by - February 5, 2019 12:49 am
Little Rock’s Remix Ideas will present its “Battle of Ideas” pitch contest on Feb. 22 where early stage startups can pitch their business ideas for a chance to win $5,000….
by - February 4, 2019 6:54 pm
Rosalind Brewer, chief operating officer at Starbucks and former CEO of Sam’s Club, was appointed to the Amazon board of directors, according to a company filing Monday (Feb. 4) with…
by - February 4, 2019 4:00 pm
Retired poultry executive and former University of Arkansas professor Ed Fryar of Rogers has been appointed to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. The 10-year term is effective March…
by - February 4, 2019 12:54 pm
Mexico-based Industrias Bachoco, the parent company of OK Foods in Fort Smith, reported annual revenue growth of 5.2% for the year ending Dec. 3. The integrated poultry company is the…
by - February 4, 2019 10:58 am
Little Rock-based law firm Friday, Eldredge & Clark announced Monday (Feb. 4) that Price C. Gardner has been elected as the firm’s managing partner. Gardner, according to a company news…
by - February 2, 2019 4:50 pm
Stamford, Conn.-based Silgan Holdings Inc., which recently opened a manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, reported full year 2018 net income of $224 million, or $2.01 per diluted share, below the…
by - February 2, 2019 12:08 pm
This week, President Donald Trump promoted two staffers with Arkansas connections in the White House communications shop. Hogan Gidley will serve as Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy…
by - February 2, 2019 12:04 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Department of Art and Design will expand its art outreach with a $754,108 gift from the Windgate Foundation. Part of the gift will…
by - February 1, 2019 3:31 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) will host public meetings in Bentonville and Centerton to show and take comments on the preliminary findings to improve segments of Arkansas Highway 102…
by - February 1, 2019 3:07 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in January, and the overall economy grew for the 117th consecutive month as raw materials prices fell for the first time in almost…
by - February 1, 2019 10:03 am
The University of Arkansas will award $1 million a year to help support technologies that show strong potential for commercialization. On Friday (Feb.1), the UA announced the Commercialization Fund, a…
by - January 31, 2019 4:12 pm
The Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has installed a new board of directors for 2019: President – Madeline Whitaker, communications coordinator, Hope Cancer Resources President-Elect –…
by - January 31, 2019 4:01 pm
The Benton County Agriculture Extension Cooperative Service will be hosting an education session on livestock issues as well as demonstrating for weed control. The event is free and open to…
by - January 31, 2019 3:51 pm
Zweig Group, a Fayetteville-based media, publishing and consulting company for the architecture and engineering industries, will open an office in the Washington, D.C., area. The company also has hired Marci…
by - January 31, 2019 1:33 pm
Mercy’s investment in Northwest Arkansas continued Thursday (Jan. 31) as the health provider opened a new occupational medicine clinic at 1101 S. Horsebarn Road in Rogers. A short ceremony took…
by - January 30, 2019 5:09 pm
Transportation and logistics holding company ArcBest is on a five-year winning streak, with net income between 2014 and 2018 totaling more than $270 million, a far better outcome than the…
by - January 30, 2019 2:25 pm
Cobb-Vantress, a global poultry research and technology company based in Siloam Springs, announced Wednesday (Jan. 30) it recently gave $25,000 to Genesis House, an organization working to break the cycle…
by - January 30, 2019 11:53 am
The Walton Family Foundation announced Wednesday (Jan. 30) that executive director Kyle Peterson will be leaving the mammoth nonprofit this summer. The Bentonville-based foundation was created in 1987 and is…
by - January 30, 2019 11:00 am
Tyson Foods is recalling approximately 36,420 pounds of chicken nugget products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically rubber, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s…
by - January 29, 2019 7:04 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Dr. Tim Langford of Little Rock, a 1983 graduate of Arkansas State University, to a second five-year term on the ASU Board of Trustees. A…
