FORT SMITH, Arkansas, Dec. 21 -- 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 innovative solutions, is pleased to announce that Judy R. McReynolds is among WomenInc.'s 2019 Most Influential Corporate Board Directors. McReynolds, ArcBest chairman, president and CEO, is recognized in WomenInc. Magazine's Winter 2019 issue. "It's a great honor for me to   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 20 -- Arizona Public Service issued the following news: Bement joined APS in 2007 as the plant's Vice President of Site Operations before being promoted to Senior Vice President in 2011 and the top spot in 2016. His distinguished nuclear career included leadership positions with Arkansas Nuclear One and Clinton Power Station and began in the U. S. Navy as a nuclear-trained electrician serving aboard submarines. "Bob played an integral role in restoring Palo Verde to its   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 16 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Asa Hutchinson announced the following appointments: Anita Cabe, Gurdon, to the Board of Trustees of Henderson State University. Appointment begins January 15, 2020, and expires January 14, 2027. Replaces Brown Hardman. Dr. Dwight Duckworth, Springdale, to the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners. Appointment expires September 1, 2024. Replaces Dr. Bill Dill. Dr. Cara Jones, Lit  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 19 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his intention to appoint Jim Hinkle of Conway to the Arkansas State Police Commission. Hinkle will replace Bob Burns. His term will begin on January 15, 2020, and expire on January 14, 2027. Governor Hutchinson issued the following statement: "Jim has been a success in business but has always found time to give back by engaging in public service. Jim's commit  more

LOWELL, Arkansas, Dec. 20 -- Arvest Bank issued the following news release: Arvest Bank is pleased to announce Cara James has been promoted to Chief Risk Officer, effective Jan. 1. James will replace Bob Kelly, who is retiring after more than 30 years with Arvest, effective Dec. 31. James currently serves as senior vice president and Chief Compliance Officer, a role she held at two other financial institutions before joining Arvest in 2013. James has specialized in compliance management since  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Dec. 17 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. 2020 Arkansas state candidate, Caleb Harwell, (district 76), has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the Te  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Dec. 17 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. 2020 Arkansas state candidate, Chase McDowell, (district 5), has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the Te  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Dec. 19 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: * * * - DRA's investment will support the development of a regional investment hub to promote Opportunity Zones in Arkansas. * * * Delta Regional Authority (DRA) announced a $181,931 investment to support Opportunity Zones (OZ) in communities across Arkansas. Opportunity Arkansas, an initiative of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and Winrock International, will use DRA funds to bri  more

