by - August 8, 2019 3:59 pm
Hot Springs restaurant Diablos Tacos & Mezcal has signed a lease to expand to downtown Little Rock. The Mexican-style restaurant will soon occupy space at 300 President Clinton Ave. in…
by - August 7, 2019 5:07 pm
The University of Central Arkansas and University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday (Aug. 7) to allow for easier transfers of students between the two…
by - August 7, 2019 4:54 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (Aug. 7) announced the following appointments: Clay Waliski, Carlisle, to the State Board of Health. Appointment expires December 31, 2021. Replaces Mary Ringgold. Stephanie Nickols,…
by - August 7, 2019 11:55 am
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $998,834 to launch a proactive program to prevent opioid and substance abuse in north central and northeast Arkansas, a region that has high…
by - August 6, 2019 10:26 pm
Democrats Denise Ennett and Darrell Stephens will square off in a runoff election in four weeks on Sept. 3 in a race to replace Rep. Charles Blake, D-Little Rock, who resigned…
by - August 6, 2019 6:44 pm
CARTI announced that its newest location, CARTI Imaging North, is now open and the statewide cancer treatment center said it will open an office in Crossett. The North Little Rock…
by - August 6, 2019 11:21 am
The Conductor, a public-private partnership between the University of Central Arkansas and Startup Junkie Consulting, announced that Grace Rains and Tiffany Henry will join its leadership team as the Director…
by - August 6, 2019 11:09 am
The Head Start/Early Head Start Program in Pulaski County has received a grant of $41 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant has been administered…
by - August 6, 2019 11:03 am
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, director of the Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been awarded a $2.4 million grant…
by - August 5, 2019 2:01 pm
Poor, black sharecroppers in Phillips County had tolerated low wages and terrible work conditions since the end of the Civil War, but after World War I ended they’d had enough….
by - August 1, 2019 6:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson released $8.24 million this week to the Secretary of State’s office to allow Arkansas counties to improve voting equipment, programming, and maintenance. The funds were transferred from…
by - August 1, 2019 12:24 pm
ReMix Ideas Inc. and FORGE Community Loan Fund will kick off the inaugural Startup Business Academy at Philander Smith College in Little Rock this weekend to help guide underserved mostly…
by - August 1, 2019 8:02 am
Prices for cow hides and beef by-product values have even eroding sharply in the last 18 months, according to Derrell Peel, extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University. He…
by - August 1, 2019 8:01 am
Thirty-three organizations from around Arkansas received a Small Museum Grant from the Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH) at a ceremony held at DAH’s headquarters in Little Rock on July 24….
by - August 1, 2019 4:31 am
National Park College’s Innovative Technologies Center has hired Christina Streeter as the new Makerspace program coordinator. Streeter joins NPC from the University of Mississippi where she worked as operations manager…
by - July 31, 2019 6:59 am
Walmart emerged victorious late last week when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) sided with the retail giant in a case from 2013. NLRB said Walmart had the right to…
by - July 30, 2019 12:47 pm
Arkansas Rice and the Downtown Little Rock Partnership have announced a new event coming to Little Rock’s River Market this October called “Downtown on the Farm.” The purpose of the…
by - July 28, 2019 6:19 pm
Armor Bank has entered the Jonesboro market by hiring Brock Fletcher as market president and Bryan Wagner as senior vice president of commercial lending and business development. Fletcher and Wagner…
by - July 28, 2019 6:07 pm
First Financial Bank, headquartered in El Dorado, has entered into an agreement to acquire The First National Bank of Wynne and its branches in Cherry Valley, Forrest City, Harrisburg, McCrory,…
by - July 28, 2019 4:50 pm
Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) President and CEO Gretchen Hall has been named Secretary/Treasurer for the 2019-2020 Board of Directors of Destinations International (DI). DI is a professional…
