by - February 22, 2020 4:06 pm
Les Baledge, 62, has been appointed to the board of directors of Tyson Foods, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday. Baledge was executive vice…
by - February 21, 2020 12:57 pm
Reality TV-like series “Down to Earth” features surveyors of Rogers-based engineering company Crafton Tull in the first three episodes, titled “The Ozarks.” Bret Burghdurf, marketing director of the Americas for…
by - February 21, 2020 12:33 pm
John Brown University in Siloam Springs announced Friday (Feb. 21) the addition of an undergraduate cybersecurity degree beginning in the fall of 2020. Students can select to pursue either a…
by - February 21, 2020 10:25 am
CRN magazine, a brand of The Channel Co., has named Arkansas-based Edafio Technology Partners to its 2020 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Pioneer 250 category. The list…
by - February 20, 2020 11:45 pm
Arkansas House Speaker Matthew Shepherd, R-El Dorado, has appointed Little Rock attorney Scott Irby to serve on the Arkansas Ethics Commission. Irby is a native Arkansan and graduate of the…
by - February 20, 2020 11:32 pm
U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., along with U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, announced the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport will receive a $5.9 million grant…
by - February 20, 2020 11:29 pm
The Department of Transformation and Shared Services (TSS) Division of Information Systems (DIS) announced Thursday (Feb. 20) that Joshua McGee, PhD, will become the state’s chief data officer (CDO). In…
by - February 20, 2020 11:17 pm
The amount of food produced to sustain the world’s population will have to double this century to keep up with population growth, according to experts. New and improved ways to…
by - February 20, 2020 8:49 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville has chosen Arias (Al) Massri as vice president of finance and administration, a position vacated by Debi Buckley who retired in November after nine…
by - February 19, 2020 5:50 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the 2020 Arkansas Century Farm program. This program recognizes Arkansas families who have owned and farmed the same land for at…
by - February 19, 2020 1:24 pm
Tyson Foods said chief accounting officer Steve Gibbs will be leaving the company effective Friday (Feb. 21). Gibbs joined Tyson Foods in December 2018. He has accepted employment with an…
by - February 19, 2020 12:39 pm
Georgia-Pacific President and CEO Christian Fischer will headline the Arkansas Economic Development Foundation luncheon (AEDF) on April 21 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. Christian Fischer was named…
by - February 19, 2020 12:00 pm
Traffic congestion costs the trucking industry $74.5 billion annually and accounts for 1.2 billion in lost hours of productivity, which is equal to 425,533 truck drivers sitting idle for a…
by - February 19, 2020 9:56 am
Dallas-based electrical wholesale distributor City Electric Supply recently announced it has opened stores in Jonesboro and Alexander and has plans to open other locations in Arkansas. The 6,600-square-foot Jonesboro store is at…
by - February 18, 2020 8:38 pm
Hendrix College Associate Professor of Religious Studies Dr. William M. Gorvine has been selected as a 2020-21 Fulbright U.S. Scholar. He will use the funding to explore the relationship between…
by - February 18, 2020 4:29 pm
Little Rock-based The Venture Center has selected Collins Andrews to join its board of directors. Andrews joins eight other community leaders guiding the organization in its mission to support entrepreneurs…
by - February 18, 2020 4:22 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently received $2.3 million from the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to compensate facilities across the state providing opioid use disorder patients…
by - February 17, 2020 5:06 pm
Tempe, Ariz.-based Harvest Health & Recreation has opened a medical marijuana dispensary in Little Rock. The licensee, Natural State Wellness Dispensary, was inspected and authorized to commence operation by the…
by - February 17, 2020 1:48 pm
The Kansas City Royals have announced a two-year extension of the franchise’s player development contract [PDC] with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. The agreement will keep the Naturals serving as the…
by - February 17, 2020 9:26 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit will partner again for the 5th annual Arkansas Farmers’ Market Promotion Program and the Arkansas Farmers Market Bag Program. These programs, which…
