Apple hits pause on sales in Russia
Apple said Tuesday that it had paused the sales of its products in Russia and taken several other steps in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Stories by Stephen Steed
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Arkansas Supreme Court throws out Turner Grain judgment
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a Lonoke County jury's decision in 2020 to award some $12 million in punitive and compensatory damages to a g…
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Patents awarded
Patents awarded to Arkansans
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Arkansas farmer on state Plant Board helped found group now suing it
Travis H. Senter, a new member of the state Plant Board, helped create a nonprofit group of farmers that's now suing the state, claiming that the board's compo…
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U.S. Steel names exec at Arkansas operation
U.S. Steel Corp. has named Dan R. Brown as senior vice president of advanced technology steelmaking and chief operating officer of Big River Steel Works in Ark…
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Hoge gets new role at paper; journalist of nearly 43 years to serve as managing editor
Alyson Hoge, a newspaper veteran of nearly 43 years, has been named managing editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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Stephens awarded $18M in staff raid
An arbitration panel has awarded Stephens Inc. of Little Rock more than $18 million in its claim that a St. Louis brokerage firm illegally raided staff from it…
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Dicamba-spraying cutoff of June 30 recommended
The pesticide committee of the state Plant Board on Wednesday recommended retaining a June 30 cutoff on spraying dicamba across the top of dicamba-tolerant soy…
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Agriculture Hall induction postponed
The induction ceremony for the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame has been postponed until March 25 because of the increase in coronavirus cases, the Arkansas F…
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Paxton Media names Northeast Arkansas journalist as regional editor
Gretchen Hunt, a veteran Northeast Arkansas journalist, has been named regional editor for Paxton Media Group's newsrooms in Jonesboro, Paragould, Newport and …
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Dillard's leads state index's '21 surge
Shares of Dillard's Inc. closed out 2021 at $245.02 on Friday, a 295% jump for the year, playing a big part in the 62% gain of the Arkansas Index, a compilatio…
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Patents awarded
Patents awarded to Arkansans
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Tornado damage to northeast Arkansas farms likely to total in millions
Losses sustained by farming operations across northeast Arkansas from a tornado Friday night likely will be in the many millions of dollars, with Adams Land Co…
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Arkansas’ largest gas provider says average customer’s heat bill will increase by 42% this winter
CenterPoint Energy, the state's largest provider of natural gas, said Thursday that it expects the average residential customer's bill will increase this winte…
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Dillard's to hold Maumelle job fair
Dillard's Inc. will hold an event today and Thursday in Maumelle to fill more than 300 positions, the company said in a news release Tuesday.
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Patents awarded
Patents awarded to Arkansans
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Farmer sued for dicamba penalties
The state Plant Board has sued a Missouri farmer for failing to pay $105,000 in fines for 11 counts of illegally spraying dicamba.
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Report: Windstream, Uniti buys eyed
Windstream Holdings and Uniti Group Inc., both based in Little Rock, could be reunified if the plan of a private equity group goes through.
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PATENTS AWARDED
Patents awarded to Arkansans
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James Trester "Jimmy" DykeSupply firm chief, philanthropist dies
James Trester "Jimmy" Dyke, chairman emeritus of Dyke Industries in Little Rock and a leading donor to the arts and to medical research, died Monday in Little …
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PATENTS AWARDED
Patents awarded to Arkansans
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5 banks buying 16 Arvest branches
Arvest Bank, based in Fayetteville, said Friday that it will sell 16 branches to four Arkansas banks and one in Oklahoma, pending regulatory approval. Terms of…
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14 nominees put up to refill state Plant Board
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday made 14 appointments to the state Plant Board, including potentially the first Black person to ever serve on the board.
