Hytrol Expands Product Line in Fort Smith, Adds 100 Local Jobs
September 02, 2021Hytrol is expanding its product line in Fort Smith and will be adding 100 local jobs into the western Arkansas community.
Read >AEDC, Game and Fish Commission to Grant Nearly $770,000 for Wildlife Conservation Education Programs
August 31, 2021AEDC's Division of Rural Services is awarding more than $769,000 to Arkansas schools and educators to support conservation education programs.
Read >Majestic Steel USA Announces New State-of-the-Art Service Center on Nucor Hickman Campus in Blytheville
August 30, 2021Majestic Steel USA will open a state-of-the-art service center and processing facility on the Nucor Hickman campus in Blytheville.
Read >Wipro Announces Opening of New Delivery Center in Arkansas
August 24, 2021Wipro Limited is investing $3 million to open a new delivery center in Sherwood that will hire up to 400 employees.
Read >Americold Announces $84 Million Investment with Expansion at Russellville Plant
August 12, 2021Americold Realty Trust (Americold) will expand its operations in Russellville, Ark., investing approximately $84 million and creating 30 new jobs, the...
Read >Montrose Environmental Group Announces Relocation of Principal Executive Offices to North Little Rock, Adds 90 Jobs
August 10, 2021Montrose Environmental Group is moving its principal executive office to North Little Rock, Ark.
Read >Transplace’s New Center of Excellence Opens in Northwest Arkansas
July 15, 2021Transplace is opening a new state-of-the-art facility in Rogers to support its customer growth and logistics innovation.
Read >AEDC Names Jennifer Fowler Director of Arkansas NSF EPSCoR
July 07, 2021Jennifer Fowler has been named director of the Arkansas National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).
Read >Arkansas Ranks 2nd for Most Pandemic-Proof Small Businesses
June 18, 2021Arkansas was recently ranked no. 2 for states with the most pandemic-proof small businesses.
Read >AEDC Division of Rural Services awards nearly $357,000 in community grants
June 10, 2021The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) Division of Rural Services has awarded community grants totaling $356,802.26 to 36 counties and co...
Read >Fort Smith Ebbing Air National Guard Base Selected to Host F-35 Training Center
June 07, 2021The Department of the Air Force selected Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Fort Smith, Arkansas, as the preferred location to establish an F-35 Lightnin...
Read >L’Oréal USA Expands North Little Rock Facility, Announces $12+ Million Investment Bringing New Jobs to the Community
May 26, 2021L’Oréal USA today announced that it is expanding its North Little Rock (NLR) facility and plans to invest more than $12 million in the plant and hire ...
Read >Custom Craft Poultry Brings Business To Little Rock
May 24, 2021Custom Craft Poultry, a locally owned business based out of Arkansas, is opening a new poultry processing plant in Little Rock, the company announced ...
Read >AEDC Establishes Small Business and Entrepreneurship Division, Names Katherine Andrews Director
May 13, 2021The AEDC announced that it has established the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Division and has named Katherine Andrews the Director of the depart...
Read >$3.2 Billion Available Nationwide for Emergency Broadband Benefit
May 11, 2021Today, the Arkansas Department of Commerce announced it is working to help build consumer awareness about the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), a new...
Read >Winrock International Announces New Online Hub for Opportunity Zone Investment
May 10, 2021The Opportunity Arkansas online portal will connect citizens, community leaders, venture capitalists and others to catalyze investments in Arkansas’s ...
Read >Arkansas to Opt Out of Federal Supplemental Unemployment Program, Governor Hutchinson Announces
May 10, 2021Governor Asa Hutchinson has directed the Division of Workforce Services to end the State of Arkansas’s participation in the federal supplemental unemp...
Read >Drax to Kickstart Development of $40M Arkansas Pellet Plants
May 06, 2021Drax Group, a sustainable biomass production and supply company, will begin constructing the first of three new “satellite” pellet plants in Arkansas.
Read >Arkansas EPSCoR Seeking Scientific Research Project Ideas for DART Seed Grant Program
May 04, 2021The Arkansas National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research’s (NSF EPSCoR) current Track-1 project, “Data Analytics...
Read >Windsor Door to add 42 new employees at its Little Rock location
April 29, 2021The company announced that it will be adding a third production line and second shift at its Little Rock manufacturing center.
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