by - November 24, 2021 9:32 am
Arkansas State University and the Arkansas National Guard signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as part of the ROTC’s 85th anniversary celebration earlier this month. The memorandum contains requirements and…
by - November 23, 2021 4:41 pm
Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $1.5 million, four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine fetal neurodevelopment in a new study…
by - November 23, 2021 4:16 pm
Infection rates and deaths for COVID-19 are on the rise and state government officials are imploring unvaccinated citizens to get a vaccine. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said during a press conference…
by - November 23, 2021 4:05 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) on Tuesday (Nov. 23) redesignated a portion of Highway 63 in Jonesboro as part of Interstate 555. The section of Highway 63 between U.S….
by - November 23, 2021 3:31 pm
The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas announced this week 41 initiatives in Arkansas will receive grants totaling $3,360,327, that will directly impact 71 of Arkansas’ 75 counties….
by - November 23, 2021 11:26 am
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us how vital and vulnerable America’s small businesses are. But, fortunately, small changes in how and where we buy goods can energize entrepreneurship throughout Arkansas…
by - November 22, 2021 11:46 am
State Sen. Jim Hendren, I-Gravette, is not running for re-election in 2022, he announced Monday (Nov. 22) on his website. Hendren said on his website, hendrenforarkansas.com, that his duties with…
by - November 22, 2021 8:17 am
Delta Solar has named Katie Laning Niebaum as its new president. She is the former executive director of the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association. Niebaum will oversee operations of the solar…
by - November 21, 2021 9:51 am
It hasn’t been an easy couple of years for Arkansas’ small businesses, beginning with the pandemic and continuing with the resulting labor shortage and breaks in the supply chain. But…
by - November 19, 2021 5:36 pm
Colonel Conrad Reynolds is making a second run for U.S. Congress. Reynolds, who ran in the GOP primary in 2014, is once again taking on French Hill, the incumbent Republican…
by - November 19, 2021 12:44 pm
Arkansas’ jobless rate in October was 3.7% down from 4% in September and below 4% for the first time since March 2020 – the month the COVID-19 pandemic began to…
by - November 18, 2021 5:29 pm
With Baptist Health-Fort Smith unwilling to sign a petition, the possibility of an assessment to fund operation, maintenance and repair and improvements within the Fort Smith Central Business District (CBID)…
by - November 18, 2021 3:52 pm
The White House is considering a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is asking the Biden Administration for a “total” boycott of the…
by - November 18, 2021 10:22 am
The 10th annual “Berry Pre-Coon Supper Reception” will be held on Jan. 8 at the Berry Farm shop in Gillett. Marion Berry was the First District Congressman from 1997-2011. “The…
by - November 18, 2021 9:01 am
Arkansas fell eight spots to 17th in the nation in overall cost-effectiveness and condition of its highway system amid high fatality rates on rural and urban highways, according to a…
by - November 17, 2021 5:01 pm
The Sebastian County Election Commission unanimously agreed Wednesday (Nov. 17) on a map outlining the new zones for the Sebastian County Quorum Court though where that map was created is…
by - November 17, 2021 2:06 pm
University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt will recommend Dr. Brian Shonk, currently vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (UACCB),…
by - November 17, 2021 10:31 am
The Little Rock-based Venture Center said Wednesday (Nov. 17) it is launching an inaugural VenCent Fintech Summit to connect hand-selected fintech companies with financial services innovators. The startup accelerator already…
by - November 17, 2021 10:25 am
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $20,482,208 to the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism to construct the final 13.4-mile section of the southeast Arkansas trail through its Rebuilding…
by - November 16, 2021 8:25 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed ordinances at its regular meeting Tuesday night (Nov. 16) that set a special election Feb. 8 for the continuation of a city sales…
