by - December 10, 2025 12:02 pm
Little Rock-based Baptist Health and North Little Rock-based Seal Solar are in the final stages of construction of a 13.05 megawatt solar array for the hospital system’s campus. The array…
by - December 3, 2025 6:55 am
Chris Kane of Little Rock has been promoted to president of Delta Solar Inc., an Arkansas-based solar energy development company. Kane previously was the company’s vice president of business development,…
by - December 3, 2025 6:50 am
Building on the success of its inaugural 2025 program, The Venture Center this week kicked off the second cohort of the Arkansas Lithium Technology Accelerator (ALTA) — the nation’s first…
by - November 22, 2025 9:51 am
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Student Registration The Fort Smith Public School District is opening new student registration Dec. 1, a month before the state’s…
by - November 13, 2025 12:51 pm
Treaty Oak Clean Energy LLC announced a 15-year power purchase agreement with Google for 100 megawatts from the 1,033-acre Redfield Solar Project located in southeastern Grant County in Arkansas. Google…
by - November 6, 2025 8:24 pm
More details were revealed Thursday (Nov. 6) on Entergy Arkansas’ Jefferson Power Station, a new natural gas power plant to be built near the existing White Bluff coal-fired power plant…
by - November 6, 2025 6:13 pm
Members of the Arkansas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners (AIPRO) recently elected officers at the organization’s annual meeting in Little Rock. The newly elected officers are: President Catherine Nobles, with…
by - November 6, 2025 4:56 pm
The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas announced Thursday (Nov. 6) it held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new warehouse and distribution center on its Little Rock campus earlier in the week….
by - October 29, 2025 5:04 pm
Third-quarter net income for El Dorado-based Murphy USA was $129.9 million, down 13% compared with the same quarter in 2024. The regional fuel and convenience store operator also reported a…
by - October 28, 2025 9:37 pm
The Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA) and Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation (AAEF) announced Tuesday (Oct. 28) they have hired Jenny Wiedower as associate director of programs. “I’m grateful for the…
by - October 22, 2025 10:52 am
Coffee, doors, steel, and employee staffing and recruiting are some of the products and services provided by executives inducted into the 2026 Arkansas Business Hall of Fame. The inductees were…
by - October 20, 2025 5:16 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) is no longer in Highfill after detaching from the city. Also, the airport’s new 3-megawatt solar array began operating recently. The Sept. 26 detachment followed…
by - October 2, 2025 7:48 pm
The Arkansas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners, also known as AIPRO, has named two leaders to key positions. Anna Swaim will serve as the association’s executive director and Rodney Baker…
by - October 2, 2025 4:17 pm
Google is set to invest the most money ever in an Arkansas project. Alphabet and Google President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat said the company will spend $4 billion through 2027 building a data center in West Memphis….
by - September 26, 2025 12:49 pm
Murphy USA laid off 120 of its corporate employees this week as part of ongoing restructuring efforts following declining revenue. The workforce reduction hit Murphy and QuickChek employees, the company…
by - September 26, 2025 6:42 am
Summit Utilities announced $75,000 in grants to 41 nonprofit organizations across Arkansas through its Summit Cares charitable giving program. “Our communities are at the heart of everything we do,” said…
by - September 24, 2025 4:33 pm
Kyoto, Japan-based Nidec Motor Corp. on Wednesday (Sept. 24) ceremonially broke ground on a $19 million expansion of its Mena, Ark., facility that is expected to add 35 jobs to…
by - September 10, 2025 1:24 pm
Construction could begin as early as October on a $1.45 million solar canopy in downtown Fort Smith that will cover part of a parking lot and provide shade and cover…
by - September 8, 2025 10:20 am
Randall Bynum has been an accountant, managed the family furniture business, started his own law firm and been appointed as an Arkansas public service commissioner. All those public and private…
by - September 7, 2025 10:07 am
Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and non-profit executive in the…
