by - April 14, 2024 8:50 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s longest-running awards program, Forty Under 40, is accepting nominations. The nomination deadline for the class of 2024 is Friday, May 24. You can submit nominations…
by - April 14, 2024 7:17 am
Be Pro Be Proud Arkansas, a workforce development initiative led by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas (AIA), hosted its “Draft Day” event at the Northwest Arkansas…
by - April 13, 2024 12:24 pm
Heritage Links, a division of Little Rock-based Lexicon, Inc. that specializes in golf course construction and management, has acquired Maine-based Environmental Solutions, a golf course irrigation, drainage, site design, and…
by - April 13, 2024 11:05 am
The University of Arkansas–Pulaski Technical College will receive a $5,736,624 award from the U.S. Department of Labor to expand its nursing education program. The grant was secured in cooperation with…
by - April 12, 2024 2:25 pm
U.S. Steel stockholders overwhelmingly approved a proposed merger with Nippon Steel Corp. in a special stockholders meeting Friday (April 12). The company announced in a press release that, according to…
by - April 11, 2024 6:53 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Fort Smith-based River Valley Relief (RVR) in a medical marijuana cultivation license dispute. The court reversed and remanded a lower court’s…
by - April 10, 2024 4:22 pm
Mississippi County has named recipients of its 2024 infrastructure grant program, awarding $720,050 to support seven water and sewer infrastructure improvements and projects. The Mississippi County Water and Sewer Infrastructure…
by - April 10, 2024 4:18 pm
The Rural Fire Protection Program (RFP), managed by the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division, is awarding 87 wildland fire suppression kits to rural fire departments across 46 counties in…
by - April 10, 2024 2:36 pm
First Horizon Foundation, the private charitable foundation of Memphis, Tenn.-based bank holding company First Horizon Corp., will distribute $1.6 million to nonprofit organizations within the company’s footprint. The Grants for…
by - April 10, 2024 2:32 pm
U.S. coal exports are expected to decline by 6% this year following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the resulting closure of the Port of Baltimore, according…
by - April 10, 2024 9:02 am
The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) Foundation announced Wednesday (April 9) it received a grant of $500,000 from the Mellon Foundation’s Public Knowledge program. The grant – one of the…
by - April 9, 2024 9:15 pm
The Delta Center for Economic Development (DCED), on the campus of Arkansas State University, will host an entrepreneurship training series in April. The three-part series will begin on April 11,…
by - April 9, 2024 10:48 am
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday (April 9) it has awarded a $1.7 million grant to Searcy County in north central Arkansas to support manufacturing business growth. This Economic…
by - April 9, 2024 10:42 am
Dr. O. Jerome Green, president of Shorter College in North Little Rock, passed away Monday (April 8), according to a press release from the school. Green, 69, was appointed as…
by - April 9, 2024 10:38 am
Rogers-based engineering firm Crafton Tull was awarded the top prize, the Grand Conceptor Award, at the 2024 American Council of Engineering Companies of Arkansas (ACEC) Engineering Excellence Awards Gala, which…
by - April 9, 2024 9:10 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced the following appointments on Tuesday (April 9): Board of Trustees of Southern Arkansas University Gary Sewell, El Dorado, to the Board of Trustees of Southern Arkansas…
by - April 8, 2024 6:41 pm
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) and Little Rock-based digital design firm Few have received international recognition as a Webby award nominee for the “The Story Project,” an immersive…
by - April 8, 2024 6:23 pm
Impact Management Group (IMG), a Little Rock-based government affairs and political communications firm, announced that Ashley Bearden Campbell has been promoted to partner effective immediately. Campbell joined IMG in 2009…
by - April 8, 2024 4:37 pm
The $3.365 million sale of apartments in south Fort Smith and an $850,000 sale of a grocery store in Greenwood were the top Sebastian County property deals in January, according…
by - April 8, 2024 8:30 am
Startup finalists Engine Rogers Co-founders: Nick Dozier and Pat Lockridge Year founded: 2022 Line of work: Consumer packaged goods (CPG) omnichannel software developer Website: engine.net Retail/consumer packaged goods (CPG) analytics…
