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Organizers of the Bentonville Film Festival look to expand the annual event’s focus on inclusion by adding an international element to the film competition for the 2019 festival. The fifth…
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The consulting firm that handled Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s re-election bid has a new partner. Gilmore Strategy Group, a full-service political consulting and lobbying firm based in Little Rock, announced the…
by - December 9, 2018 9:59 am
Chris and Judy Isbell of Humnoke in Lonoke County are the 2018 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year. As Arkansas Farm Family of the Year, the Isbells will compete with…
by - December 6, 2018 6:46 pm
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $20 million in grants for a bypass extension in Hot Springs. The money will come from the $1.5 billion Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage…
by - December 6, 2018 1:45 pm
The percentage of Arkansas residents living in poverty is the eighth highest in the nation, while median household income in the state is the third lowest in the United States,…
by - December 4, 2018 5:51 pm
Attorney Will Gruber will join consulting firm inVeritas as vice president of government relations and strategic partnerships. InVeritas is a Little Rock-based global public affairs firm specializing in corporate and…
by - December 4, 2018 1:32 pm
Four trucking industry executives in Arkansas were among those named to serve on the 2019-2020 Research Advisory Committee of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a nonprofit research organization for…
by - November 30, 2018 12:25 pm
Van Buren-based carrier USA Truck has abbreviated its name and added two words: Capacity Solutions. The carrier announced Friday (Nov. 30) the change to “USAT Capacity Solutions” is a better…
by - November 29, 2018 8:02 pm
Mainstream Technologies recently donated funds to upgrade a computer forensics lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) college. The size of the donation…
by - November 29, 2018 7:55 pm
Hathaway Group announced the acquisition and new occupancy plans for the Transamerica building in west Little Rock. Hathaway represented the buyer and will serve as property manager and exclusive leasing…
by - November 28, 2018 1:43 pm
Half of all states had less competitive health insurance markets, and Arkansas experienced the seventh largest decline in competition levels in 2017 from the previous year, according to a new…
by - November 28, 2018 10:27 am
Entergy Arkansas, a utility of New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., provided $2.5 million in energy efficiency incentives to 29 school districts and eight colleges and universities in Arkansas this year, according…
by - November 27, 2018 12:49 pm
Matt Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, will receive the Whitney M. Young Award for his work to improve the lives…
by - November 27, 2018 9:34 am
Strong Start to Finish (SSTF), a national initiative aimed at increasing the number and proportion of low-income students, students of color and returning adults who succeed in college math and…
by - November 27, 2018 8:14 am
Fayetteville architect Marlon Blackwell has been elected to the National Academy of Design, and he has been selected as a Resident Fellow by the American Academy in Rome for spring…
by - November 26, 2018 7:06 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation has announced the award recipients for its Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and Recreational Trails Program (RTP) for 2018. The TAP projects total $8,059,000 and the…
by - November 25, 2018 7:58 pm
A new federal government report warned that human impact on the environment is warming the planet, causing harsher natural disasters, and could lead to unknown negative impacts on the national…
by - November 25, 2018 7:36 pm
A new report from Adobe Analytics indicates that online sales on Black Friday jumped 23.6% compared to a year ago. Adobe Analytics, which tracks 80 of the top 100 internet…
by - November 21, 2018 12:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced he will appoint Judge Chris Carnahan as district court judge in Faulkner and Van Buren counties, Ninth District, Division Two. His term will begin January 1,…
by - November 21, 2018 12:36 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced that Arkansas has joined with 42 other states and the federal government to reach an agreement with the pharmaceutical distributor, AmerisourceBergen Corporation (ABC) to settle…
