Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:17:44 GMT
Shreveport Convention Center & Hotel wins national Brownfields awards (The Shreveport Times)
The city claims the People's Choice Award for Best Brownfields Project and the Phoenix Award for the Environmental Protection Agency's district that includes Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
|
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:10:06 GMT
Huckabee sees GOP gains in U.S. House (The News & Observer)
Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee sees big gains for Republicans in the U.S. House next year.
|
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:26:11 GMT
Raymond A. Pritchett Jr. dies at 67 (Maumelle Monitor)
Raymond A. Pritchett Jr. loved to tell the story that he was the sixth person to move to Maumelle. He was a CPA, political junkie and a former chairman of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department Commission. Friends remembered him as a story teller.
|
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:05:05 GMT
Ranking puts NEA in top 20 (Jonesboro Sun)
JONESBORO — Northeast Arkansas managed to elude the more serious hits of the economy while other parts of the nation were hurting. Even now, the region is holding steady in some areas where others are declining — including the housing market.
|
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:14:53 GMT
Dwyer in good position to rescue Yellville-Summit School District (Baxter Bulletin)
On Dec. 14, the Yellville-Summit School District will learn whether or not it is being officially listed by the Arkansas State Board of Education as being in fiscal distress. A declining balance that jeopardizes the fiscal integrity of a school district is the primary criterion for the classification, but other situations, such as audit violations, may contribute.
|
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:22:30 GMT
Burris honored in magazine’s ‘20 in their 20s’ (Harrison Daily Times)
Arkansas Business this week named state Rep. John Burris one of its “New Influentials: 20 in their 20s.” The weekly publication selected young business owners, investment bankers, lawyers and architects but Burris was different.
|
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:15:55 GMT
Yellville-Summit School District to meet with state board in December (Baxter Bulletin)
Yellville-Summit School District's new superintendent, John Dwyer, listened to the annual report to the public Monday and then shared with the school board and audience news and personal thoughts about the district's fiscal distress status. He meets with the Arkansas State Board of Education Friday in preparation for a Dec. 14 meeting with the same board during which the district's financial ...
|
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:58:52 GMT
Is Now the Right Time to Buy a Home? (KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville)
Home-buyers and realtors alike across Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley are heaving a sigh of relief, after President Barack Obama signed into law the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009.
|
Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:50:19 GMT
Republican field growing (Arkansas News Bureau)
Former Arkansas Farm Bureau President Stanley Reed, the Marianna farmer and lawyer, indicated a few weeks ago that he was still considering a Republican race for U.S. Senate. A freshet of talk today indicates that talk is growing more serious. Reed doesn’t take my calls — perhaps following the example of his main financial backer, real estate developer Jim Lindsey. [...]
|
Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:14:46 GMT
Kennett native receives Silver Star award (The Daily Dunklin Democrat)
A former Kennett man who was awarded the Silver Star award after serving in Vietnam, along with three other Silver Star recipients, was honored on Saturday, Nov. 7, as Arkansas State University (ASU)...
|
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:26:31 GMT
Area businesses form auction company (Maumelle Monitor)
LITTLE ROCK — Pete Hornibrook, Chairman and CEO of Rector Phillips Morse, Inc./CORFAC International & Coldwell Banker RPM, Inc., one of Arkansas’ oldest and most venerable diversified real estate companies and Johnny B. Mitchum, owner and founder of Mitchum Auctions and Realty, LLC have announced the formation of RPM-Mitchum Auctions, LLC. The new entity is located within RPM’s corporate offices ...
|
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:40:40 GMT
What you could do with millions if you win the Powerball (FOX 16 Little Rock)
Wednesday night was the first Powerball drawing the state of Arkansas has ever been able to participate in and many Arkansans waited anxiously to see if they would be the...
|
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:28:40 GMT
State Per Capita Income Up (Times Record)
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas has risen to 46th in per capita personal income for the first time in 50 years, Gov. Mike Beebe said Monday.
|
Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:50:18 GMT
Beebe: Per capita income up to 46th, revenues still falling (Arkansas News Bureau)
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas has risen to 46th in per capita personal income for the first time in 50 years, Gov. Mike Beebe said today.
|
Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:30:55 GMT
Trash Out Business Franchise, REO RESQ, Announces Opening of REO RESQ of Central Arkansas (PitchEngine)
Little Rock, Ark. November 2, 2009 Central Arkansas is now home to the newest location for foreclosure clean out franchise, REO RESQ. According to Frank Patrick, founder of REO RESQ and one of the countrys top REO Real Estate Owned/Bank Foreclosure experts, a new onslaught of hundreds of thousands of foreclosures are destined to hit the market in the final half of 2009 and beyond....
|
