by - July 14, 2024 9:39 am
Nate Green joined Springdale-based nonprofit Northwest Arkansas Council as communications director in 2019. Over the past four years, he’s led a successful program that has attracted remote workers and raised…
by - July 13, 2024 8:40 am
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) and the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) were jointly awarded on Friday (July 12) a $393.75 million grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation…
by - July 12, 2024 4:00 pm
The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission appointed Steven C. Baker as the new executive director of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT), effective Aug. 6. The airport commission unanimously…
by - July 12, 2024 11:22 am
Rachel Debuque is the new director of the University of Arkansas’ School of Art in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. Debuque, who previously was associate director at George…
by - July 12, 2024 10:45 am
Arkansas-Oklahoma Gas recently gave $139,000 to the Van Buren Housing Authority to help pay for the installation of 199 tankless water heaters for its tenants. The energy efficiency rebate money…
by - July 12, 2024 10:05 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is expected to post declines in earnings and revenue in the second quarter amid a challenging freight market. However, analysts noted “potential catalysts”…
by - July 11, 2024 8:21 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Thursday (July 11) at a special meeting approved a water rate increase that will start Aug. 1 but put off a second increase…
by - July 11, 2024 8:12 pm
Future patrons and supporters of the Fort Kids Museum can get a taste of what the future children’s museum will have to offer at the Fort Kids concourse at The…
by - July 11, 2024 6:39 pm
Jerry Canfield, attorney for the City of Fort Smith, disagrees with the interpretation of how an ex-officio member’s designee can be appointed to the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority board of…
by - July 11, 2024 2:54 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill has eclipsed 100,000 enplanements for the first time in one month. Enplanements, or passengers flying out, rose by 11.1% to 108,777 in June…
by - July 11, 2024 12:05 pm
With the looming threat of a TikTok ban, marketing agencies and influencers are bracing for a big change. In April, President Joe Biden signed a law requiring ByteDance, the parent…
by - July 11, 2024 11:45 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has announced that nine projects will receive a total of $558,756 in funding through the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program (AURP). The AURP funds projects that…
by - July 11, 2024 11:30 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $969,200 grant from the Arkansas Department of Commerce and the Arkansas Linking Industry to Growing Nurses (ALIGN) program to help…
by - July 11, 2024 11:29 am
Tim Whitten, a general contractor in Russellville, said construction on a highly anticipated 246-unit, 658-bed student housing project in Fayetteville is about to begin. Whitten is one of three principal…
by - July 11, 2024 11:25 am
An Asian longhorned tick, known for carrying deadly parasites that can impact cattle, has been found in another county in Arkansas. Researchers recently confirmed that the tick was found in…
by - July 10, 2024 10:01 pm
Former U.S. Rep. Tommy Robinson has died at the age of 82, according to our content partner, KARK News. The St. Francis County coroner confirmed Robinson died around 7 p.m…
by - July 10, 2024 6:07 pm
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has hired Dawn Roberts as a network development representative in Northwest Arkansas. Roberts will conduct provider education and offer admin support to hospitals, clinics…
by - July 10, 2024 5:40 pm
After a 32-year career with Arvest Bank, Matt Kendall retired this past spring as president and CEO of the bank’s mortgage division. However, Kendall isn’t bidding farewell to work. Instead,…
by - July 10, 2024 5:29 pm
St. Louis-based ARCO Construction Co. has opened a Rogers office to benefit from the region’s growing multifamily, senior living, commercial and industrial construction needs, according to a news release. It’s…
by - July 10, 2024 5:22 pm
The Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) has appointed a new vice president and provost and a new assistant provost and director of diversity, equity and inclusion. ACHE…
