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The Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s (AEDC) Division of Rural Services recently announced that it will award more than $769,000 to Arkansas schools to support conservation education programs in the 2021-22 school year. Funding comes from wildlife fines collected by the…

Tyson Foods is awarding $1.5 million in support of hunger relief initiatives around the United States. This funding will impact 38 Tyson plant communities and will be distributed to 26 hunger relief organizations. In total, the Springdale-based company will provide…

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) has received a $165,000 grant for its School of Nursing’s Center for Stimulation Innovation (CSI). Awarded by the Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, this grant is aimed at providing…

Restaurants and other eating establishments have only a few days remaining to take advantage of available federal funding. The deadline to submit applications for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund is Monday, May 24 at 7 p.m. This $28.6 billion fund provides…

Students interested in forestry will have a new source of funding for college. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Forestry Division and the University of Arkansas at Monticello have unveiled a new scholarship aimed at incoming freshmen pursuing forestry. This scholarship,…

The Nature Conservancy has received an almost $100,000 grant to enhance monarch butterfly habitats in Arkansas. On April 5, the Nature Conservancy received a $99,999 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) that is designed to conserve monarch…

With a new $1.3 million grant, Venture Noire will be launching a new program designed to advance Black-owned businesses in key industries. The new program, In The Black, will provide eight-week courses to minority entrepreneurs with an aim of addressing…

The University of Arkansas (UAMS) has been the recipient of almost $39 million in government funding since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. UAMS has received approximately $38.8 million in funding – largely from state and federal entities – to…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received $3 million to distribute to facilities throughout Arkansas that are providing medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid use disorder. UAMS received the funding from the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and…

Seven water and wastewater projects have received funding from the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Commission. In total, the commission approved $4,626,938 in loans. The largest loan went to the East End Improvement District No. 1 in Saline County,…