by - September 25, 2020 2:16 pm
Bentonville-based Walton Family Foundation (WFF) said Friday (Sept. 25) it has created a chief strategy officer position and filled it with former UNICEF USA executive Chelsea Peters. In the new…
by - September 24, 2020 4:34 pm
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported Thursday was 1,193, with 1,030 of those being from the traditional PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test and 163 were positives from antigen tests,…
by - September 24, 2020 2:08 pm
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Arkansas State University a grant of $1.5 million over a five-year period to continue funding for student retention and completion initiatives. The grant…
by - September 24, 2020 1:30 pm
Nominations are being sought for the second annual Western Arkansas Business of the Year award. The program seeks to highlight efforts of businesses, non-profits and startup operations and consider their…
by - September 24, 2020 1:15 pm
A new app unveiled on Thursday (Sept. 24) will allow Arkansans to play lottery games and collect prizes on their smartphones. The move is a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which…
by - September 24, 2020 12:32 pm
Donette Spann has been named administrator of the Arkansas Beef Council, the farmer-funded promotion agency that oversees and administers the Beef Checkoff Program in Arkansas. She replaces the recently retired…
by - September 24, 2020 11:00 am
The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) named Dan Roda, CEO of North Little Rock-based cannabis financial technology firm Abaca, to its Hemp Committee. The mission of the committee is to…
by - September 24, 2020 10:32 am
Tyler Wilson, a real estate executive and former quarterback at the University of Arkansas, has joined Little Rock-based solar array installer Delta Solar as senior vice president of sales. Wilson will…
by - September 24, 2020 8:58 am
The board of the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame has decided to pause the selection of a new class of inductees for 2021 due to the continuing uncertainty created by…
by - September 23, 2020 8:33 pm
HealthTech Arkansas and SkyBrook Venture Partners have agreed to a partnership aimed at collaboration, sharing contacts, and providing new opportunities for innovative healthcare startup companies around the world. SkyBrook Venture…
by - September 23, 2020 5:05 pm
Hopes that lower COVID-19 case numbers in recent days would be a trend were dashed Wednesday (Sept. 23) when the Arkansas Department of Health reported 874 new cases and 190…
by - September 23, 2020 1:08 pm
Two Northwest Arkansas companies have formed a partnership to offer products and services for suppliers who do business with Walmart Inc. SupplyPike Inc., a tech company based in Fayetteville, and…
by - September 23, 2020 12:45 pm
Northwest Arkansas business and community leaders are invited to participate in a voter participation forum hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Council and EngageNWA. The event will take place through a…
by - September 23, 2020 11:03 am
The Arkansas Insurance Department has approved individual health insurance rate increases ranging from 2.9% for Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield to 4.9% for Ambetter. Average rate increases, with the…
by - September 22, 2020 3:42 pm
Eric J. Nilsen is the new chief revenue officer for Gravette-based technology services provider R&R Solutions. Nilsen previously held executive leadership roles with retailer and technology providers including IBM, Toshiba…
by - September 22, 2020 2:25 pm
Arkansas State Forester Joe Fox was selected as President of the National Association of State Foresters (NASF), a group of national, state and territorial foresters. As Arkansas’s State Forester, Fox…
by - September 22, 2020 2:22 pm
Arkansas is the top rice producing state in the country and several mills around the state made a significant donation Tuesday (Sept. 22) to help the impoverished. The Arkansas rice…
by - September 22, 2020 2:19 pm
As veterans of World War II returned to civilian life and used the G.I. Bill to resume their education, faculty members at then-Arkansas State College worked to meet these students’…
by - September 22, 2020 1:24 pm
Standard Lithium started operations Monday (Sept. 21) at the company’s Arkansas LiSTR Direct Lithium Extraction facility in El Dorado with a virtual ribbon-cutting and video walk-through tour of the plant….
by - September 21, 2020 11:02 pm
To recognize that October being “Cyber Security Awareness Month,” Mainstream Technologies and Talk Business & Politics will host a series of free webinars to coincide with the national awareness effort….
