Tyler Hale

Walmart customers will no longer be required to wear a mask or face covering when shopping. On Friday, May 14, the Bentonville retailer announced that it would no longer require fully vaccinated shoppers to mask up. However, the company “will…

The City of Little Rock’s mask mandate is coming to an end on May 15. Mayor Frank Scott Jr. announced that the city is terminating its mask mandate, effective Saturday, May 15. He cited new guidance from the Centers for…

The Venture Center and the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) are expanding their ThinkTECH initiative with a series of curriculum-driven events, including a thought leadership series on emerging technologies. Starting the series off, ICBA and the Venture Center will…

Student-athletes at the University of Arkansas will be able to capitalize on their images and likenesses through a new program called Flagship. This program, which will be led by the Arkansas Athletics Department, is designed to provide student-athletes with the…

Walmart is acquiring a virtual fitting room company to enhance its online apparel division. The Bentonville retailer is purchasing Zeekit, an Israeli company that has developed a dynamic virtual fitting room that uses real-time image processing to map an individual’s…

The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) has established the new Small Business and Entrepreneurship Division with Katherine Andrews as the division director. In this newly created role, Andrews will head up AEDC’s small business and entrepreneurship initiatives. She will identify…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will begin offering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to teenagers age 12 to 15. UAMS will begin offering the vaccine to this age group of Thursday, May 13. The Pfizer vaccine was authorized…

The Colonial Pipeline is back in business after a cyberattack on May 7 forced the pipeline operator to take it offline. Colonial Pipeline announced on its website that it was restarting operations on Wednesday, May 12 at 4pm CST. Despite…

Investigations are continuing on an infrastructure crack found on the Hernando de Soto Bridge, which connects Arkansas and Tennessee. On Tuesday, May 11, a routine inspection revealed the presence of a crack in the I-40 bridge. As a result, the…

Gov. Asa Hutchinson is establishing a new steering committee to oversee funds from the federal American Rescue Plan program. Hutchinson announced the new American Rescue Plan Steering Committee during his weekly press briefing on Tuesday, May 11. The committee will…