FORT PICKETT, Virginia, Aug. 6 -- The Virginia National Guard issued the following news: By Cotton Puryear Virginia and Kentucky National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and enabler units from Guard units in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana and New York honed their combat skills during the eXportable Combat Training Capability Rotation 19-4 July 13 through August 2, 2019, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Col. Joseph A. DiNonno, commander of the 116th  more

FORT SMITH, Arkansas, Aug. 8 -- ArcBest, a freight transportation and logistics company, issued the following news release: ArcBest(R) (Nasdaq: ARCB), a leading logistics company with creative problem solvers who deliver integrated solutions, is pleased to announce that it is among the 100 Great Supply Chain Partners for 2019. Each year, SupplyChainBrain publishes its list of 100 Great Supply Chain Partners, which features a select group of companies whose customers recognize them for providin  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced his intent to grant 15 pardons and 1 commutation. An additional 42 clemency requests were denied and 4 had no action taken upon them. These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates. The applicants intended for pardons have completed all jail time, fulfilled all parole and probationary requirements and paid all fines related to their sentences. T  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 7 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced the following appointments. Clay Waliski, Carlisle, to the State Board of Health. Appointment expires December 31, 2021. Replaces Mary Ringgold. Stephanie Nickols, Mount Ida, to the State Board of Health. Appointment expires December 31, 2021. Replaces Robbie Thomas-Knight. Dr. Dwayne Daniels, El Dorado, to the State Board of Health. Appointment expires  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 6 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * - Must provide broadband speed of 25 Mbps/3 Mbps; Town must have at least 500 residents to qualify * * * Following his July 23 announcement (https://governor.arkansas.gov/news-media/press-releases/governor-hutchinson-announces-nathan-smith-as-broadband-manager/) establishing the Arkansas State Broadband Office, Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced "Arkansas Rural Connect," a new $25   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 9 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * - Governor Hutchinson's weekly radio address can be found in MP3 format and downloaded HERE (https://eu8.proxysite.com/process.php?d=%2BNy886ztwSQLXXX%2BSHPS1Dik2CPLCmClSvYsk9YHRmfm5PEJ5id1NnCWCkk0Iz95UNBnHvpvPqttmxVudUvlRze6e0L4TXKXHUY%3D&b=1). * * * As we continue to mourn the tragic loss of life in El Paso and Dayton, it appears that the suspect in the Texas attack is a white nationa  more

JONESBORO, Arkansas, Aug. 8 -- Arkansas State University issued the following news: Arkansas State University has received a $25,000 gift from the Rea Charitable Trust for the Bradbury Art Museum's educational programming. This brings the trust's total giving history to $70,000 in the last four years in support of the museum's increased emphasis on educational opportunities for young people. "We are very appreciative for our education partners in the arts," stated Dr. Carl Cates, dean of the   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: David D. Walker, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an otologist/neurotologist specializing in disorders of the middle and inner ear and treating hearing loss, including cochlear implantation. Walker sees patients in the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic in UAMS' Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, 501 Jack Stephens Drive  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 7 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Justin Tyler Bryant, MFA 2018, has been awarded $20,000 as a 2019 Interchange Fellow, for his work exploring the role of art in social engagement. He is one of the sixteen inaugural grantees of the Mid-America Arts Alliance Interchange program, supporting artist-led projects focused on social impact in the region of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Th  more

SPRINGFIELD, Arkansas, Aug. 8 -- Tyson Foods, a producer of chicken, beef and pork, issued the following news release: Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) has created a new, state-of-the-art facility designed to help the company develop more automation and robotics for its food production plants. The Tyson Manufacturing Automation Center (TMAC) officially opened in downtown Springdale today. The center provides space for the development of new manufacturing solutions and collaboration with the compa  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 5 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Roseburg Forest Products was recently presented with incentive checks totaling $1,366,392.00 by the Entergy Arkansas Entergy Solutions Program. The program provides technical and financial support to help Entergy Arkansas customers identify and implement projects that reduce energy usage. Roseburg Forest Products Roseburg is a wood products company headquartered in Springfield, Oregon, USA. Founded in 1936 Roseburg h  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Special education teachers, behavior experts and other professionals who work with those who have autism and other developmental disabilities, gathered at the University of Arkansas recently for a day-long conference. The national Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities hosts its annual summer board meetings on college campuses around the country. This is the sec  more

