AMP Staff

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded funding to complete a five-mile strip of I-49 that will connect into Arkansas. The commission awarded $58.7 million for the I-49 Missouri/Arkansas Connector project to Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. of Columbia,…

The 2020 Fiscal Session is scheduled to begin April 8 at noon. The COVID-19 crisis will have an impact on the proposed budget as well as our meeting schedules. The Department of Finance and Administration released a revised revenue forecast…

Conway Corporation is developing a new 132 megawatt solar energy project in White County. The organization has entered into a 20-year agreement with Lightsource BP to develop the solar facility on 700 acres near Happy, Ark. The energy generated by…

In recent weeks, researchers have been working to develop ways to test and prevent coronavirus as it spreads around the globe. One internationally recognized organization has partnered with the University of Minnesota and is reportedly developing a new blood test…

Riceland Foods has named Ben Noble its new executive vice president and chief operations officer. Noble’s appointment to the position was effective March 11. In his new role, Noble will head up Riceland’s “strategic direction, product innovation and day-to-day administrative…

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) surgeon has been named the president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. C. Lowry Barnes, chair of the UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, will be the 30thpresident of the…

Delta Dental of Arkansas (DDAR) is aiming to make an impact on dentists in the state through a new program. Through the DDAR Advance Receipts Program, the company will be providing up to $6.5 million in emergency financial assistance to…

A national publication has highlighted one of Arkansas’ U.S. Senators as being a leading voice in the fight against coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. In an article entitled “The Senator Who Saw the Coronavirus Coming,” National Review spotlighted Sen. Tom…

Two Arkansas companies are partnering to provide COVID-19 drive-thru testing. Sniffle Health, a telemedicine company, and Natural State Laboratories (NSL) are providing the service to alleviate the backlog of testing and reduce test turnaround time. Testing will be administered from…

Amazon is reportedly adding another distribution center in central Arkansas. The e-retailer and technology company is placing a distribution center in Little Rock off of Interstate 30. This marks the second distribution center that Amazon has opened in central Arkansas.…