by - September 26, 2018 11:08 am
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.27 million grant to teach students of the Little Rock School District about careers in science, technology, engineering and…
by - September 26, 2018 10:45 am
Bentonville-based technology firm Movista announced Wednesday (Sept. 26) it has secured $12 million in venture capital financing. The round was led by New York-based growth equity fund Level Equity, a software-focused…
by - September 25, 2018 8:32 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is seeking nominations from the public for its next class. The deadline to submit is Nov. 1. The Agriculture Hall of Fame recognizes Arkansans…
by - September 25, 2018 8:03 pm
The percentage of low-income Arkansas adults living in small towns and rural areas who lack health insurance decreased from 45% in 2008-09 to 22% in 2015-16, says a new report…
by - September 25, 2018 6:16 pm
Heavy and constant rains are threatening the Natural State’s cotton crop. In early September, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service revised the state’s projected cotton yield to…
by - September 25, 2018 5:44 pm
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith officials announced Tuesday (Sept. 25) that the Myles Friedman trust has donated $10.8 million to the university. It is the largest donation by an…
by - September 25, 2018 5:31 pm
Northwest Arkansas consistently ranks well against peer cities as one of five best places to live in the U.S. thanks to being the fifth-fastest growing economy nationwide. Since 2011, the…
by - September 25, 2018 4:47 pm
Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) will receive a $2.9 million federal grant and use it to build a 10,000-square-foot office building, replacing the existing administrative office on U.S….
by - September 25, 2018 2:59 pm
Personal income growth in Arkansas accelerated ahead of most of the nation in the second quarter as oversized earnings from the Natural State’s volatile farming sector boosted contributions to the…
by - September 25, 2018 2:50 pm
Blake Woolsey of Fayetteville was recently appointed chairwoman of the board of directors for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority after chairman Art Formanek resigned to establish an aviation program…
by - September 24, 2018 9:08 pm
Arkansas State University System campuses have simplified opportunities for students to complete or add degrees with a focus on transfer students through on-campus and online classes. System President Chuck Welch…
by - September 24, 2018 5:57 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider numerous important cases in the fall term that begins Oct. 1, including one that could determine whether Arkansas Medicaid recipients can seek care in…
by - September 24, 2018 5:37 pm
There were two new developments Monday (Sept. 24) regarding Arkansas ballot initiatives that will determine the fate of proposals to raise the minimum wage and shorten term limits. In separate…
by - September 24, 2018 4:32 pm
Flexibility in hours-of-service rules are expected to benefit several large carriers, including Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services, and they could save more than $150 million and almost 2.3 million hours…
by - September 24, 2018 4:22 pm
Greensborough Village is about to get a movie theatre. Malco Theatres Inc. of Memphis is building a VIP Theatre in the 200-acre mixed-use master planned community, according to Halsey Thrasher…
by - September 24, 2018 3:10 pm
About two dozen civic leaders and Mercy supporters gathered Monday (Sept. 24) in Rogers to celebrate the start of the final phase of construction for the $141 million, seven-story patient…
by - September 24, 2018 1:48 pm
Crude oil became the largest U.S. petroleum export in the first half of 2018, with 1.8 million barrels per day of exports, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Exports…
by - September 24, 2018 1:04 pm
Arkansas regulators are on schedule to issue pot dispensary licenses across the state by Thanksgiving if an agreement with a Boston-based consulting group is finalized as expected this week, a…
by - September 24, 2018 10:41 am
Two of Northwest Arkansas’ top nonprofits are working together with a London-based firm to create and deliver a strategy to increase the value of the region’s music ecosystem. The Northwest…
by - September 23, 2018 5:15 pm
Chicago-based C.A. Fortune, a national consumer products sales and marketing agency, recently hung out a shingle in Bentonville in the company’s effort to establish a foothold in retail central serving…