SPRINGFIELD, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- Tyson Foods, a producer of chicken, beef and pork, issued the following news release: Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN), one of the world's largest food companies and a recognized leader in protein with leading brands including Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, ibp and State Fair, today reported the following results: See table here (https://www.tysonfoods.com/news/news-releases/2019/8/tyson-foods-reports-third-quarter-fiscal-2019-resul  more

CONWAY, Arkansas, Aug. 7 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Dr. Robert Eoff of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Hendrix College physics professor Dr. Julie Gunderson '06 have received a $1.2-million grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a study titled "Replication of G-quadruplex DNA by translesion polymerases." The project is jointly funded by the Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Division and the Establish  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Nic Greene, an associate professor in exercise science at the University of Arkansas, was recently inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). "It's a big deal to be named a Fellow," said Matthew Ganio, head of the department of Health, Human Performance and Research. With more than 50,000 members and certified professionals in its ranks, ACSM represents more than 70 occupation  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 6 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The Head Start/Early Head Start Program in Pulaski County, which has been administered by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Pediatrics since 1998, has received a grant of $41 million from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will be used to operate the program and is structured to provide $8.2 million a year for five y  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 8 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Brian Walker, Ph.D., with the Myeloma Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $542,486, three-year grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to look at changes in the DNA sequence that effects the development and advancement of multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells in the blood. The society's Transitional Research Program awar  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 7 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $998,834 to launch a proactive program to prevent opioid and substance abuse in north central and northeast Arkansas, a region that has high rates of opioid abuse and overdose deaths. The two-year Delta Understanding and Preventing Substance and Opioid Abuse in Rurality (Delta UPSOAR) program, led by Winrock International in   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 9 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: A $1 million grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) from Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield will enable the UAMS Institute for Digital Health & Innovation to advance digital health statewide to provide patients better and more streamlined access to health care. The grant was announced today as leaders from UAMS and Arkansas Blue Cross unveiled a   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: A University of Arkansas electrical engineering graduate student and professor, along with a collaborator from The Ohio State University, have received an award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers National Aerospace Electronics Conference for their research paper on developing efficient power electronics for electric aircrafts. Assistant professor Fang Luo and his former and current   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Katie W. Powell, doctoral student in English at the University of Arkansas and associate director for student success in the Honors College, recently participated in the Rhetoric Society of America Project for 2019. The trip was funded through a grant from the Graduate Student and Professional Congress. From May 20-23, Powell, who is specializing in rhetoric and composition studies and technical writing, w  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Nyamdulam Garmaa, a student in the Master of Public Administration and Nonprofit Studies program, has received an internship award at the International Atomic Energy Agency's Department of Technical Cooperation for Asia and the Pacific in Vienna, Austria. Prior to coming the University of Arkansas, Garmaa graduated in 2008 from the National University of Mongolia with a bachelor's degree in nuclear physics.  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 7 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: A team of researchers led by Kristian Forbes, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, is working to better understand how infectious diseases spread among wildlife, which could help predict and manage spillover infections from animals to humans. The research, funded by a $2.48 million grant from the National Science Foundation, will focus on Puumala hantavirus infe  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Fostering a culture of convergence research and integrating the humanities and arts with science and engineering are two of several topics that will be discussed tomorrow at the U of A Research Center Director Summer Retreat at Sassafras Springs Vineyard east of Springdale. The retreat is co-sponsored by Daniel Sui, vice chancellor for research and innovation, and Stacy Leeds, vice chancellor for economic d  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Peter Ungar, Distinguished Professor of anthropology and director of the Environmental Dynamics Program, will contribute to a two-year multidisciplinary and multi-institutional project studying the impact of climate change on the environment of the Arctic. "Environmental change in Western Siberia: Interactions of land surfaces, animal communities, infrastructure, and peoples of the Arctic" will bring togeth  more

SYRACUSE, New York, July 31 -- The State University of New York's Upstate Medical University Campus issued the following news: More than 30 college students have been hard at work this summer inside labs at Upstate Medical University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry as part of Upstate's annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, better known as SURF. Students in the 2019 summer cohort hail from eight countries and attend colleges and universities in New York  more

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 7 -- Walmart issued the following news release: In response to the tragic event in El Paso on Saturday, Walmart is committing $400,000 in direct cash grants to support local community foundations that have set up funds for those impacted by the tragedy. To address the urgent need of support, Walmart is providing cash donations to the El Paso Community Foundation's Shooting Victims' Fund and Paso Del Norte Community Foundation's El Paso Victims Relief Fund. Walmart i  more