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-Ark Angel Alliance adds two to board, names new chair
The Ark Angel Alliance recently announced Amy Hopper Swan, Program Manager for the Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA), as the new board chair for a two-year term. The Ark Angel Alliance…
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-The Ark Angel Alliance recently announced Amy Hopper Swan, Program Manager for the Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA), as the new board chair for a two-year term. The Ark Angel Alliance…
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-The Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce hired Teuana Smith as its Director of Diversity Initiatives and Programming. Smith comes to the chamber from the Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance…
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-Talk Business & Politics, in partnership with First Security Bank and the Searcy Regional Chamber of Commerce, will host a “Better Communities” town hall on Tuesday, March 28 in Searcy….
by March 23, 2023 9:32 am
-State Rep. Jim Wooten, R-Beebe, and Chris Jones, Democratic candidate for governor in 2022, will headline an anti-LEARNS Act town hall discussion Tuesday (March 28) hosted by the Rural Caucus…
by March 21, 2023 12:00 pm
-Little Rock U Storage LLC, registered to Rory Thompson of Conway, is the new owner of I-630 Business Park, an office/self-storage facility at 1200 John Barrow Road in Little Rock….
by March 20, 2023 7:05 pm
-On the heels of Tyson Foods’ announcement to close its processing plant in Van Buren, Ark., with the elimination of almost 1,000 jobs, the Springdale-based meat giant reports a new…
by March 20, 2023 3:25 pm
-Digital tickets will be the default method of delivery for the 2023 season at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers. The change was announced Monday (March 20) in a…
by March 20, 2023 3:03 pm
-ABF Freight, the less-than-truckload (LTL) subsidiary of Fort Smith-based ArcBest, has agreed to pay a $535,000 penalty to resolve allegations that the company violated requirements of the Clean Water Act…
by March 20, 2023 12:09 pm
-Little Rock business incubator ReMix Ideas announced details Monday (March 20) of a bus tour in Northwest Arkansas to promote Black-owned businesses. The Black Ownership Bus Tour will visit Bentonville,…
by March 19, 2023 6:08 pm
-State Senator Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, said legislative leaders are ready to move forward with the state’s balanced budget process even though major policy objectives like prison and sentencing reform and…
by March 19, 2023 11:23 am
-The University of Arkansas has selected a dozen student startup teams for its fourth annual Heartland Challenge Startup Competition. The Heartland Challenge is a global competition designed to simulate the…
by March 16, 2023 2:09 pm
-The Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce has a new name. The organization says its rebranding as the Rogers Lowell Chamber (RLC) better reflects its commitment to quality, consistency and style….
by March 16, 2023 12:25 pm
-The Federal Metal Company, a maker of copper-based cast alloys, announced Thursday (March 16) it is expanding its footprint into North Little Rock. The company will build a new manufacturing…
by March 16, 2023 12:18 pm
-Applied Research Associates, a research and engineering firm headquartered in New Mexico, awarded University of Arkansas faculty in the College of Engineering nearly $3.5 million to study the most expedient…
by March 15, 2023 8:27 am
-The Arkansas Department of Education is seeking applicants for six working groups to develop rules for the LEARNS Act, the recently enacted education reform bill supported by Gov. Sarah Sanders….
by March 14, 2023 9:54 pm
-The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center announced a new partnership with Conexion de Negocios Latinos, a Springdale-based non-profit organization that focuses on supporting Latino businesses in Arkansas. Through…
by March 13, 2023 5:34 pm
-Tyson Foods is closing poultry processing operations in Van Buren and in Glen Allen, Va., resulting in a loss of around 1,500 jobs. The Van Buren plant reportedly employs more…
by March 13, 2023 1:36 pm
-One week remains to nominate young professionals for the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s Fast 15. The Fast 15 program is designed to recognize an exclusive group of 15 professionals on…
by March 13, 2023 12:04 pm
-Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Monday (March 13) that she will appoint Susan Peacock of Rogers to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Her term will expire on Jan. 14, 2029, and…
by March 13, 2023 11:23 am
-The number of jobless Arkansans rose 6.3% in January while the number of those with jobs rose just 0.88% compared with January 2022, which pushed the state’s jobless rate up…