by - December 15, 2021 7:16 pm
Shareholders of Conway-based Home Bancshares and Amarillo-based Happy Bancshares have both approved a proposed a $918 million merger that was announced earlier this year. Home Bancshares, parent company of Centennial…
by - December 13, 2021 2:13 pm
Southern Bancorp Community Partners has hired Anthony Young as its next president. Young succeeds Dr. Karama Neal, who in Spring of 2021 was appointed Administrator for Rural Business-Cooperative Services at…
by - December 13, 2021 9:45 am
Little Rock-based Rose Law Firm said Monday (Dec. 13) that David S. Mitchell Jr. has been elected the firm’s new managing member, effective Feb. 1, 2022. Mitchell succeeds Robyn P….
by - December 10, 2021 8:47 am
Scott Copas, who is retiring as CEO of Baldwin & Shell Construction Co., is joining his wife’s company as COO. Shayla Copas Lifestyle is the company led by award-winning interior…
by - December 8, 2021 4:15 pm
Arkansas State University is one of eight Arkansas universities participating in a program designed to help transform K-12 teacher recruitment, training and retention, according to Forward Arkansas, a non-profit organization…
by - December 8, 2021 10:09 am
Acxiom gifted the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA) $100,000 for its Girls of Promise initiative. The Girls of Promise initiative provides opportunities and mentors in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics…
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 10:57 am
Errin Stanger has been named director of Winrock’s Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub. Stanger has been part of the Hub team since its founding in 2014. She has served in numerous…
by - December 5, 2021 10:46 am
As of Dec. 1, 2021, the commercial real estate firm previously known as Newmark Moses Tucker Partners has detached from Newmark Group Inc., an affiliation that was established about three…
by - December 5, 2021 10:37 am
The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) is the recipient of the Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, a national award that recognizes the public library as a vital community asset. Developed…
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 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 8:33 am
The South Central Telehealth Resource Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is opening five satellite training centers in Arkansas and Tennessee. Part of the UAMS Institute…
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 29, 2021 4:08 pm
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced Monday (Nov. 29) it appointed five new members to its Community Development Advisory Council. The council meets twice a year to inform…
by - November 27, 2021 8:05 pm
When Phil Schmidt’s aging mother suffered a double concussion, it seemed to him that the caregiving industry didn’t operate like the process-driven companies with which he had been involved. So…
by - November 24, 2021 9:42 am
Little Rock-based BSR Real Estate Investment sold two Texas properties – Windhaven Park Apartments in Plano and The Heritage at Hillcrest Apartments in Austin for $147.9 million. Windhaven Park consists…
by - November 23, 2021 8:01 pm
In a tough retail environment, a Little Rock-based boutique marketplace chain has grown from one store in 2015 to 18 locations now, with plans to increase that number to about…
