by - January 30, 2018 8:22 am
Between late August and September, U.S. crude oil exports rose to record-high levels after Hurricane Harvey disrupted U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In October…
by - January 29, 2018 12:55 pm
The University of Arkansas has signed an agreement to create a poultry science student and faculty exchange program with a Malaysian university. Leadership at the UA, its Dale Bumpers College…
by - January 29, 2018 8:10 am
Editor’s note: The Arkansas Transportation Report is managed by Talk Business & Politics and sponsored by the Arkansas Trucking Association and the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. Other transportation industry related stories can be…
by - January 28, 2018 8:51 pm
The Arkansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) installed its 2018 officers on Jan. 19 at its monthly meeting at the Little Rock Club. The new officers…
by - January 28, 2018 2:21 pm
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. has dismissed his chief of staff, Clint Reed, a longtime Arkansas political operative who served on Rubio’s presidential and Senate campaigns in 2016. Rubio, a…
by - January 26, 2018 4:09 pm
The Conductor, a Conway-based organization focused on growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem, will present a National Collegiate Venture Competition to celebrate successful student entrepreneurs from college campuses around the United States,…
by - January 25, 2018 11:00 am
Conway Regional Health System has announced the hiring of Marcus Elliott as its director of corporate health services. Elliott will serve as the health system’s representative to community employers and…
by - January 25, 2018 7:00 am
Texas native Erin McCarroll Williams has been hired as the communications coordinator for the Arkansas Forestry Association. She studied communications and graphic design at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville,…
by - January 25, 2018 6:44 am
Poteau, Okla.-based Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center will serve as a clinical rotation facility for students at Fort Smith-based Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM). Rrotations will begin in July 2019…
by - January 24, 2018 7:42 pm
Kum & Go has completed a $1.75 million purchase of 1.53 acres on Chenal Parkway, at the southeast corner of Wellington Hills Road. The company plans to build a 6,210-square-foot store…
by - January 24, 2018 4:50 pm
Hydroelectric power has historically provided the largest share of U.S. renewable energy, but in 2019, wind is expected to surpass hydroelectric power as the largest provider of renewable energy, according…
by - January 24, 2018 3:52 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services will pay a 24-cents per share cash dividend on Feb. 23 to stockholders of record Feb. 9. The Lowell-based carrier announced the dividend payment Wednesday (Jan….
by - January 24, 2018 11:13 am
An established nonprofit in Siloam Springs has a new name. Soderquist Leadership, the leadership development organization that traces its roots to the late Don Soderquist, has changed its name to…
by - January 23, 2018 5:20 pm
Four Arkansas counties will host a conference Feb. 27 at the Salem High School to help farmers prepare their herds for the upcoming spring season. The North Central Arkansas Beef…
by - January 23, 2018 3:12 pm
The Hot Wheels: Race to Win exhibit will open at the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville on Saturday (Jan. 27). Created by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the Hot Wheels…
by - January 23, 2018 2:57 pm
Arkansas Tech University of Russellville has opened a $1.3 million career center on the Paris High School campus. The Tyson Foods Logan County Career Center allows ATU-Ozark Campus to provide…
by - January 23, 2018 1:19 pm
Fayetteville-based software startup Engine has raised $1 million in venture capital to fund its cloud-based e-commerce software platform. Among the company’s initial investors, according to a news release sent Tuesday…
by - January 23, 2018 10:30 am
The research of Paul Thibado, professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, shows that energy can be created with ambient temperature and two-dimensional materials, which are substances with a…
by - January 23, 2018 10:28 am
The bomb cyclone weather event in early January led to record levels of U.S. natural gas demand and increased wholesale and natural gas and power prices throughout the United States,…
by - January 23, 2018 9:41 am
Little Rock-based independent financial services firm Stephens Inc. has expanded its public finance presence in Texas with the hiring of Curt Shelmire as senior vice president and manager of Texas…
