Texarkana

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is buying rival company Cooper Tire in a $2.8 billion transaction. On Monday, Feb. 22, Akron, Ohio-based Goodyear announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. This…

A new solar power facility has been unveiled in Southwest Arkansas. On Monday, Sept. 28, the Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative (SWAEC) dedicated its new C. Wayne Whitaker Solar Power Generation Facility, named after SWAEC manager Wayne Whitaker, who is set…

Ritter Communications is investing $16 million in the Texarkana area to bring increased access to high-speed internet and other services to the region. This is the latest investment the Jonesboro-headquartered broadband provider has made in the area. Previouslyk, it invested…

The leaders of the twin cities of Texarkana, Arkansas, and Texarkana, Texas, are setting aside all rivalries in order to shore up the economy on both sides of the state line. They have created the Arkansas-Texas Regional Economic Development Incorporated,…

State’s First Computer Science Education Program of Study Graduates Also Recognized   Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Department of Education Commissioner Johnny Key recently announced four winners of the 2017-2018 #ARKidsCanCode Enrollment Contest. The winners were announced at the 2018…

Are you a food lover and a home dweller? There’s a new food delivery service in Arkansas that will save you the trip to your favorite restaurant and deliver food to your doorstep for a delivery fee of $2.90. Co-founded…

The city of Texarkana, Texas, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to allow the University of Arkansas Community Design Center and Marlon Blackwell Architects of Fayetteville to develop a downtown art park in the city. The NEA…