The more cyber-immersed the world becomes, the more it needs folks like Stephen Addison and his cybersecurity students at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Addison, physics professor and dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at…
The state recommended Thursday that schools within a four-county cluster of Pulaski, Saline, Jefferson and Grant counties close for two weeks and shift to online classes. The move came as Gov. Asa Hutchinson and state officials briefed media from the state…
by Mark Carter For many central Arkansas old timers, the announcement in January that Arkansas Federal Credit Union had purchased the Family Life building in the Highway 10 corridor of west Little Rock for its new headquarters came as a…
Arkansas is poised for a robust 2020, many business and industry leaders agree, but the state needs to better prepare its students to meet the demands of an evolving workplace once they enter the job market. That was the consensus,…
The Be Pro Be Proud initiative from the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas rolls on — literally — in its quest to sharpen the Arkansas workforce blade. Launched in 2016, the initiative promotes manufacturing and…
The marine repair technology program at National Park College dates back to the early 1970s and is one of the more unique job-training programs in the state, maybe even the country. Where else but Hot Springs, surrounded by lakes and…
“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best…” – Ernest Hemingway by Mark Carter If Ernest Hemingway was right, if in fact one best learns the contours of a place on two wheels,…
Before a certain Ohio insurance outfit gifted the world with Flo, she of the white apron and Progressive price checker, another TV character owned the “Flo” brand. The 1974 film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore introduced sharp-tongue waitress Florence…
Charles Portis, the Arkansas novelist who wrote the iconic 1968 best seller True Grit, died Monday in Little Rock at age 86. His brother, Jonathan Portis, reported the cause of death as complications from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia first diagnosed in…
Young entrepreneurs filled the lobby of the Hot Springs Convention Center on Friday for the 15th annual Youth Entrepreneur Showcase Expo Day from the Arkansas Capital Corporation’s Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation. The event annually pits teams of student entrepreneurs in…