by - December 11, 2024 9:07 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders on Wednesday (Dec. 11) disclosed that she will seek a waiver from the federal government in the new Trump administration to eliminate junk food from being purchased…
by - December 10, 2024 4:08 pm
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday (Dec. 10) that USDA will make loans and grants totaling $6.3 billion in rural and Tribal communities across 44 states…
by - December 10, 2024 12:38 pm
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher has been awarded a grant worth $3.3 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to study the effectiveness of…
by - December 10, 2024 12:31 pm
ARcare, a leading provider of comprehensive healthcare, and Arkansas’ largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)…
by - December 9, 2024 12:22 pm
The Neil Griffin College of Business at Arkansas State University will host the 2025 Catalyst: NEA Economic Development and Leadership Forum on Jan. 9, in Jonesboro. The forum will focus…
by - December 9, 2024 12:11 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Council announced Monday (Dec. 9) Stefanie Pawluk, MPH, as the executive director of its health care transformation division. She replaces Ryan Cork, who took a new role…
by - December 8, 2024 11:00 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors indefinitely tabled ordinances pertaining to public camping and vagrancy in the city at their Dec. 3 regular board meeting pending more input from the…
by - December 8, 2024 10:39 am
State Senate President Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, anticipates a busy and active calendar of major legislative activity in the upcoming 95th Arkansas General Assembly. Hester will return as leader of…
by - December 8, 2024 10:15 am
Dan Wright of Waldron was re-elected Friday (Dec. 6) as Arkansas Farm Bureau’s president and Mike Freeze of Little Rock will continue as vice president for the agriculture advocacy organization….
by - December 6, 2024 6:54 pm
The Democratic Party of Arkansas announced Thursday (Dec. 5) that Micah Wallace will head the party’s communications department. Wallace, a native of Hope, designed and executed a party rebranding, expanded…
by - December 4, 2024 4:34 pm
The Arkansas Highway Commission has named Jared Wiley as director of the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT). Wiley follows Director Lorie Tudor who announced Dec. 3 she will retire effective…
by - December 4, 2024 3:32 pm
Philip Taldo of Springdale was elected chairman of the Arkansas Highway Commission, and Keith Gibson of Fort Smith was elected vice chair, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT)….
by - December 4, 2024 3:06 pm
The 13th annual Berry Pre-Coon Supper Reception will be held on January 11 at the Berry Farm Shop in Gillett. “The Coon Supper has been a long-standing tradition in Gillett,”…
by - December 4, 2024 1:30 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission has been retooling several of its programs to streamline services for small businesses and entrepreneurship. Esperanza Massana-Crane, AEDC’s director of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development,…
by - December 3, 2024 9:42 pm
With 51% of the vote, Molly Rawn defeated Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan in a runoff Tuesday (Dec. 3), according to unofficial results. Rawn will start her term in January. The…
by - December 3, 2024 9:18 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Copenhaver was elected to a second four-year term during Tuesday’s (Dec. 3) mayoral runoff race against Alderman L.J. Bryant. In unofficial results, Copenhaver received 5,264 votes, about…
by - December 3, 2024 8:55 pm
Lee Kemp will be the new director for Ward 3 on the City of Fort Smith’s Board of Directors. He received 66.5% of the votes in Tuesday’s (Dec. 3) runoff…
by - December 3, 2024 5:03 pm
Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) Director Lorie Tudor announced Tuesday (Dec. 3) she will retire effective Jan. 10, 2025. Tudor informed the Highway Commission of her decision in a letter…
by - December 2, 2024 5:06 pm
President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday (Dec. 2) that he will nominate Warren Stephens, chair, president and CEO of Little Rock-based Stephens Inc., as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom….
by - November 26, 2024 12:49 pm
Bentonville-based Walmart is reducing or ending diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts began in mid-2020, including limiting LGBTQ items sold by third-party resellers on its website. The retailer is the…
