Becky Gillette

Wild Lifeline: Arkansas Small Business Owner Helps Spread Native Plants Across Country   MaryAnn King started Pine Ridge Gardens near London, Arkansas, in 1992, because she was fed up with her job in town. There in London – located about…

Behavioral health was the biggest health care crisis Americans faced going into the pandemic, and it will easily be the biggest one faced coming out of it, according to Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield President and CEO Curtis Barnett.…

Bringing it all Back Home: Lyon College and OneHealth Team Up to Create Dental and Veterinary School in Arkansas   Trying to get in to see a dentist lately? Particularly in rural parts of the state, you might have to…

Title IX: 50 Years, and Beyond: Simmons Bank Partnerships Boost Women’s College Athletics   Simmons Bank, the largest bank based in Arkansas, has established relationships with 10 universities across the bank’s footprint to be a presenting sponsor of women’s athletics…

Arkansas, like other rural states, is experiencing a shortage of physicians. Many medical school graduates in Arkansas end up leaving the state where they can find more residency opportunities. But now Arkansas has two osteopathic medical schools — the Arkansas…

The shortage of physicians in Arkansas has become more acute, as many doctors have retired or left the profession because of stress or illness from COVID-19. Despite being one of the most challenging times imaginable, in the middle of the…

Average salaries for travel nurses have soared during the pandemic with average salaries plus benefits advertised on Arkansas travel nurse recruitment websites ranging from $1,600 to more than $3,000 per week. While travel nurses have been critical to meeting the…

Ally and Zane Ferguson of Conway are travel nurses who met on their first assignment seven years ago for Travel Nurses Across America. The past two years of the pandemic have greatly increased the need for travel nurses and put…

After two years of pandemic havoc, people tired of being cooped up are ready to travel. The state’s two largest airports, located in Little Rock and Bentonville, are reporting major progress towards recovering the amount of passenger traffic seen before…

Since the first Arkansas casinos opened in Hot Springs, West Memphis and Pine Bluff in 2019 and 2020, gaming’s popularity has grown at an impressive rate. 2021 gaming revenue reached $565 million, an increase of 32 percent from 2019, said…