RiverFest isn’t coming back in 2019. The festival organizers announced today that that the event will not be held this year. It was slated to be held at Julius Breckling Riverfront Park on the Arkansas River. However, the organizers plan to “restructure, reorganize and reinvent” RiverFest...
We have successfully tackled some tough issues in the 92nd General Assembly, but not everything I sign is as serious as a highway-funding bill, raising teacher pay, or reducing the state’s top income-tax rate. Both of the bills I want to discuss today involve highways and tourism. The first...
Murphy Oil Corporation is selling two of its Malaysian subsidiaries for over $2 billion. The El Dorado-based company announced Thursday, March 20, that it will be divesting capital from Murphy Sabah Oil Co. and Murphy Sarawak Oil. Co. to PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited for...
The Little Rock Police Department has a new chief. Keith Humphrey was appointed Little Rock Police Chief by Mayor Frank Scott Jr. on Thursday, March 21. According to Scott, Humphrey will be assuming his role by April 21. Humphrey is coming to Little Rock from Norman, Okla., where he has served as...
Walmart’s Chief Technology Officer is leaving the Bentonville-based company at the end of March. Jeremy King, who joined Walmart in 2011, is leaving the company on March 29, according to a company memo. Reports indicate that King is joining Pinterest to head its engineering department. According...
La Petite Roche Technologies has announced the appointment of a new vice president. The Safe Foods Corporation subsidiary has tapped David Fortune to be the company’s vice president. In his position at La Petite Roche Technologies, Fortune will be responsible for driving sales and development...
Treasurer of State Dennis Milligan is bringing a national women’s financial education conference to Arkansas. Alongside the State Financial Officer’s Foundation, Milligan’s office is bringing the Smart Women Smart Money Conference to Rogers. Smart Women Smart Money is a free conference that...
Farmers Electric Cooperative Corporation is partnering with Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) to construct a 1-megawatt solar facility in Newport. The project is designed to provide renewable energy and savings for the cooperative’s members over the next 25 to 35 years. The solar facility is set on 8 to...
Little Rock-based advertising agency Kirkpatrick Creative has recently added a social media manager to its team. Jonesboro native Lyndsey Rauls has joined the agency and will be managing social media for the firm’s advertising clients. Rauls has three years of social media management and has...
TEGNA Inc. has struck a deal to acquire 11 local television stations in eight markets, including one television station in Northwest Arkansas. The Virginia-based company has entered into an agreement with Nexstar Media Group to acquire the television stations in a deal totaling $740 million...