Beebe

FNBC Bancorp Inc., the bank holding company for Ash Flat’s FNBC Bank, is acquiring RiverWind Bancshares and its wholly owned subsidiary, RiverWind Bank, a $170 million asset community bank headquartered in Augusta. The proposed transaction, which is subject to regulatory …

Family is big in Arkansas, and it stands to reason that family businesses are, as well. Generational businesses are the backbone of business in the Natural State. In Arkansas, family business can mean many things — from global corporations to …

They are the ones in the careers one may overlook in day-to-day life — the person behind the wheel of the semitruck one passes on the highway, the welder who helped build the bridge one drives over on the way …

The Giver   While some companies are measured in terms of profits made, miles covered and customers served, Stallion Transportation Group in Beebe is perhaps best understood in terms of lives touched. Founder Butch Rice said giving back is a …

The trucking industry is a rocky road, and there are many complicated issues pervasive in the ever-changing industry. Currently, trucking is experiencing a difficult period in Arkansas and across the country when it comes to economic pressures. A study released …

In 1992, Garland E. “Butch” Rice III opened the doors to his trucking business in a 400-square-foot office in North Little Rock. A little more than three decades and a move up to Beebe later, Stallion Transportation’s headquarters takes up …

The 95th Arkansas General Assembly convenes this month as Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders looks to build on the momentum of her signature education-reform legislation and tax cuts. Here is a look at a handful of the prominent lawmakers expected to …

The CEO of any company knows the job brings with it stress from virtually every direction: marketing, sales, personnel, customer relations — almost everything. There are answers, however, to mitigate, if not wholly remove, anxiety from the day-to-day work of …

Arkansas State University-Beebe is enhancing its automotive technology curriculum with the addition of the Toyota Lexus TECS Elite training program at its Searcy campus. This initiative, in collaboration with Parker Lexus of Little Rock and Toyota, aims to provide advanced …

Several neighborhoods in Beebe, Kensett and Judsonia will soon have access to the latest option in high-quality, fiber optic internet. Ritter Communications’ award-winning RightFiber services will be introduced to these communities for the first time ever, thanks to a $5.3 …