by - May 6, 2026 7:51 pm
Arkansas State University announced a new partnership with Kalmer Solutions to establish a student-led Security Operations Center (SOC), providing students with hands-on cybersecurity experience while strengthening the university’s digital infrastructure….
by - May 6, 2026 5:14 pm
Brig. Gen. George Walter issued a challenge during Wednesday’s (May 6) ceremonial ground breaking for an academic training center at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith. The construction…
by - May 6, 2026 4:24 pm
Burnham Woods was decorated in vibrant Girl Scout Green on Tuesday (May 6) as more than 20 Girl Scouts and 50 troop leaders, community members, donors, and chamber representatives held…
by - May 6, 2026 4:12 pm
The Walton Family Foundation’s Home Region Program announced Wednesday (May 6) its next five-year plan to guide the foundation’s work in Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta. The foundation released…
by - May 5, 2026 10:00 am
Arkansas State University honored two individuals and one organization for their contributions to the university and greater Jonesboro community during the annual Excellence Awards, recently held at Fowler Center. The…
by - May 4, 2026 6:17 pm
An almost $7 million facility ceremonially opened Monday (May 4) at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) is designed to help the Fort Smith metro recruit, retain and…
by - May 3, 2026 12:20 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received $1 million in funding from Google.org, the company’s philanthropy, to establish a statewide Cybersecurity Clinic Network, expanding hands-on learning opportunities for…
by - May 3, 2026 12:10 pm
The college experience for seven students from University of Arkansas System campuses became a little easier after it was announced they earned grants from an endowment honoring James L. “Skip”…
by - May 1, 2026 5:55 am
The Arkansas Workforce Development Board is moving toward asking the U.S. Department of Labor for seven waivers to federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requirements. One would allow the…
by - April 29, 2026 5:53 pm
Harvard University professor Raj Chetty and scholar and sociologist Eric Klinenberg will be the keynote speakers for the 34th Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU 34), its annual gathering of…
by - April 28, 2026 2:10 pm
A process that began in February to name the administration center of the Fort Smith Public School District is moving forward, with former Superintendent Dr. Benny Gooden’s name the leading…
by - April 28, 2026 6:06 am
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees voted Monday (April 27) to appoint Shane Broadway, system vice president for university relations, to the additional role of interim chancellor of…
by - April 27, 2026 12:16 pm
The University of Arkansas has set a new record of $252.9 million in research expenditures in 2025, an increase of more than $90 million in four years. UA Chancellor Charles…
by - April 27, 2026 9:22 am
Heartland Forward, a Bentonville-based think-and-do tank, said Monday (April 27) that John Bailey, a nationally recognized leader on technology and public policy, will be the organization’s first artificial intelligence (AI)…
by - April 25, 2026 11:22 am
Following are recent news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. ArcBest Dividend The board of directors at Fort Smith-based ArcBest have declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents…
by - April 25, 2026 7:03 am
The Joint Budget Committee Thursday (April 23) advanced an amendment to an appropriations bill that the sponsor said is needed for four isolated schools to detach from their existing districts….
by - April 23, 2026 9:54 am
Excel by Eight (E8) officially received its 501(c)(3) nonprofit designation and announced the first three members to its Board of Directors: Linsley Kinkade, chief program officer at the Arkansas Community…
by - April 22, 2026 4:09 pm
Bentonville-based Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas recently reached 55% of its challenge grant goal after receiving a $200,000 gift from First National Bank of NWA (F1RSTNB). In June…
by - April 22, 2026 3:14 pm
The Fort Smith Public School District continues the struggle to retain a communications director. Kimberly Mundell, who began with the district on Oct. 1, 2025, has resigned. She cited administrative…
by - April 21, 2026 9:55 pm
The Arkansas TV Foundation announced Tuesday (April 21) that it received a $3 million challenge grant from an anonymous Arkansas funder to support the PBS Dues Fund. The grant provides…
