by - August 21, 2025 5:04 pm
The Arkansas Tech University (ATU) Board of Trustees on Thursday (Aug. 21) approved a $7 million plan to address deferred facilities maintenance on the main Russellville campus. Suzanne McCall, ATU…
by - August 21, 2025 4:49 pm
John Brown University in Siloam Springs reached a record enrollment of 1,423 students this fall, officials announced Thursday (Aug. 21). The private university welcomed 441 new students for the start…
by - August 21, 2025 1:16 pm
Arkansas Children’s and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin provided an update on the 2023 announcement of the National Center for Opioid Research & Clinical Effectiveness (NCOR) on the Arkansas Children’s…
by - August 21, 2025 1:07 pm
Arkansas Community Foundation announced Thursday (Aug. 21) that longtime President and CEO Heather Larkin will retire at the end of 2025, concluding 27 years of dedicated service to the Foundation,…
by - August 20, 2025 5:53 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders on Wednesday (Aug. 20) announced several appointments to state boards and commissions, including six new members of the Arkansas State Library Board. State Library Board Jack Fortner,…
by - August 20, 2025 4:25 pm
Target will have a new CEO to start the next year as Brian Cornell becomes chairman for the retailer. The board unanimously elected Micheal Fiddelke as Target’s next CEO, effective Feb….
by - August 20, 2025 4:15 pm
Specialized Real Estate Group, in partnership with the city of Fayetteville, recently broke ground on a new public pocket park located along the Razorback Greenway, adjacent to the South Yard…
by - August 20, 2025 2:19 pm
The number of Fort Smith metro properties in some form of a foreclosure filing is down 25% in July compared with a year ago and much better than the national…
by - August 19, 2025 5:49 pm
Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Corp. and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based NorthWestern Energy Group Inc. will merge in an all-stock deal, forming a publicly traded electric and natural gas utility valued…
by - August 19, 2025 4:25 pm
The Baptist Health Foundation was recently awarded $998,000 from the Windgate Foundation in support of significant innovative equipment and life-like medical simulation programming upgrades at Baptist Health College Little Rock…
by - August 19, 2025 3:24 pm
First National Bank Arena, in Jonesboro will host several concerts this fall and will include Northeast Arkansas native Ashley McBride and Dwight Yoakam. “We’re incredibly excited to host four major…
by - August 19, 2025 11:13 am
Arkansas nonfarm employment rose almost 2% in July with Education and Health Services and the tourism sectors accounting for a majority of the job gains. The state’s jobless rate in…
by - August 19, 2025 8:55 am
A new Farm Bill is on the agenda for Congress when it returns to work in September and at least one agricultural economist in the state thinks a deal might…
by - August 19, 2025 6:44 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced a collaboration with the Alice L. Walton Foundation, Heartland Whole Health Institute, Mercy and Washington Regional Medical Center to expand its…
by - August 19, 2025 6:35 am
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA) has awarded $1.3 million to the Arkansas Human Development Corporation (AHDC) to provide job training, counseling, and support for low-income seasonal and migrant farmworkers…
by - August 18, 2025 12:53 pm
Little Rock-based philanthropic organization Women’s Foundation of Arkansas recently invested $90,000 to expand its Women’s Economic Mobility Hub to Northwest Arkansas, according to the organization. Through a partnership with Conexión…
by - August 18, 2025 12:17 pm
Changes in student recruitment, better access to financial support, and a new student “portal” at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) are factors in big enrollment gains among…
by - August 17, 2025 10:58 am
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced an aggressive initiative to combat the New World Screwworm (NWS). NWS is a devastating pest. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow…
by - August 16, 2025 11:10 am
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. UAFS Business Awards The College of Economic Development of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is accepting nominations for…
by - August 16, 2025 10:11 am
The Marshall Islands, which was the only United Nations-recognized country without a national soccer team, will debut its men’s team at the 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup, hosted from Aug. 11-17…
