DaVita, Inc., has announced its acquisition of transplant software company MedSleuth.

Standard Lithium Ltd. has offered an update on several project and other related developments.

Jan Redfearn, Hollensworth Street branch manager for Farmers Bank & Trust, will retire with nearly 26 years of service on January 26.

Egg production in Arkansas totaled 363 million eggs during December 2021, up 2 percent from the previous month and up 7 percent from December 2020.

Last year, the State of Arkansas state certified 33 businesses as minority- and women-owned business enterprises through the Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Certification Program, Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) officials announced last week.

Albemarle Corporation, a leading producer of lithium, and 6K have announced a joint development agreement to explore the use of 6K's patented UniMelt materials production platform to develop novel lithium battery materials through potentially disruptive manufacturing processes.

Christus-St. Michael Health Center is writing another chapter in its more than 105-year history in TEXarkana with the construction of a new hospital, Christus St. Michael-West, set to break ground early in 2022.

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is partnering with the Farm Credit Associations of Arkansas for the seventh annual Arkansas Farmers Market Promotion Program and the Arkansas Farmers Market Bag Program.

The Golden Triangle Economic Development Corporation will have its first-quarter meeting from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 26.

Farmers Bank & Trust’s Board of Directors has made a promotion to help the bank assimilate its existing Texas branches and the recent purchase of nine Arvest Bank branches.

The Magnolia area officially has a new residential and commercial natural gas supplier.

Albemarle Corporation has announced a price increase for Catalysts global business unit customers. These price increases are effective immediately, or as contracts allow.

Walmart is announcing plans to expand its InHome delivery to more customers in 2022.

The Board of Directors of Commercial Metals Company declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 14 cents per share of CMC common stock.

Arkansas Medicaid clients can now get additional prescriptions paid for each month.

Arkansas lawmakers recently passed legislation reducing state income taxes for individuals and corporations.

Murphy USA Inc. will release preliminary fourth quarter 2021 earnings results after the market close on Wednesday, February 2, followed by a conference call at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 3.

Should agricultural land be used for wind and solar farms? This question will be the focus of the National Agricultural Law Center’s webinar, “Wind and Solar Farms in Farm Country: Addressing Land Use Conflicts” at 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 19.

Albemarle Corporation will release its fourth-quarter 2021 earnings after the NYSE closes on Wednesday, February 16.

“How To Be A Good Manager” is the topic of a seminar that will be presented in Magnolia and Camden on Monday, January 10 by the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center.

After floods in 2019 and unseasonably warm winter temperatures in 2020, Arkansas fruit growers faced a different extreme at the start of 2021: back-to-back freezes that put the state’s fruit crops in peril. Except for peaches, Arkansas’ strawberry, blackberry and blueberry crops survived, th…

Commercial Metals Company has announced the completion of its previously reported process to sell a large parcel of land in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

Kayle Whiddon, loan assistant, is celebrating 10 years with Peoples Bank.

Columbia County's unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) dropped to 2.9 percent in November from 3.1 percent in October.

In launching its new sustainability ambitions, Hydro has announced its intention to deliver its first commercial volumes of near-zero carbon aluminum in 2022. Hydro is also continuing its technology efforts toward an industrial scale pilot producing carbon-free aluminum by 2030.

Consumers are facing rising costs in many sectors, but American farmers, in particular, are seeing a financial squeeze several months down the road, with global fertilizer prices now two to three times what they were in 2020.

Farmers Union Insurance of Jamestown, ND has acquired the First State Insurance Service Agency in Hope, AR.

Arkansas’ Agricultural Abandoned Pesticide Program collected 85,974 pounds of unwanted pesticides in 13 counties during 2021 collection events.

Delek US Holdings, Inc., has commenced a program to sell up to 434,590 common limited partner units in Delek Logistics Partners, LP over the next three months in open market transactions.

FAYETTEVILLE – Can your personality affect your job performance? It depends on the job, according to a new study by management and psychology researchers.

The year 2021 has been a rollercoaster for Arkansas' timber industry.

PotlatchDeltic Corporation has elected Anne L. Alonzo to its Board of Directors.

It may sound counterintuitive, but chickens can stay cooler in hotter environments if it is a dry heat. They just need a little spritz of water every now and then, and a breeze to create a windchill effect.

Arkansas inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1 totaled 116,000 head, down 8 percent from December 1, 2020.

The American Wood Council announced the election of PotlatchDeltic President and CEO Eric Cremers as the chairman of the AWC Board of Directors for a two-year term, effective January 1.

Some may remember the 2017 solar eclipse that traveled over northern Arkansas at 80% coverage of the sun. About a month leading to the date, store owners found themselves trying in vain to restock shelves with more welding and sun protective glasses as shelves were emptying when people reali…

Arkansas hatcheries set 24.8 million broiler-type eggs during the week ending December 18, up 6 percent from the comparable week in 2020 and up 6 percent from the previous week.

PotlatchDeltic Corporation has announced a merger with Loutre Land and Timber Company of El Dorado.

Egg production in Arkansas totaled 358 million eggs during November 2021, down 2 percent from the previous month but up 8 percent from November 2020.

Weyerhaeuser Company has announced that the Science Based Targets initiative has approved the company's greenhouse gas reduction target as consistent with levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and to keep warming to 1.5°C globally.

Entergy Corporation's shareholders are helping protect the environment by contributing more than $1 million to 14 partnering organizations through the company's Environmental Initiatives Fund, including three programs funded in the Entergy Arkansas service area.

The Arkansas Rent Relief Program will continue accepting applications into 2022 as long as general rent relief funds are available.

In January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey about 41,000 cattle operations nationwide to provide an up-to-date measure of U.S. cattle inventories.

Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell three-tenths of a percentage point, from 3.7 percent in October to 3.4 percent in November, according to a report released December 17 by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services.

Delek US Holdings, Inc., and Delek Logistics Partners, LP announced their 2022 capital spending budget with a range of approximately $250 million to $260 million on a consolidated basis.

COVID-19 statistics as reported by the Arkansas Department of Health on Wednesday. Symbols (+) or (-) mean changes in numbers since Tuesday.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Richard Turnage, M.D., as vice chancellor for Regional Campuses, effective immediately.