by - November 27, 2017 3:48 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Forestry Commission (AFC) has suppressed 103 wildfires that burned 1,805 acres in the last four days, and now, 59 of 75 Arkansas counties are under high…
by - November 27, 2017 2:37 pm
Fayetteville-based water treatment solutions company BlueInGreen has named Scott Goodson as its new chief financial officer, according to a press release. Goodson brings more than 20 years of experience in…
by - November 27, 2017 1:02 pm
As Small Business Saturday closed out its eighth year on Saturday, (Nov. 25), shoppers provided an encouraging boost to small businesses at the start to the holiday shopping season. According…
by - November 27, 2017 10:36 am
Springdale-based poultry producer George’s Inc. has purchased Campos Foods from Oklahoma City-based Lopez Foods Inc. George’s announced the purchase on Monday (Nov. 27). Terms of the deal were not disclosed….
by - November 27, 2017 10:20 am
Friends, faculty and staff of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville recently celebrated 10 years, and looked to its future. The Nov. 17…
by - November 27, 2017 9:59 am
Arkansas cancer care nonprofit CARTI has named two new members to its senior management team — Jake Stover as chief financial officer and vice president of financial affairs, and Rebecca…
by - November 27, 2017 9:50 am
The deadline is Dec. 11 for nonprofit organizations and area museums to apply for 2018 Heritage Month grants of up to $5,000 from the Department of Arkansas Heritage, according to…
by - November 27, 2017 9:43 am
Biomass and waste fuels produced 71.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity or 2% of all electricity generated in the United States in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Biomass…
by - November 24, 2017 6:17 pm
University of Arkansas head football coach Bret Bielema was fired on Friday (Nov. 24) following a 48-45 loss to Missouri and capping a 4-8 season. Interim athletics director Julie Cromer…
by - November 21, 2017 2:02 pm
Elevate Performance, a peer-to-peer mentorship business based in Fayetteville, announced Tuesday (Nov. 21) the recipients of the inaugural John Lewis Leadership Award. Lowell Grisham, Alan Fortenberry and Joe Fennell are…
by - November 21, 2017 10:22 am
Undergraduate students interested in entrepreneurship in medical science fields will have the opportunity to attend Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp May 20-25 at the University of Central Arkansas. The residential…
by - November 20, 2017 1:50 pm
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has called out the California 6th District Court of Appeals for a ruling that it calls “alarming” and “anti-manufacturing,” using it as the impetus…
by - November 20, 2017 12:17 pm
Tyson Foods announced Monday (Nov. 20) plans to build a $300 million chicken production complex near Humboldt, Tenn. The facility is expected to create more than 1,500 jobs. Operations in…
by - November 20, 2017 9:50 am
As the United States, United Kingdom and Japan, have shifted to service economies, from manufacturing economies, they have been using less electricity than China, India, Egypt and Brazil, according to…
by - November 20, 2017 7:41 am
Lineus Medical of Fayetteville has acquired BVAD Tech, a company founded by Lineus Medical’s founder and CEO Spencer Jones. BVAD’s first product is a dual lumen peripheral IV catheter, composed…
by - November 19, 2017 9:40 am
Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola was elected president of the National League of Cities on Saturday at the organization’s 2017 City Summit in Charlotte, N.C. Stodola, who has served as…
by - November 17, 2017 11:17 am
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, announced two events planned for early December. A webcast on Navy Small Business…
by - November 16, 2017 4:15 pm
Tyson Foods has expanded its board to 11 seats with the addition of Dean Banks, an executive from X, an Alphabet Inc. company that invents and launches “moonshot technologies.” Banks…
by - November 16, 2017 12:34 pm
Sen. Greg Standridge, R-Russellville, who represents Arkansas Senate District 16 in Newton and Pope counties and parts of Boone, Carroll and Van Buren counties, died Thursday morning (Nov. 16) after…
by - November 16, 2017 11:43 am
The Arkansas Trucking Association received the American Trucking Associations’ State Excellence in Safety Award, and ABF Freight, a less-than-truckload carrier of Fort Smith-based ArcBest, was presented the Excellence in Claims…
