by - September 2, 2025 7:40 am
Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) Executive Director Clint O’Neal may soon add a new title to his resume: globetrotter. The AEDC leader is fresh off a successful trade trip to…
by - September 1, 2025 11:32 am
Arkansas State University Chancellor Dr. Todd Shields has a full plate this fall as he moves his campus in several new directions. Shields, who was a guest on this week’s…
by - August 31, 2025 10:46 am
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, is ready to head back to Washington, D.C., where he knows he’s in for a grueling fall session after a lengthy August recess. Looming over…
by - August 27, 2025 11:15 am
When the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) dedicated its $16 million renovation of the nearly 100-year-old Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery in Lonoke in mid-July, officials launched a program…
by - August 26, 2025 7:56 pm
Farmers & Merchants Bank and The Bank of Fayetteville announced Tuesday (Aug. 26) that Greg Connell has been named president and CEO. Connell, who is the president, will now also…
by - August 26, 2025 12:00 pm
It’s a good time to be a lawyer or to be a legal observer or to be engaged in political-legal battles. I tend to lean to the legal observer position….
by - August 26, 2025 10:10 am
Angie Cooper was recently named president of Heartland Forward, a think-and-do tank headquartered in Bentonville, but doing work across a wide swath of middle America, including the Delta. She has…
by - August 25, 2025 2:15 pm
We are pleased to introduce to you the 2025 class of Northeast Arkansas Women in Business award winners. This is our seventh year producing this award for the region, and…
by - August 25, 2025 10:57 am
The Arkansas State Broadband Office released Monday (Aug. 25) the state’s final proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, officially opening the plan for public review and…
by - August 24, 2025 9:06 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders’ Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, Janet Mann, laid out her vision for how she’ll guide the sprawling state agency that oversees programs affecting children,…
by - August 20, 2025 5:46 pm
Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce interim Executive Director Terrence Ward has been named the permanent executive director of the organization. The board of directors announced Wednesday (Aug. 20) that it…
by - August 18, 2025 10:21 pm
Attorney General Tim Griffin has spent a lot of time in recent weeks with a spate of court rulings on everything from the 10 Commandments to a law affecting transgender…
by - August 17, 2025 8:59 am
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said the Friday meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin should not have high expectations. “It’s more of a sensing session for him…
by - August 12, 2025 7:01 am
Fayetteville-based AcreTrader has been acquired by Proterra Investment Partners, a Minneapolis private equity firm, the companies announced Tuesday (Aug. 12). Terms of the private deal were not disclosed. Proterra touts…
by - August 10, 2025 7:30 am
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, is ready for Congress to get back in session after its August recess. He knows there will be a challenge passing a federal budget,…
by - August 7, 2025 7:33 pm
Colliers | Arkansas announced the July 31 sale of a 177,500-square-foot flex facility located at 4201 S. Shackleford Road in Little Rock. Total price was $13.55 million. Pond Commercial LLC…
by - August 6, 2025 12:18 am
It was standing room only as close to 100 people packed a county annex courtroom in Lonoke County on Tuesday (Aug. 5) to hear plans for a $600 million, 6,000-acre,…
by - August 3, 2025 11:08 am
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, hasn’t been taking a full-blown break since Congress recessed last week. He’s been near the Florida beaches,…
by - August 2, 2025 8:22 pm
A public hearing is planned for Tuesday (Aug. 5) at the Lonoke County courthouse at 10 a.m. to discuss details of a potential 5,600 acre, 300 megawatt solar field near…
by - August 2, 2025 7:26 am
Entergy Arkansas is proposing a new natural gas power plant, the Jefferson County Power Station, to be built near the existing White Bluff coal-fired power plant in Jefferson County, which…
