Prairie region participated in the organization’s resolutions committee meeting Nov. 3-4 at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Members from Arkansas, Desha, Lonoke, Monroe and Prairie counties spent two days reviewing, discussing and consolidating policy topics for consideration...
Lyndex-Nikken has appointed Jamey Jones as regional sales representative for Arkansas, Mississippi, West Tennessee and the bootheel of Missouri. Jones brings 20 years of medical device manufacturing experience. After completing a two-year machine shop training course at the Tennessee Technology Center in Whiteville, Tennessee, in 2006, he worked for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers. His roles ranged from machine attendant and CNC programmer to team lead and operations manager overseeing more than 40 employees.
The Montana Public Service Commission approved the $15.4 billion NorthWestern Energy and Black Hills Corp. merger on Tuesday. The new company, once merged, will serve 2.1 million electric and natural gas customers in Montana, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming. In a split vote, the PSC supported...
Aaron House Booking has launched as a full-service artist representation firm to connect professional bluegrass and bluegrass gospel acts with festivals, churches, and private events. Based in Arkansas, the company is run by the husband-and-wife team of Darwin and Tiffany Aaron, long time bluegrass and gospel music lovers, and parents...
Seventy cents of every dollar you spend here goes straight back to the farmers and makers. At a typical grocery store, that number sits closer to fifteen cents. I had to read that twice. Every single product on the shelves comes from Arkansas. That means produce, meats, eggs, bread, jams,...
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A new program from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture is providing education and on-site technical assistance to help Arkansas farmers and ranchers be sustainable and profitable. TransformAR is a statewide initiative led by Dan Quadros, small ruminant extension specialist for the Division of Agriculture and the University of...
Arkansas farm bankruptcies nearing 2025 levels with one quarter left
