Empowering Rural Arkansas: Insights from AEDCs Becca Caldwell on Community Development Initiatives

We’ve had the opportunity each month in 2025 to speak with officials from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission about a variety of topics related to the agency’s initiatives and the broader economic climate in the Natural State. This month we spoke …

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville awarded $1 million grant to expand electronics education

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Arkansas Department of Higher Education has awarded the University of Arkansas $1 million to expand electronics education through development of credit and non-credit courses related to workforce needs in the semiconductor industry …

Tendai Musinga Graduates with Two Degrees from Two Universities in Arkansas

When Tendai Musinga graduates, she will have not only one but two bachelor’s degrees–one from each of Arkansas’s land-grant universities. Musinga will have a bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) and a …

Arkansas baseball ranked No. 2, still behind Texas in national poll

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas moved to No. 2 in the USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll on Monday, but the Razorbacks are still ranked behind the Texas team they swept by a cumulative score of 28-9 last week. The No. 1 Longhorns received 12 of 30 first-place votes …

Arkansas baseball lefty Zach Root named SEC pitcher of the week after Texas series

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas left-handed pitcher Zach Root was named SEC pitcher of the week, the league announced Monday. Root threw 8 scoreless innings during Arkansas' 9-0 victory over Texas last Thursday. He had a career-high 11 strikeouts in his career …

Arkansas baseball rises to No. 2 in USA TODAY Coaches Poll

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas baseball righted the ship this weekend with a dominant three-game sweep over top-ranked Texas, but the Hogs still sit below the Longhorns in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll. The Razorbacks (40-9, 17-7 SEC) moved up three spots to …

Arkansas Senator Dan Sullivan Hosts Town Hall

State Sen. Dan Sullivan drew around 35 people to a town hall meeting to recap the Arkansas 95th General Assembly. Topics included Social Justice and Equality Day, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), disaster relief, and education. The Town Hall was …

SEC baseball power rankings after Week 12 as Arkansas, Texas shake up rankings

Week 12 in SEC baseball brought a shakeup in the power rankings as No. 1 Texas lost its first series of the season and was swept at Arkansas. For the Longhorns, setting the SEC wins record (26-3 by Vanderbilt in 2013) and becoming the third SEC team to win …

Texas baseball: 3 things we learned from Arkansas' sweep of Longhorns

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — When the Arkansas offense torched star Texas baseball pitcher Ruger Riojas on Thursday, it signaled the beginning of a series-long trend ‒ not an aberration.  Riojas allowed a career-high nine runs in the Longhorns’ series-opening …

Texas baseball: 3 things we learned from Arkansas' sweep of Longhorns