Racing back and forth, seven 3D printers lined up on a shelf in a Little Rock garage cut out small, curved cups that will play a major role in a rising new Arkansas company. Plastic pipes are stacked up in…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services is venturing into the autonomous freight market with a new partnership with Waymo. J.B. Hunt and Waymo, an autonomous driving technology developer owned by Google, will be collaborating on a freight hauling project in Texas. Using…
A 137-megawatt solar farm is in development in Arkansas. Orbital Solar Services, a division of Houston, Texas-based Orbital Energy Group, has won an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract to develop the solar farm. Orbital did not specify where the…
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State, Local Governments Commit $22 Million to Land U.S. Air Force Mission at Fort Smith Base
Arkansas has made a multi-million commitment to ensure that the state landed a U.S. Air Force mission in Fort Smith. The U.S. Air Force selected Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith as the new location for a F-35…
State employees will be looking at a significant bonus soon. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced that there will be a three percent performance bonus for state agency employees. During a press conference on Tuesday, June 8, he said that the bonus…
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Leading the Newsroom: An Interview with Arkansas Business Editor Lance Turner
In classic journalism-related movies, like His Girl Friday and All the President’s Men, there’s always an editor barking out orders to reporters, making sure they get the daily scoops and hit their deadlines. Times have changed since those movies were…
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Fully Vaccinated Students Won’t Be Required to Quarantine, Hutchinson Says
When school restarts in August, students who have been fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus will no longer be required to quarantine if they have been exposed to the virus. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced that the state was altering its…
Dicamba continues to makes headlines in Arkansas as the state Supreme Court issues a stay of a temporary restraining order that was applied to new dicamba regulations. In late May, the Pulaski County Circuit Court’s 16th Division issued the temporary restraining…
Startup Junkie Foundation is bringing back the Fuel Accelerator for the third time around in 2021. Partnered with Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), Startup Junkie Foundation will be leading a 12-week accelerator and is recruiting companies to Northwest Arkansas for…
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has named a new director of communications for his office. Arkansas television veteran Shealyn Sowers will be taking over the top communications role, succeeding Katie Beck in the role. Beck served as communications director, following the departure…