InterveXion Therapeutics of Little Rock, a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing immunotherapies for substance abuse disorders, announced Monday the appointment of Keith Ward, Ph.D., to president and CEO. read more >
While the debut of medical marijuana sales in Arkansas has been grabbing the headlines, a separate cannabis-related industry has been taking root in the state, quite literally. read more >
Phillips County Judge Clark Hall is counting on solar power to save his county money and help shine its image. The county has hired Entegrity Partners of Little Rock to build a 400-kilowatt photovoltaic array as part of its major new justice complex near Helena Regional Medical Center. read more >
Cara Petrus has been named director of CHI St. Vincent’s new Arkansas Neuroscience Institute, which is scheduled to open in Sherwood on June 14. read more >
Zane Gastineau’s appointment as dean of the College of Sciences at Harding University in Searcy was effective last week. read more >
Tyler Davis of Ashdown was recently appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to a seven-year term on the Arkansas Agriculture Department’s Livestock & Poultry Commission Board. read more >
Toni Myer, a registered family nurse practitioner, recently joined Washington Regional Urgent Care in Johnson and Fayetteville. Dr. Stacey Burnett recently joined the Washington Regional Eureka Springs Family Clinic. read more >
Simply getting a seat at the corporate table remains a barrier for women in the workforce, a panel of women business leaders said Thursday during the first Soirée Women's Leadership Symposium at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas' unemployment rate in April was 3.6%, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. read more >
Bold Team LLC, the cultivation center that brought in Arkansas’ first legal marijuana crop, will soon have something for medical marijuana patients to chew on — or vape, or rub into their sore spots. read more >
As Arkansas dispensaries continue to sell the first harvest of medical marijuana, cultivators and patients are looking toward edibles as the next stage of production. read more >
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education has hired Brian Kim to serve as its new president. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auxiliary donated $1.54 million to support ACH programs, and this is the largest gift made in the 52-year history of the auxiliary. read more >
Legal marijuana sales finally arrived in Arkansas in a $100,000 opening weekend at the state's first two medical cannabis dispensaries, which had together sold about 15 pounds' worth by Monday night. read more >
Qualifying patients could begin buying medical marijuana Saturday when the state's first dispensary opened, though the celebratory mood was dampened by confusion about operating hours and fears the dispensary wouldn't be able to serve all the patients by closing time. read more >
Some University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences employees saw red flags long before auditors discovered a deficit at the Myeloma Institute for Research & Therapy that was allowed to grow to $29 million over nine years. read more >
Affiliates of Weingarten Realty of Houston, Texas, were on either side of a $19.75 million transaction involving a 166,735-SF retail project in west Little Rock. read more >
The Medical Center of South Arkansas of El Dorado plans to start construction next month on a $3.5 million cancer center. read more >
Gina Radke has been awarded the Women in Manufacturing STEP Ahead Award from the Manufacturing Institute in Washington, D.C. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Monticello receives its second-biggest donation, a $1.5 million estate gift from the late Raylene Steelman. read more >
