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Democratic State Sen. Fred Love announces for Arkansas Governor
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal
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June 23, 2025
State Senator Fred Love, D-Little Rock, announced Monday (June 23) that he will launch a campaign for Arkansas Governor. Love is term-limited and cannot run for legislative re-election. “We can either stay on the path that sidelines our kids,...
COLUMN: Proposed annexation would have drained Lower Arkansas water
The Gazette - Colorado
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The communities of southeast Colorado — and the farmers who produce Pueblo chiles, Rocky Ford cantaloupes, hay, beef and other local foods — throughout the Lower Arkansas Valley united in opposition to the proposed Karman Line development, which...
Chevron Joins Lithium Race With 125,000-Acre Texas-Arkansas Deal
Benzinga
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Chevron U.S.A., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation CVX, announced its intention to enter the lithium market last week by acquiring lease rights to approximately 125,000 net acres spanning northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas. The rights,...
2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Educational Services industry across Lafayette Reporter publication area
Lafayette Reporter - Louisiana
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June 23, 2025
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadership/ur-m-jaddou-director-us-citizenship-and-immigration-servicesUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship...
Holiday Inn Near Little Rock Airport Sells for $7M
Arkansas Business
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June 23, 2025
Holiday Inn Express at 3121 Bankhead Drive in Little Rock. (Google Maps) The first item in this week’s lineup of million dollar deals and construction contracts is a hotel near the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock. YBR...
Arkansas 9-year-old gets the surprise of a lifetime at his first concert
KTHV - Arkansas
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June 23, 2025
The young Arkansan was attending the May 30 stop of The Weeknd’s tour in Chicago when he was called on stage to join the artists in performing his favorite song. ROGERS, Ark. — A 9-year-old from Rogers experienced the surprise of a lifetime when...
Arkansas’ Green Steel Meets a ‘Golden Share’
Arkansas Business
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June 23, 2025
(Shutterstock) Dave Stickler, a godfather of environmentally sustainable steel, summed up his industry’s history in Arkansas earlier this month. His bottom line? Modern, ecological steelmaking is economical steelmaking. Stickler, former CEO of Big...
Arkansas’ First Gluten-Free Brewery Opens in Bentonville
Arkansas Business
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June 23, 2025
One of Stoic Brews’ offerings, a peach Belgian witbier. (Provided) Stoic Brews Alternative, the state’s first gluten-free craft beer brewery, opened March 14 in Bentonville, and owners Rebecca Davitt and her husband, Jay, say the response has been...
AECT Grad Students, Faculty Earn Presentation Awards at Agricultural Education Conference
University of Arkansas
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submitted Agricultural systems technology management University Professor Donald Johnson presented the invited AAAE Distinguished Lecture, "A View from the Point Rows: Reflections on a Faculty Career." Students and faculty members in U of A's...
Needy Receives Top Honor From Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
University of Arkansas
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Courtesy Eileen Van Aken, IISE past president, Kim Needy, recipient of the Gilbreth Award, and Sunderesh Heragu, IISE president. College of Engineering Dean Kim Needy has received the highest honor given by the Institute of Industrial and Systems...
Downtown Revivals Gain Momentum in Blytheville & Osceola Thanks to Steel Industry
Arkansas Business
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June 23, 2025
Michele Vachon, sustainability division manager at Big River Steel, paid $8,000 for the property that now houses Copper Gardens, a beer garden in downtown Osceola. (Michele Vachon) Outside of the steel mills of northeast Arkansas, a different kind...
Crist Engineers, AgHeritage & Arkansas DHS Announce New Hires (Movers & Shakers)
Arkansas Business
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June 23, 2025
See more of this week’s Movers & Shakers, and submit your own announcement at ArkansasBusiness.com/Movers. Accounting Angela Frazier Angela Frazier, a tax partner at EGP Certified Public Accountants & Consultants of North Little Rock, has earned...
Solar-Powered Hybar Steel Begins Rebar Production, Plans Second Mill
Arkansas Business
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June 23, 2025
Hybar Steel’s new rebar-making facility in Osceola, along with its 186,000-panel solar field, sits on a 1,300-acre site. (Provided) When CEO Dave Stickler and his partners founded Hybar Steel in August 2023, they promised a 22-month countdown to...
Arkansas, Oklahoma lawmakers react to US attack on Iran
KHBS - Arkansas
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June 23, 2025
The attack on Iran was carried out using B-2 Spirit stealth bombers. Those are based at Missouri's Whiteman Air Force Base. The bombers have long-distance strike capabilities and can carry thousands of pounds of payload. They've been used in...
Arkansas tourism agency will get 5 private call spaces when department relocates
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 22, 2025
The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism has purchased five pods/phone booths to provide space for private conversations in the Arkansas Heritage building as the department relocates about 127 employees from the Multi-Agency Complex...
Rainy weather wipes out about 50,000 acres of Arkansas’ early planted rice
The Pine Bluff Commercial - Arkansas
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June 23, 2025
Every growing season brings its own unique challenges to Arkansas farmers, and the spring of 2025 is no exception. By the time the storm system of early April swept across Arkansas, growers had already planted at least 15% of the state's estimated...
ICYMI: Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper Named to AFPI’s America First Agriculture Commissioners and Secretaries Council
AllOnGeorgia
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June 22, 2025
In case you missed it, last week, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) announced the launch of the America First Agriculture Commissioners and Secretaries Council and named Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler J Harper as one of the...
Tariffs having ‘limited’ impact on Arkansas highway construction costs, official says
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 22, 2025
Tariffs have yet to have a signficant impact on highway construction costs in Arkansas, although that could change, a state Department of Transportation official told the Arkansas Highway Commission last week. "There are three areas where we...
Arkansas History for June 22: Oil Discovery in Champagnolle
Magnolia Reporter - Arkansas
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Important Arkansas historical events and significant anniversaries for June 22, and notable births and deaths of native Arkansans born on this date. Information is drawn from state archives, historical societies, contemporary newspapers and other...
Where were the cheapest places to fill up on regular gas in cities in Arkansas County in week ending June 14?
Lowe Delta News - Arkansas
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June 22, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Arkansas County...