From Sun Records to Sporting Goods, Sonny Burgess Remembered in Newport
Long before he was a Newport merchant, Sonny Burgess played in the same joints as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis, trading licks, liquor and wild stage moves with his fellow Sun Records...
View ArticleAnnual Show Lets Newport Show Off Artists, and Itself
Starting next month, a resurgent downtown Newport will host events on 22 of 26 weekends, culminating in late September with Depot Days, the city’s signature music festival.
View ArticleArkansas Parks & Tourism Lodges Highlight Mountains & Lakes
The big five money-makers in state parks last year were cabin rentals, more than $5.2 million; camping, $4.8 million; restaurants, more than $4.7 million; lodges, nearly $4.6 million; and gift shops,...
View ArticleFebruary Retail Sales Slip as Auto, Gas Purchases Fade
U.S. consumers spent less at auto dealers, gas stations and department stores in February, causing overall retail sales to slip 0.1 percent despite signs elsewhere of a robust economy and the tax cuts...
View ArticleOy Vey, Dan Kirkpatrick, That’s a Good Career
Through 40 years in the Arkansas marketing world, Dan Kirkpatrick has worked toward a slogan based on results: “Advertising that’s engineered to work.”
View ArticleMary Beth Ringgold Named to Arkansas Food Hall of Fame
The members of the second class of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame were announced earlier this month by the Department of Arkansas Heritage, which sponsors the program recognizing “Arkansas’s legendary...
View ArticleNew RiverFest Bringing New Focus to Food
Universal Fairs wants the festival’s food to please eventgoers, but it also wants to benefit the vendors, whose applications for a spot at the event include their proposed menu and layout.
View ArticleMetro Little Rock's Luxury Units Bridge the Generation Gap
Millennials and young professionals who ignited the luxury apartment boom in central Arkansas are now living with people their parents’ age.
View ArticleRetail Failures at UCA's Donaghey Hall Offer 'Lesson to Learn From'
Four small retailers took a chance on a mixed-use experiment in Conway. The beneficiary of that learning experience will be food service giant Aramark.
View ArticleEntertainment Spots Hit Stage in Northwest Arkansas
JBGB and The Grove look to fill a niche in fast-growing northwest Arkansas.
View ArticleReform Occupational Licensing Rules (David Mitchell & Thomas Snyder Commentary)
Occupational licensing is a harsh regulation because it makes employment an illegal act without the state’s permission.
View ArticlePlan Now for a 'Black Sky Event' (David Maxwell Commentary)
The causes that would trigger a black sky event take the response and restoration to a new level. In a longer electrical outage, the cascading effects magnify.
View ArticleClinton National Airport Lands Jobs as Envoy Air Ramps Up
The prospects are looking brighter for a service and completion center for corporate jets that went dark five years ago at the Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport.
View ArticleClark County Gets a Brewery
Proving that no town is too small to host a brewery is Amity, population 723 as of the 2010 Census. The town will be the home of Slate Rock Brewing, a nanobrewery owned by Orianne Burgess, whose...
View ArticleTyson Foods Explores Sale of Pizza Crust Business
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale explores selling its pizza crust business, TNT Crust, "as part of its strategic focus on protein."
View ArticleMike Sells Pushes Tourism In 2 Corners of State
The Sells Agency retains its Fayetteville contract and adds Texarkana to tourism client list.
View ArticleHillcrest's Helmich Auto Could Be Site for Restaurant
Doug Martin, owner of the property on Kavanaugh Boulevard, says restaurateur Daniel Bryant, assisted by Little Rock architect Tommy Jameson, has plans for the property.
View ArticleGearhead Chief Puts Money Where Youth Is, in Downtown Jonesboro
These days, Gearhead founder Ted Herget can be seen driving, biking — or sometimes riding a motorized longboard — around Jonesboro, keeping tabs on the residential complexes he has built or is developing.
View ArticleNorth Texas Company Recalls Nearly 4 Tons of Raw Beef Items
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the recall involves PFP Enterprises, operating as Texas Meat Packers of Fort Worth.
View ArticleArkansas Sees Increase in Personal Income
Personal income in Arkansas rose 3.2 percent in 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported late last month. That increase beat the average for all the states of 3.1 percent.
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