CONWAY, Arkansas, Dec. 17 [TNSmedicalresearch-Transcription journal] -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: The work of a research team headed by Hendrix College Professor of Biology Dr. Andrea Duina has resulted in an article recently published in the journal Transcription (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21541264.2019.1685837). The researchers working in Duina's laboratory included Jessica Campbell '19 and Michaela Edwards '19, who were undergraduates at the time t  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 17 -- The Arkansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release, dated Dec. 13: The Arkansas Department of Agriculture (Department) has hired John Paul (J.P.) Fairhead as the Department's first Feral Hog Eradication Program Coordinator. The newly created position is part of a $3.4 million grant recently awarded to the Department through the USDA Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program. "J.P. brings extensive knowledge of statewide feral hog   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 20 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has lost a prominent alumna and pioneering scientist. Mary Lowe Good passed away peacefully at age 88 in Little Rock. The funeral service was held Nov. 26. Good was recognized nationally and internationally in high-level positions in the academic, industrial and government sectors, having been a strong proponent of science, science education and women in scienc  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 20 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Tina Maddox, Ph.D., has accepted a new leadership role as associate dean in the College of Health Professions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus. Previously she was associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Health Professions at UAMS in Little Rock. In her new role, Maddox will serve as the college's chief ad  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 16 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will help create a free cybersecurity curriculum for Arkansas high school students as part of a new partnership announced Dec. 9 at UA Little Rock's College of Engineering and Information Technology. The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) Office of Computer Science will partner with UA Little Rock, the Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative's  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 20 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Laura James, M.D., director of the UAMS Translational Research Institute, has been named to the national Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program Steering Committee. The CTSA Program is administered by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health. The UAMS Translational Research Institute received a  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 19 [TNSgrants-association] -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The IDEALS Institute at the University of Arkansas has received a two-year grant from the United Way of Northwest Arkansas totaling $213,000 to support economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Marshallese residents. The U of A will partner with the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese, the Economic Opportunity Agency and Credit Counseling of Arkansas to launch a dedicated savings  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 16 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The University of Arkansas will launch a new leadership development program this spring to support the professional growth of influential and up-and-coming university leaders while enhancing collaboration and innovation on campus. UARK Leaders -- which is offered through the Office of the Provost, the Office of Human Resources and Walton College of Business Executive Education -- will provide leadership de  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 20 [TNSgrants-DOJ] -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: A University of Arkansas at Little Rock criminal justice professor has partnered with the Little Rock Police Department (LRPD) to investigate the effectiveness of the department's increased efforts to combat the rise of violent crime in the city. Dr. Trisha Rhodes, assistant professor of criminal justice, will receive $30,000 from a $750,000 grant LRPD recently received f  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 17 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Ryan Cox and Melinda Dunlap have joined the Dean's Office staff in the U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences as academic advisors while Lucas Simmons has been promoted to a new position, aligning Dean Deacue Field's vision for the college with the university's student success priorities. Simmons, who has been an advisor to Bumpers College students since 2014, is now senior a  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 21 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: To help advance its vision for a more diverse and inclusive campus, region and state, the Office for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Arkansas is tapping into an abundant resource on campus: students. The office has worked with professors in the Department of Communication, the School of Journalism and Strategic Media, and the School of Art for students to helm projects relating to diversity a  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 21 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: For the fourth year, the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas honored several individuals who have made contributions to the school, university and culture of design with Awards for Distinction. These awards were presented, along with annual alumni design awards, during the school's Winter Fest Dinner and Recognition Ceremony, held Dec. 12 at the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumn  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Dec. 19 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Five members have been selected as the new, permanent BioVentures Board of Directors. The board is the governing body of BioVentures and responsible for overseeing its activities and leading it in achieving its goals. Board members will serve three-year terms and replace an interim board created after BioVentures became a private, nonprofit limited liability company in l  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 16 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: John Anderson, who will join the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and and Life Sciences as head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness on Jan. 2, 2020, is not one to pass up a learning opportunity. Anderson grew up in Timbo, an unincorporated community in Stone County, and his wife is from Lonoke County. While his  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 17 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Barbara Lofton, director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, received the Tony Walker Diversity Champion Award from the Gerald and Candace Alley Foundation Nov. 20, 2019, to acknowledge her work to support and promote diversity and inclusion in Northwest Arkansas, the U of A and Walton College. Lofton was recognized at Crystal Bri  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 21 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Margaret Sova McCabe, dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, and Susan Schneider, the William H. Enfield Professor of Law and director of the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law, were among experts from around the globe who participated in the Academy of Food Law and Policy second annual conference held Dec. 10 at Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta. Food law and policy is   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 16 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: An article by Fernando Riva has been selected winner of prestigious John K. Walsh Prize for best scholarly essay of the year in La coronica by the Modern Language Association, LLC Medieval Iberian. Rivera is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures. La coronica is a renowned scholarly journal committed to the advancement of medieval Iberian studies. Th  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 20 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley, U of A associate professor and researcher in human development and family sciences, was presented a Cognella Innovation in Teaching Award for Family Science at the 2019 National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference. Publisher Cognella and NCFR partnered to create the award, which recognizes outstanding instructors in family science who go above and beyond to introduce cut  more

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 17 -- Walmart issued the following news release: Art has the power to change your perspective and even your mood. And, the right piece of art can help to bring a community together. Across America, murals on prominent buildings give hometowns a sense of personality and identity. These paintings create a shared experience where neighborhoods, buildings and streets stand out. Without them, it may be difficult to distinguish one town from the next. In a lot of ways, W  more