by - March 17, 2026 6:30 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders has appointed Heather Maxey of Mountain Home to a seven-year term on the Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees. Maxey succeeds immediate past board chair Steve…
by - March 17, 2026 3:43 pm
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas (BBBSNWA) is working to expand its mentoring program reach into the Fort Smith area, and has hired a program director who is based…
by - March 17, 2026 3:08 pm
Blake Woolsey is a builder. Throughout her career in public relations that’s included building teams, relationships and brands. “Because my brain thinks strategically I love to think about what that…
by - March 16, 2026 7:32 pm
Philander Smith University announced Monday (March 16) it has secured $7 million in federal funding through a Congressionally Directed Spending request by U.S. Senator John Boozman, R-Ark., to support improvements…
by - March 16, 2026 5:29 pm
A ruling issued Monday (March 16) by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Brooks permanently blocks six Arkansas school districts from posting a framed copy of the Ten Commandments in school…
by - March 16, 2026 2:18 pm
Bentonville nonprofit Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter recently changed its name to EverHope and released a new logo as it launches and expands services for the children it serves throughout Arkansas….
by - March 16, 2026 1:28 pm
Award-winning Fayetteville architect Marlon Blackwell said Monday (March 16) that he’s retiring from teaching at the University of Arkansas. His retirement was effective June 30, 2025. Blackwell was Distinguished Professor…
by - March 16, 2026 12:35 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Monday (March 16) that she has appointed Ashley Caldwell to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. She is replacing Kelly Eichler, and her term will…
by - March 15, 2026 11:07 am
No one said having important health conversations with teenagers was going to be easy, but does it have to be so hard? It doesn’t, and Teen Health Arkansas (THAR) launched…
by - March 14, 2026 1:36 pm
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Steel Horse Volunteers The Steel Horse Rally, dedicated to “honor all who serve,” will be back in downtown Fort Smith…
by - March 13, 2026 9:53 am
The University of Arkansas will receive $550,000 from three donations to the Land of Opportunity Scholarship, which was publicly launched in November 2024. The scholarship campaign is a three-year initiative…
by - March 12, 2026 8:21 pm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded nearly $1.9 million to Shannon Speir, an assistant professor of crop, soil, and environmental sciences at the University of Arkansas (UA), to…
by - March 12, 2026 4:24 pm
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees has agreed to a $15 million investment in phase one of construction of the Career Readiness Education & Skills Training (CREST) Center at the A-State in…
by - March 12, 2026 4:05 pm
If Mr. Rogers were still alive, he’d be feeling a lot better about his old neighborhood. The Arkansas Education Television Network (AETN) Commission voted 4-1 Thursday (March 12) to delay…
by - March 12, 2026 2:18 pm
Rising demand for primary care services and the need to expand a medical residency program in collaboration with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) were the primary reasons for…
by - March 11, 2026 10:22 pm
Arkansas State University’s Department of Communication Disorders has established an ALLIANCE (Applied Literacy Learning through Innovation, Collaboration and Evidence) Lab to assist children with learning difficulties. The lab will…
by - March 11, 2026 2:50 pm
The Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville recently opened Materials Lab and announced that CEO Sam Dean was appointed to the newly launched National Commission on Learning Ecosystems. Materials Lab is…
by - March 11, 2026 2:44 pm
Russellville-based Arkansas Tech University (ATU) is developing a new experiential outdoor learning and research opportunity near the Marion County seat of Yellville. ATU students in programs such as agriculture, fisheries…
by - March 9, 2026 5:08 pm
Construction is underway on a seven-story, 294-unit student housing development near the University of Arkansas. The city of Fayetteville issued Wednesday (March 4) a construction permit for the project valued…
by - March 9, 2026 10:05 am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Arkansas Health Care Association are partnering to expand access to creative aging programs at the association’s member facilities across the state. This…
