by - February 16, 2022 4:16 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Wednesday (Feb. 16) that a $54 million Arkansas Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) portal is open, and homeowners can now apply for assistance. Arkansas is one of…
by - February 16, 2022 3:35 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Price Gardner of Little Rock, a 1984 graduate of Arkansas State University, to a second term on the ASU System Board of Trustees. Gardner, who…
by - February 16, 2022 3:32 pm
Opening of a Fort Smith campus by Fayetteville-based Haas Hall Academy received unanimous approval Feb. 15 from a state Charter Authorizing Panel. Final approval for the campus that will employ…
by - February 16, 2022 3:30 pm
Responsive Education Solutions (RES) is seeking approval from the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) to locate charter schools in Jonesboro and Texarkana. However, the Jonesboro request was pulled by RES…
by - February 16, 2022 3:05 pm
Arkansas voters are evenly split on allowing businesses to impose vaccine mandates for workers, a slight change from six months ago, according to a new Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College…
by - February 16, 2022 2:59 pm
An estimated 69 million U.S. households made grocery purchases online in January, ringing up sales of $8.5 billion, according to a Brick Meets Click/Mercatus shopping survey. Overall sales were down…
by - February 16, 2022 1:34 pm
Arvest Wealth Management (AWM), a subsidiary of Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank, had $15.9 billion in assets under management at the end of 2021. That’s up from more than $14.4 billion at…
by - February 15, 2022 3:16 pm
An easy, one-stop place for a summary of economic and political issues and conditions in Arkansas and nationally can be found with the recently concluded Talk Business & Politics State…
by - February 15, 2022 1:18 pm
Arkansas’ PEV (plug-in electric vehicles) market is growing but remains a minuscule fraction of the state’s overall automobile industry. According to data from the Arkansas Department of Finance Administration, 2,094…
by - February 15, 2022 11:45 am
Arkansas cattle inventories declined for the third straight year, falling more than 5% from January 2021 estimates. State cattle farmers liquidated about 90,000 cattle and calves, according to the January…
by - February 15, 2022 11:39 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund COVID-19 outreach efforts…
by - February 15, 2022 8:26 am
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson will give the keynote at the 95th Springdale Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. The in-person luncheon is scheduled for Feb….
by - February 14, 2022 6:49 pm
The Fort Smith Public School District is on its way to becoming a Purple Star District in a move district officials hope will show commitment to serving military-connected families living in…
by - February 14, 2022 6:38 pm
Walmart was seen as a “winner” in retail amid the pandemic of the past year and when the company reports fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday (Feb. 17). Net income is expected…
by - February 14, 2022 3:55 pm
CARTI announced Monday (Feb. 14) the opening of the CARTI Cancer Center in Pine Bluff, located at 5001 Bobo Road. The center provides medical and radiation oncology, imaging services, including…
by - February 14, 2022 3:44 pm
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to launch the Delta Small Business Academy (DSBA), a program to help small business and entrepreneurial communities within the Mississippi River…
by - February 14, 2022 10:41 am
Dr. Ron Rainey, assistant vice president of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s newly established equity commission, one of…
by - February 14, 2022 9:37 am
The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville remains one of the top research institutions in the nation, according to the just-released 2021 rankings by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher…
by - February 13, 2022 3:07 pm
Volatile weather plagued Arkansas farmers in 2021 and it threatened to impact the number of acres harvested and yields for many crops. Cotton was expected to be hit particularly hard…
by - February 13, 2022 3:02 pm
I’m often accused by my friends of using 10 words when two will do. OK, I’m guilty. So in an effort to mend my loquacious ways, I’ll focus for the…
