UAMS Breaks Ground On Proton Center, Expanded Radiation Oncology Center
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences breaks ground on an expanded Radiation Oncology Center, which will be home to Arkansas’ first Proton Center. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences breaks ground on an expanded Radiation Oncology Center, which will be home to Arkansas’ first Proton Center. read more >
L’Oréal USA announces a $12 million-plus expansion of its North Little Rock plant that will create 45 full-time jobs and increase production for all its brands. read more >
Philander Smith College in Little Rock gets a $2.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to develop the HBCU Center of Excellence in Digital Education and Rural Workforce Development. read more >
Mercy executives and state and local officials mark the completion of the $28.5 million Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital Fort Smith. read more >
Drax Group says it will begin building the first of three new "satellite" pellet plants in Arkansas later this month. read more >
Ceramics maker CoorsTek Inc. announces a $9 million expansion of its 230,000-SF manufacturing facility in Benton that will create 50 jobs. read more >
Foodservice packaging manufacturer Anchor Packaging LLC broke ground Tuesday on the $21.5 million, 90,000-SF expansion to its plant in Paragould that will create 45 new jobs over the next 2.5 years. read more >
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday said states need to take the lead in administering the coronavirus vaccine as the number of new virus cases in the state dropped. read more >
Dansons USA announced Wednesday that it will open the country’s largest barbecue wood pellet mill and distribution center, and create 50-100 jobs there over the next three years. read more >
Loanpal of Roseville, California, a major lender for residential solar installations, says it will open a new operating center in Bentonville and create more than 100 financial technology jobs. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson late Thursday appointed Paul Rowton of Harrisburg, Bishop Robert G. Rudolph Jr. of Bryant and Steve Eddington of Benton to the newly expanded Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signs Act 18, officially adding Henderson State University in Arkadelphia to the Arkansas State University System as the system’s seventh institution. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed an executive order on Dec. 29 that provides relief to employers by excluding unemployment claims during the second quarter of 2020 in the calculation of employer UI tax rates. read more >
State and local officials joined Carvana of Tempe, Arizona, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday to mark the grand opening of the company’s $40 million vehicle inspection and distribution center in West Memphis. read more >
Entegrity of Little Rock and top state officials are trumpeting big solar energy savings for the state’s prison system, further projects for the Arkansas Department of Corrections and a victory in Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s crusade for streamlining government operations and costs. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Bennie Westphal of Fort Smith to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. read more >
Arkansas' top health official and a White House task force on Tuesday warned the state is on the verge of a rapid rise in coronavirus cases, while Gov. Asa Hutchinson rejected the panel's call to significantly scale back restaurants' indoor capacity in most of the state. read more >
WeWork Labs opened its northwest Arkansas office Thursday in the Massey Building in downtown Bentonville. read more >
The state of Arkansas announces a $50 million grant program aimed at helping the state's hospitality industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s new large solid rocket motor manufacturing facility is officially open, the Arkansas Department of Commerce announced late Tuesday. read more >
