Marty Cook

1 month ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Marty Cook

It may not be much, but officials at Arkansas universities are hopeful that a new Arkansas law can provide some extra money for their athletes. Act 305, signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in March, allows for the state’s universities to hold 50-50 raffles at sporting events with 50% of the proceeds going to the raffle winner and the remaining half going to the university’s NIL coffers. Arkansas joined several other states — including Missouri, Kentucky and Florida — to allow such raffles.

1 month ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Marty Cook

Washington Regional Medical Center paid $5.6 million for a medical office in Fayetteville. The 19,000-SF office is on Bob Younkin Drive, adjacent to the medical center; it is home to several medical facilities, including a sleep disorder clinic and wound center. Washington Regional is led by CEO Larry Shackleford. Arvest Bank provided a loan of slightly more than $5 million. The seller was Surgery Clinic North Hills Investment LLC, led by Dr. Jeffrey Kellar.

1 month ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Marty Cook

In a time of big banking, the residents of some small towns in Arkansas are still doing business with their local bank. Five Arkansas towns with fewer than 13,000 residents are home to two chartered banks. McGehee, a small town in southeast Arkansas, boasts McGehee Bank and First NaturalState Bank, whose main bank offices are within two blocks of each other.

1 month ago | brainerddispatch.com | Marty Cook

Nationally, more than 34.5 million people who live in poverty receive services from Community Action Programs, which were established in 1964 under the Economic Opportunity Act declaring War on Poverty. BI-CAP — the Bi-County Community Action Program of Beltrami and Cass counties —- is one of over 1,000 Community Action agencies in the USA that help people help themselves and each other to achieve self-sufficiency. The need in Cass and Beltrami counties is great.

1 month ago | pineandlakes.com | Marty Cook

Nationally, more than 34.5 million people who live in poverty receive services from community action programs, which were established in 1964 under the Economic Opportunity Act declaring War on Poverty. BI-CAP (the Bi-County Community Action Program of Beltrami and Cass counties) is one of over 1,000 community action agencies in the United States that help people help themselves and each other to achieve self-sufficiency. The need in Cass and Beltrami counties is great.