Hope Young, loan assistant at the North Jackson office of Peoples Bank, is celebrating five years with the bank.
Dollar Tree, Inc., plans to hire store managers and assistant store managers during its Nationwide Management Hiring Event hosted at participating Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores across the country on Wednesday, January 22.
Contracts for two Columbia County highway projects have been awarded, including the 5.77-mile widening of a section of U.S. 82 in Columbia County.
The Golden Triangle Economic Development Council Board of Directors will meet at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the OPED Building, 570 Ben Lane.
Agricultural officials have released final crop estimates for the 2019 calendar year.
Commercial Metals Company has announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended November 30, 2019.
Cotton Creek Capital has acquired Bossier City, Louisiana-based, Landpoint, LLC and all of the company’s subsidiaries, which include King Surveyors, LLC and West Company of Midland, LLC.
About 200 farmers, consultants and other agriculture industry professionals attended the 64th annual Tri-State Soybean Forum last Friday.
Burger King restaurant on East Main Street in Magnolia has begun a half-million-dollar renovation project.
Columbia County's unemployment rate for November is recorded at 3.9 percent -- down from 4.0 percent in October, according to a county-by-county report released January 3 by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services.
Four Columbia County retailers were cited for violations in December by the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, all for sale of alcohol to a minor.
The Board of Directors of Commercial Metals Company has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents per share of CMC common stock.
Arkansas hatcheries set 23.9 million broiler-type eggs during the week ending December 28, down 4 percent from the comparable week in 2018 but up slightly from the previous week.
BancorpSouth Bank has completed its previously announced merger with Texas First Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Texas First State Bank of Waco, effective January 1.
Weyerhaeuser Company will release fourth quarter 2019 results on Friday, January 31, before the market opens.
Beginning next week, anyone with a valid Arkansas driver learner’s permit can begin using an online scheduling tool to arrange the final step toward becoming a motor vehicle licensed driver.
Owners of poultry feeding operations (PFOs) have been reminded that the annual registration for PFO’s begins January 1, 2020 in accordance with the Arkansas Poultry Feeding Operations Registration Act.
Workers earning the minimum wage in Arkansas will get a raise, starting Wednesday.
Arkansas hatcheries set 23.8 million broiler-type eggs during the week ending December 21, down 4 percent from the comparable week in 2018 and down 1 percent from the previous week.
Arkansas inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1, 2019, totaled 117,000 head, and was down 10 percent from December 1, 2018.
Beginning in late December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will spend several months gathering information about farm economics and production practices from farmers and ranchers across Arkansas.
Since NAFTA's implementation, Arkansas' exports to Mexico have increased by more than 700 percent compared to just 300 percent with the rest of the world.
With a spike in the solar industry, many Arkansas landowners are leasing their property to solar developers as a form of extra income. However, these specialty leases present some unique legal concerns.
Egg production in Arkansas totaled 294 million eggs during November 2019, down 2 percent from the previous month and down 2 percent from November 2018.
Soil testing can help spot forage nutrient deficiencies that aren’t necessarily obvious to the eye, said Dirk Philipp, associate professor of animal science for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Delek US Holdings, Inc., has announced the appointment of Richard Marcogliese to the Board of Directors effective January 1.
Union Pacific recently completed Positive Train Control (PTC) implementation, activating its final track segment.
Livestock owners should take extra steps to ensure the integrity of stream buffer zones that become more vulnerable to damage in the winter, said Dirk Philipp, associate professor of animal science for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Entergy Corporation is reminding Arkansas customers that their electrical rates will go up in January.
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted employment rate increased one-tenth of a percentage point, from 3.5 percent in October to 3.6 percent in November, according to a report released December 20 by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services.
Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative has reached an agreement with Today's Power, Inc., to build a 1-megawatt solar array near the headquarters of the cooperative in TexARKana.
Arkansas hatcheries set 24.1 million broiler-type eggs during the week ending December 14, down 2 percent from the comparable week in 2018 but up 3 percent from the previous week.
Sharon Gathright has been elected executive vice president and chief operating officer at Peoples Bank by the Board of Directors, according to Dr. Clark Fincher, chairman.
Bank OZK has announced plans to use solar-generated electricity for its banking office in Magnolia as early as 2020.
Heather Burns recently celebrated her 10th anniversary with Peoples Bank of Magnolia.
TUPELO, MS -- BancorpSouth Bank has received regulatory approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to complete its proposed merger with Texas First Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Texas First State Bank of Waco.
What do you call a food product made of animal muscle fiber when no animals were used in the making of it?
Columbia County had lottery ticket sales of $305,328.00 in November -- down from $338,453.50 in October -- according to a report released December 10 by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration’s Office of the Arkansas Lottery.
BancorpSouth Bank said last week that its Board of Directors has authorized a new share repurchase program to purchase up to 8 million shares of BancorpSouth's common stock.
Farmers Bank & Trust has opened a new location in Magnolia at 1606 Hollensworth Street at the U.S. 79 bypass.
Tetra Technologies is cutting costs in response to a slowdown in North America onshore drilling and completions activity.
Producers interested in growing hemp have been invited to an informational meeting in De Queen on Thursday, December 19.
The board of directors of PotlatchDeltic Corporation has declared a quarterly distribution on the company's common stock.
Arkansas hatcheries set 23.3 million broiler-type eggs during the week ending December 7, down 4 percent from the comparable week in 2018 and down 1 percent from the previous week.
Magnolia Downtown Merchants have made plans for several events at businesses on or near the Magnolia Square for Thursday and Saturday.
Construction of new spray rooms at Amfuel will speed production and raise the quality of fuel cells produced for military aircraft.
Rich Hillman of Carlisle was elected as Arkansas Farm Bureau’s new president, and Mike Freeze of Little Rock was chosen as the agriculture advocacy organization’s new vice president Friday morning.
The Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has begun accepting proposal submissions for its Reduce Emissions from Diesels program (Go RED!).
Arkansas hatcheries set 23.5 million broiler-type eggs during the week ending November 30, down 5 percent from the comparable week in 2018 and down 1 percent from the previous week.
Entrepreneurs interested in starting food businesses are welcome to a workshop in Little Rock on Saturday.
Columbia County's unemployment rate dropped to 4.0 percent in October, down from 4.2 percent in September, according to a report released this past week by the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services.
