by - August 29, 2021 6:55 pm
Attorney General Leslie Rutlege said she’d work with the state legislature to set education policy and she confirmed she would not institute a mask mandate or vaccine mandate to fight…
by - August 29, 2021 6:34 pm
The Metroplan board of directors approved funding to the following applicants for the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG) and Highway Improvement Program (HIP). The biggest portion of the awards…
by - August 29, 2021 6:20 pm
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Athletics will allow Trojan student-athletes to start maximizing on name, image, and likeness (NIL) opportunities through the NOCAP Sports athlete marketing platform. NOCAP Sports…
by - August 26, 2021 5:10 pm
Though Arkansas continues to see growing numbers of new COVID-19 cases daily, operations by those who keep Fort Smith safe – the police and fire departments – have not experienced…
by - August 26, 2021 9:29 am
The National Park College (NPC) board of trustees approved a resolution allowing the college to move forward with submitting a Letter of Intent to the Arkansas Division of Higher Education…
by - August 25, 2021 6:20 pm
Fort Smith’s sales tax revenue had another strong month with revenue 9% higher than this time last year. The city’s share of the Sebastian County sales tax brought $1.79 million…
by - August 25, 2021 12:09 pm
Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded $3.6 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to complete phase 2 clinical trials of PepCan, a breakthrough vaccine she developed at UAMS to…
by - August 25, 2021 7:57 am
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, says the Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan is arbitrary and unfeasible. In an interview with Talk Business & Politics on…
by - August 25, 2021 7:11 am
Arkansas has experienced a drop in the college-going rate. To counter the trend, ASU has received funding for the AmeriCorps-sponsored Neighborhood Red Wolves Community Engagement (NRWCEP) program to help with…
by - August 24, 2021 8:04 pm
A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists has been awarded a five-year grant worth $2.5 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to determine…
by - August 24, 2021 7:57 pm
The Arkansas 911 Board has selected AT&T to implement its “Next Generation 9-1-1 service” to improve emergency communications across the state. The state’s 114 public safety answering points (PSAPs) handle…
by - August 24, 2021 7:46 pm
While some members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors believe there is little hope the city can meet demands of the consent decree the city is under for its…
by - August 24, 2021 3:09 pm
The Walmart Foundation has committed $1 million to support three organizations in aiding incoming refugees and veterans and their families relocating from Afghanistan. The money will be paid to No…
by - August 24, 2021 2:32 pm
Commodity prices dropped as the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered economies worldwide during the first half of 2020. But one agricultural commodity, rice, had increased demand, according to a new University of…
by - August 24, 2021 2:23 pm
Wipro Limited announced Tuesday (Aug. 24) it will open a new delivery center in Sherwood, Ark. with the expectation of hiring up to 400 employees over the next two years….
by - August 24, 2021 12:38 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said the state had as of Tuesday (Aug. 24) reached an “unprecedented” point at which the state’s ICU bed capacity is full. His announcement comes on the…
by - August 23, 2021 4:59 pm
During the awards luncheon at their 2021 Annual Conference in Jonesboro, the Arkansas Economic Developers & Chamber Executives (AEDCE) on Monday (Aug. 23) recognized Julie Allen, PCED as the Outstanding…
by - August 23, 2021 12:37 pm
Jarrod Yates has been hired as director of public affairs and government relations at the Arkansas Farm Bureau, where he will lead the national affairs efforts on behalf of the…
by - August 22, 2021 10:01 am
While COVID-19 has impacted tourism and travel as well as business expansion, Arkansas is pushing forward to remain open and ready for business. Tourism and economic officials in Arkansas have…
by - August 22, 2021 8:21 am
The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and The Venture Center, with support from the state of Arkansas, launched its application period for the 2022 ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program this…