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Arkansas index up 5.32% in quarter 3
The Arkansas Index, designed to track the performance of the largest public companies based in the state, closed the third quarter Thursday at 660.12, up 5.32%…
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PATENTS AWARDED
Patents awarded to Arkansans
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Farmers' rice is first shipped from Arkansas to China
Arkansas' first shipment of rice to China was made earlier this summer, with more scheduled in the coming months, the Ralston family of Atkins and Gov. Asa Hut…
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$2.2M in aid advances for local fairs in Arkansas
A legislative subcommittee on Monday recommended the release of $2.2 million to county and district fairs to help them recover losses sustained last year durin…
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Horse virus confirmed in state
Eastern equine encephalitis in horses has been confirmed in Arkansas, both in separate locations in Pulaski County, according to the state Department of Agricu…
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Steel firm to build facility in state
Majestic Steel USA Inc. of Cleveland, announced Monday that it will create some 225 jobs with the completion of a 515,000-square-foot processing, distribution …
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PATENTS AWARDED
Patents awarded to Arkansans
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State sidelines $2.2M set aside for fairs
Emergency aid is now in doubt for county and district fairs that wish to recover at least some of their losses from last year when many were canceled or had ev…
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New law on Plant Board draws suit
A Little Rock attorney who won a lawsuit this spring challenging the composition of the state Plant Board has joined three farmers in contesting the latest law…
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California parent of environmental firm moves office hub to NLR
Montrose Environmental Group Inc. of Irvine, Calif., has moved its principal executive office to North Little Rock, where it owns and operates CTEH, an environ…
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Patents awarded
Patents awarded to Arkansans
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Judge to state: Try to restart jobs relief
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert T. Wright Jr. on Thursday ordered the state to try to resume its participation in a federal unemployment assistance progra…
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Wildlife refuge reports dicamba hit
Possible dicamba damage has been found at the Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge, prompting its manager to file a complaint with the state Plant…
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PATENTS AWARDED
Patents awarded to Arkansans
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Pine Tree wildlife contract approved
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on Thursday unanimously agreed to a six-month contract to manage hunting and fishing at the Pine Tree Research Station ow…
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650,000 acres of soybeans damaged by dicamba this summer, state estimates
An estimated 650,000 acres of soybeans have been damaged by dicamba in Arkansas this summer and dicamba complaints filed with the state have increased at a cli…
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2nd firm gains lithium-extraction access in state
An Oklahoma City company said Thursday it has secured access to 100,000 acres in south Arkansas to extract lithium from bromine deposits but is in the early st…
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Rocketing Dillard's boosts index's 2Q
The continued surge in the stock price of Dillard's Inc. in the second quarter helped bolster the Arkansas Index, a collection of the publicly traded companies…
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Amazon tied to solar projects in Cross, Crittenden counties
Amazon's plans for two solar farms in Arkansas -- in Cross and Crittenden counties -- arrived quietly and include a tie-in to a solar project previously announ…
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Pine Tree land sale dead, says UA System
The University of Arkansas System and a private group of investors have terminated a contract for the sale of 6,300 acres of a state research farm.
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Claims against PerfectVision founder tossed
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Patricia James last week dismissed all claims filed in a civil lawsuit against Terry L. Fleming, founder of PerfectVision Manufact…
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9 members taken from state Plant Board
Nine members of the state Plant Board were removed from office Thursday by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Timothy Fox, who was acting on a mandate from the Arkan…
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Boozman opposing Pine Tree land sale
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., said Tuesday that he does not support the planned sale of 6,300 acres of the University of Arkansas System's Pine Tree Research…
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UA land sale continues, despite law
The University of Arkansas System is continuing with plans to sell about half of the acreage at its Pine Tree Research Station in St. Francis County to a priva…
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Dicamba spraying ruled OK for now
The Arkansas Supreme Court late Monday granted an emergency stay of a Pulaski County circuit judge's temporary restraining order against the state Plant Board'…
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Judge lets Mississippi County farmer go, calls posts free speech
A circuit judge Thursday cleared a Mississippi County farmer of possible contempt-of-court charges, citing a lack of evidence that the farmer had sprayed dicam…
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Arkansas farmer summoned by judge over email
A circuit judge in Little Rock on Thursday ordered a Mississippi County farmer to appear in court next week and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
