by - January 13, 2022 4:50 pm
Arkansas Tech University alumnus Stan Miller and his wife, Patrice, made a $5.3 million gift to the Arkansas Tech University Foundation that will support the establishment of the Miller Center…
by - January 13, 2022 4:44 pm
Arkansas again set a record with 12,990 new COVID-19 cases reported Thursday (Jan. 13) by the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). Of the total new cases, 25.6% were from two…
by - January 13, 2022 3:47 pm
The city of Little Rock will host the 50th annual Miss Gay America pageant starting next week, the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau said Thursday (Jan. 13). The pageant…
by - January 13, 2022 11:56 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Thursday (Jan. 13) that Navient, one of the nation’s largest student loan servicers, has agreed to a $1.85 billion settlement to resolve allegations of…
by - January 13, 2022 10:28 am
The Arkansas Cinema Society board of directors elected a new slate of officers for 2022. Producer Christina McLarty Arquette will succeed Larry Stone as board president. Stone served in the…
by - January 12, 2022 9:51 am
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) in partnership with The Venture Center, and the state of Arkansas officially unveiled its fourth annual ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator cohort during a virtual…
by - January 12, 2022 9:34 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has partnered with the Farm Credit Associations of Arkansas for the seventh annual Arkansas Farmers Market Promotion Program and the Arkansas Farmers Market Bag Program….
by - January 12, 2022 9:17 am
A special general election is set to fill the vacancy in State Senate District 7. On Tuesday (Jan. 11), Colby Fulfer defeated Steve Unger in a GOP primary run-off election….
by - January 12, 2022 9:07 am
The Arkansas Securities Department (ASD) announced guidance for investors, including a top five list of investor threats. The ASD encourages caution when purchasing volatile unregulated investments, especially cryptocurrency and digital…
by - January 8, 2022 11:19 am
Eligible Arkansans spent $264.9 million on medical marijuana in 2021 with the state’s 37 licensed dispensaries, and sales recently surpassed $500 million since the first dispensaries were opened in May…
by - January 8, 2022 8:34 am
1688 Radford Road Residential Cooperative Inc. made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from Nov. 15 through Dec. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s…
by - January 6, 2022 4:25 pm
On a day when COVID-19 hospitalizations in Arkansas rose by 73 to 892, the Arkansas National Guard (ANG) said 40 of its members will work in healthcare operations in Fayetteville,…
by - January 6, 2022 3:51 pm
Siloam Springs-based Simmons Foods on Thursday (Jan. 6) announced plans to invest $100 million in its prepared foods plant in Van Buren. Company officials said the upgrade will add 100…
by - January 6, 2022 1:14 pm
As it has become the tradition in our first issue of the year, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal staff has compiled a list of the top 10 business stories of…
by - January 6, 2022 12:02 pm
Dr. Melvin Beavers, assistant professor in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing, has been selected as the inaugural Chancellor’s Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at the University of…
by - January 6, 2022 11:59 am
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has announced the following changes to its Little Rock Branch board of directors, effective Jan. 1: Millie A. Ward, president of Stone Ward…
by - January 6, 2022 9:32 am
Tempus Realty Partners, a Little Rock-based real estate investment partnership, announced Wednesday (Jan. 5) the purchase of three industrial properties totaling 610,200 square feet. The three buildings are in Auburn Hills,…
by - January 6, 2022 8:17 am
Alena Allen, a law professor and associate dean for research and faculty development, is the interim dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law. She assumed the role Jan….
by - January 5, 2022 3:23 pm
Fayetteville-based Roller Weight Loss and Advanced Surgery has affiliated with New York Bariatric Group and New You Bariatric Group (together NYBG). New You Bariatric Group is an MSO (management services…
by - January 5, 2022 9:19 am
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Tuesday (Jan. 4) announced an almost $8 million dollar civil settlement with Empower Healthcare Solutions, LLC. The false claims settlement was based on a…
