by - December 6, 2021 2:43 pm
State Rep. Fran Cavenaugh, R-Walnut Ridge, announced Monday (Dec. 6) she will seek another term in the Arkansas House of Representatives. She represents House District 30, which now includes portions…
by - December 6, 2021 2:32 pm
Dr. Marta Loyd, executive director of the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, will retire on March 31, 2022, the nonprofit announced Monday (Dec. 6). A search for a new executive director/CEO has begun….
by - December 6, 2021 7:39 am
Lisa Parks, a Democrat vying for the open State Senate seat in District 7, received the endorsement of all five incumbent Democratic officeholders in the region on Monday (Dec. 6)….
by - December 5, 2021 7:15 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors unanimously approved a base budget for 2022 Thursday night (Dec. 2) that includes 5% reserve balance in each city department as well as a…
by - December 5, 2021 10:49 am
Rich Hillman of Carlisle was re-elected as Arkansas Farm Bureau’s president, and Mike Freeze of Little Rock will continue as the agriculture advocacy organization’s vice president. Both were elected Friday…
by - December 5, 2021 10:07 am
The Omicron variant that has become a major concern for public health officials is undergoing rigorous testing and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Chancellor Dr. Cam Patterson expects to…
by - December 5, 2021 9:21 am
My first job after graduating college was as a reporter for a newspaper in a rural Arkansas town. A few months into my tenure, the editor graciously but perhaps unwisely…
by - December 3, 2021 4:39 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (Dec. 3) called a special session for Arkansas legislators to consider a major tax cut bill, and he has added seven other bills to the…
by - December 2, 2021 4:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Jerry Morgan, a 1992 graduate of Arkansas State University and longtime banking executive, to the Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees. Morgan will fill…
by - December 1, 2021 7:43 pm
Term-limited State Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, is launching a new nonprofit organization, Get Loud Arkansas!, to register new voters and engage lackluster voters. “Our voices are being silenced by…
by - December 1, 2021 3:28 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock), the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) and Forge Institute announced Wednesday (Dec. 1) the establishment of the Consortium…
by - December 1, 2021 8:10 am
The fourth ThinkTECH Accelerator program participants were announced Tuesday (Nov. 30) by the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and The Venture Center. The 11 companies selected for the fintech…
by - December 1, 2021 7:30 am
Bill Gatewood, the long-time director of the Old State House Museum, will retire on Dec. 31, 2021 after a 35-year career with the state and 29 years with the museum,…
by - November 30, 2021 2:48 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday (Nov. 30) there is not yet enough data “to make definitive decisions” about how to react to the COVID-19 Omicron variant but he is concerned…
by - November 30, 2021 2:25 pm
With a majority of support from legislators for a tax reduction package, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday (Nov. 30) he is calling a special legislative session for Dec. 7. The…
by - November 29, 2021 3:59 pm
The city of Jonesboro had been battered by several pandemics and then came the Great War in 1917. Even as the war came to a close a year later, a…
by - November 29, 2021 2:12 pm
Arkansas would have 12 majority-minority state House districts including its first with a majority voting-age Latino population under maps approved by the Board of Apportionment Monday (Nov. 29). Four Senate…
by - November 28, 2021 9:50 am
Since being selected to serve as the 19th director of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission earlier this year, Austin Booth has been wrestling with the agency’s biggest challenge: its…
by - November 26, 2021 1:56 pm
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, medical providers are discovering new tools to battle the deadly virus. One of these tools is monoclonal antibodies, also known as mAbs. The U.S. Food and…
by - November 24, 2021 1:59 pm
Walmart and pharmacy competitors Walgreens and CVS said they are not to blame for the opioid crisis gripping the nation. Meanwhile, a federal jury in the U.S. Northern District Court…
