by - July 13, 2017 1:37 pm
Catholic High School teacher and political activist Paul Spencer will formally move his candidacy from exploratory to official in his bid for Arkansas’ Second District Congressional seat. U.S. Rep. French…
by - June 8, 2017 1:45 pm
Little Rock attorney Kathy Alexander has joined the board of directors for Summit Utilities Inc., which recently acquired Fort Smith-based Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. Summit Utilities of Littleton, Colo., announced…
by - April 26, 2017 12:20 pm
John Dornhoffer has been named chairman of the department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The appointment…
by - April 19, 2017 10:26 am
A San Francisco-based technology company is partnering with Arkansas Surgical Hospital to allow its patients to use the company’s mobile app, according to a news release. Technology company PeerWell offers…
by - April 11, 2017 10:21 am
Little Rock-based firm Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. announced Tuesday (April 11) the hiring of agency veteran Laura McCabe as creative and marketing director. McCabe has experience in nonprofit development…
by - April 5, 2017 5:14 pm
Dan Cowling, president of The Communications Group, a Little Rock-based marketing, advertising and public relations firm, announced today the company has promoted Jason Brown to director of public relations, managing the…
by - April 5, 2017 10:16 am
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub has hired a manager for the Delta I-Fund program. Amy Hopper, now senior financial analyst at Newell Brands, will relocate to Little Rock from Atlanta…
by - April 5, 2017 10:09 am
Cromwell Architects Engineers has opened a Fayetteville office, and it’s a homecoming in more ways than one for the Little Rock-based firm. Cromwell architect Josh Danish, who is a graduate…
by - April 3, 2017 11:46 am
The Downtown Little Rock Partnership announced on Monday (April 3) the dates for the upcoming event series, Main Street Food Truck Fridays, and also for Main Street Food Truck Festival…
by - March 30, 2017 3:11 pm
Acxiom Corp. signed an agreement this week to lease the remaining 11,215 square feet in the 301 Main St. building in downtown Little Rock’s Creative Corridor. Completed in 2015, the…
by - March 22, 2017 1:41 pm
Filmmaker and Little Rock native Jeff Nichols has launched a year-round cinema organization in Arkansas called Arkansas Cinema Society. According to an exclusive interview with IndieWire, Nichols will launch ACS…
by - March 14, 2017 5:19 pm
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the March 6 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s Forty…
by - March 14, 2017 4:05 pm
Central Arkansas startups, Cocoa Belle Chocolates, RaftUp, and ClinicPass have been chosen by the Delta Regional Authority to be part of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, March 19-24, in downtown New…
by - March 10, 2017 9:34 am
The Conway Area Chamber of Commerce announced during its annual meeting Thursday (March 9) the launch of the Conway 125 funding campaign to pay for seven “generation-defining” projects aimed toward…
by - March 6, 2017 10:52 am
The Conductor, a partnership between the University of Central Arkansas in Conway and Startup Junkie Consulting of Fayetteville, has joined forces with two nonprofit organizations to offer upcoming entrepreneurial events…
by - February 23, 2017 1:35 pm
The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism in Little Rock has hired a new manager of group travel and motorcycle tourism. Brant Collins has co-owned an advertising agency in Little…
by - February 21, 2017 10:36 am
The Communications Group of Little Rock has been chosen as the public relations agency of record for Delaware-based Speakman Co., a 148-year-old industrial manufacturer of showering, plumbing and emergency products….
by - February 17, 2017 9:18 am
A student organization at University of Arkansas in Fayetteville plans to give $250,000 to Arkansas Children’s Hospital Northwest over the next five years. The organization, Hogs for Hope, will raise…
by - February 16, 2017 11:57 am
State and local officials will dedicate a new sculpture commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase survey at 10 a.m. on Feb. 20 in the atrium of the Statehouse…
by - February 14, 2017 2:08 pm
Ruth Whitney, CEO of Little Rock-based public affairs firm inVeritas, has launched a new firm called Select Litigation, focusing on jury selection and litigation support services. The company will be…
