by - August 21, 2025 1:02 pm
NativState signs agreement with TotalEnergies
Stuart Allen owned a swath of land in central Arkansas and in 2020 he started to explore ways to monetize it. Many property owners make money by selling timber off…
Energy
by - August 19, 2025 5:49 pm
Utilities Black Hills, NorthWestern to combine in all-stock merger
Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Corp. and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based NorthWestern Energy Group Inc. will merge in an all-stock deal, forming a publicly traded electric and natural gas utility valued…
by - August 12, 2025 11:24 am
Sediver expands West Memphis facility, will add 25 jobs
Sediver, a Blackstone portfolio company, announced Tuesday (Aug. 12) the expansion of its West Memphis manufacturing plant that will create 25 new jobs. The company plans to spend just under…
by - August 9, 2025 8:14 am
Kreuz, Williams join Entergy Arkansas communications team
Entergy Arkansas announced two additions to its communications team. Claire Kreuz and Lamor Williams have been hired to assist the company with internal and external communications and media relations. Both…
by - August 7, 2025 2:32 pm
EV, hybrid numbers decline in Crawford and Sebastian counties
There has been a more than 37% decline in electric vehicles (EV) registered in Sebastian County in the first half of 2025 compared with the end of 2024, and a…
by - August 6, 2025 12:18 am
Packed house for $600 million Keo solar farm hearing
It was standing room only as close to 100 people packed a county annex courtroom in Lonoke County on Tuesday (Aug. 5) to hear plans for a $600 million, 6,000-acre,…
by - August 2, 2025 8:22 pm
Public hearing planned Tuesday for 5,600-acre, 300 megawatt solar project near Keo
A public hearing is planned for Tuesday (Aug. 5) at the Lonoke County courthouse at 10 a.m. to discuss details of a potential 5,600 acre, 300 megawatt solar field near…
by - August 2, 2025 7:26 am
Entergy’s Jefferson County Power Station will utilize new state law for utility financing
Entergy Arkansas is proposing a new natural gas power plant, the Jefferson County Power Station, to be built near the existing White Bluff coal-fired power plant in Jefferson County, which…
by - August 2, 2025 6:49 am
Demo Day held in Bentonville for Arkansas Lithium Technology Accelerator
A new accelerator program focused on Arkansas’ emerging lithium industry was held Thursday night (July 31) at The Record in Bentonville. Three companies pitched their solutions and products in the…
by - July 30, 2025 8:46 pm
Murphy USA posts a gain in quarterly income, revenue decline
El Dorado-based Murphy USA on Wednesday (July 30) posted second quarter net income of $145.6 million, just ahead of the $144.8 million in the same quarter of 2024. Per share…
by - July 29, 2025 4:04 pm
EV, hybrid vehicle registrations rise in Northwest Arkansas
Arkansas surpassed 60,000 electric vehicles registered in the state in the first half of 2025 after exceeding 50,000 in the second half of 2024, according to data from the Arkansas…
by - July 15, 2025 4:13 pm
Rice, soybean and lithium-ion battery researchers receive bonus grants from Arkansas Research Alliance
Four researchers with the University of Arkansas System were awarded bonus grants by the Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) for projects to develop innovative applications of rice, soybeans and lithium-ion batteries….
by - July 14, 2025 8:59 pm
The Venture Center, Standard Lithium launch nation’s first lithium technology accelerator
The Venture Center on Monday (July 14) in El Dorado launched the Arkansas Lithium Technology Accelerator (ALTA) — the first U.S.-based accelerator dedicated to lithium and battery supply chain innovation….
by - July 14, 2025 2:21 pm
Perry, Nierengarten elected to Arkansas energy group leadership roles
Walmart executive Lisa Perry and Peter Nierengarten, city of Fayetteville environmental director, have been elected to leadership positions with the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association and the Arkansas Advanced Energy Foundation,…
by - July 9, 2025 4:05 pm
ArcBest completes test of Tesla electric semi-truck
ArcBest officials said a recent electric semi-truck test indicates “meaningful progress” in the technology, but more evaluation is needed before the Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics company adds the vehicles…
by - June 28, 2025 8:22 pm
Stitt Solar installs 2 arrays with Fort Smith nonprofits
Stitt Solar, the renewable energy division of Rogers-based The Stitt Group, recently completed two solar array projects in Fort Smith with the help of a $360,000 grant from the U.S….
by - June 25, 2025 3:45 pm
Process begins that could result in new Fort Smith water meter system
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has given the green light to allowing city staff to work with Ameresco to develop options to modernize the city’s water meter system, which…
by - June 25, 2025 2:35 pm
UA project produces cybersecurity tool for energy utilities
A University of Arkansas project supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response has created cybersecurity software that provides energy utilities with “a…
by - June 24, 2025 3:45 pm
Stuttgart Industrial Park achieves Entergy Arkansas ‘Select Site’ certification
Two industrial sites at the Stuttgart Industrial Park on U.S. Highway 79 received ‘Site Selection’ certification from Entergy Arkansas on Tuesday (June 24). The Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce, the Stuttgart…
by - June 18, 2025 7:08 pm
Scenic Hill Solar opens 3 solar power plants in southwest Arkansas
North Little Rock-based Scenic Hill Solar, in partnership with the City of De Queen, De Queen School District, and Sevier County, completed three state-of-the-art solar power plants in the southwest…