by - June 5, 2020 1:03 pm
Little Rock-based nonprofit Arkansas Community Foundation (ACF) has awarded the second phase of funding from its COVID-19 Relief Fund to help Arkansas organizations adapt to new and increased demands of…
by - June 5, 2020 11:39 am
Nebraska-based engineering and design firm Olsson has promoted Brad Hammond to lead the company’s Fayetteville office. Hammond previously led the company’s water/wastewater team based in Fayetteville. Hammond has more than…
by - June 5, 2020 10:14 am
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s Division of Science and Technology and its university partners recently won a National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Track-1 grant…
by - June 4, 2020 3:48 pm
The Arkansas Bankers Association (ABA) installed Rogers bank executive Jon Harrell as the organization’s 2020-21 chairman. The one-year term began in April. Harrell is the chairman and CEO of Generations…
by - June 4, 2020 1:36 pm
Fayetteville professional development firm Grandslam Performance Associates (GPA) recently changed its name to Serve2Perform. Adam Arroyos, the CEO who founded the consulting firm in 2012, said the change is to…
by - June 3, 2020 12:30 pm
Pace Industries, an aluminum, zinc and magnesium die casting company based in Fayetteville, said Wednesday (June 3) the business has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after successfully completing a financial restructuring…
by - June 3, 2020 11:59 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock public radio station, KUAR, has received a grant of $36,681 from the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust of Arkadelphia, Arkansas,…
by - June 3, 2020 10:53 am
U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel, which include biodiesel and renewable diesel, increased 26% to more than 27,000 barrels per day in 2019, following three years of decline, according to the…
by - June 3, 2020 10:34 am
Arcade Arkansas, a ballot question committee that was seeking to expand coin-operated amusement machines in Arkansas, said it will suspend its campaign and not submit signatures for a proposed constitutional…
by - June 3, 2020 10:24 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge appointed Denese Fletcher, a Little Rock attorney, to the state Ethics Commission. Since 1997, Fletcher has practiced law as a civil and criminal trial attorney…
by - June 2, 2020 7:29 pm
Immerse Arkansas, a Little Rock-based non-profit that serves youths in crisis, was recently invited to participate in a national development program for non-profits called the Praxis Nonprofit Accelerator, based in…
by - June 2, 2020 6:13 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) Division of Rural Services has awarded community grants totaling more than $317,500 to 39 counties and communities across the state. The Division of Rural…
by - June 1, 2020 9:49 pm
The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) announced it is offering safe customer service and low-risk options to meeting and convention groups who choose to book events in 2020….
by - June 1, 2020 9:45 pm
Sarah Donaghy has been named the new Education Curator at the Windgate Museum of Art (WMA) at Hendrix College, effective June 1, 2020. This new position, funded by the Windgate…
by - June 1, 2020 5:29 pm
Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward was elected president of the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture (SASDA) for 2020-21 during its annual conference held virtually on Monday (June…
by - June 1, 2020 2:07 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted for the third consecutive month in May as the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose 1.6 percentage points to 43.1%, from April, according to…
by - June 1, 2020 2:05 pm
The Northeast Arkansas Regional Transportation Planning Commission will hold a virtual public involvement meeting to present results from the Highway 91 Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian Innovation Study. The Highway…
by - June 1, 2020 10:21 am
State Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, released her first major campaign video Monday, June 1, highlighting her personal story and philosophy. The 2:32 video, “I Will Fight for You,” will…
by - May 31, 2020 9:20 am
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Curtis Barnett said his organization had a pandemic disaster blueprint mapped out in advance of the COVID-19 wave that hit Arkansas beginning in March,…
by - May 31, 2020 9:19 am
Heather Larkin, CEO of the Arkansas Community Foundation, said her group sprung into action quickly when it was obvious the COVID-19 pandemic was headed to Arkansas. As a statewide grant-making…
