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6 days ago | 
arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee
Font Awesome, a Bentonville-based technology company, is coding new ways to make icons on websites, well, awesome. Already used on more than 200 million sites, the company is launching the newest version of its product this month, Font Awesome 7. Simply put, Font Awesome is a collection of icons — symbols like hearts, stars and shopping carts — that designers and developers can add to websites, apps and other projects.
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6 days ago | 
arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee
Though data centers can offer benefits, residents and environmental advocates point out there are multiple drawbacks to their establishment. A 2024 report from Gradient Corp., a risk science consulting firm out of Boston, found that residents often oppose data centers due to noise, greenhouse gas emissions, strain on local utilities, utility costs, loss of land and air quality issues.
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1 week ago | 
arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee
Fayetteville-based Carbon Chicken Project LLC co-founders Jody Hardin and Richard Ims hope to make poultry farming more sustainable by turning chicken litter into gold, at least as far as plants are concerned. The company — currently in its first round of venture capital fundraising — plans to turn chicken house waste into a carbon-negative fertilizer and soil conditioner.
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2 weeks ago | 
arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee
Evo Business Environments, founded in Little Rock in 2013, has established itself as one of North America’s leading providers of DIRTT (Doing It Right This Time), a prefabricated construction system that’s transforming the process of commercial interior construction. DIRTT, based in Calgary, Canada, uses advanced software to plan office spaces and prefabricate walls, windows, casing, floors and other interior components in a factory.
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2 weeks ago | 
arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee
The Flatside Wilderness Additions Act, a bill created by U.S. Rep. French Hill to expand the Flatside Wilderness Area in central Arkansas by about 2,200 acres, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on May 13. The bill designates an additional 2,212 acres as part of the Flatside Wilderness Area, which contains sections of the Ouachita National Forest. The land is currently a 9,507-acre protected area.
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3 weeks ago | 
arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee
The U.S. Department of Commerce last week terminated the $1.44 billion Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program (DECPG), which included $10.1 million in funds already distributed to Arkansas and $7 million set to be distributed across the next two years. UAMS was also set to receive $10.7 million in funding to support health care-related broadband expansion efforts across the state. The Arkansas State Broadband Office did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment Thursday morning.
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3 weeks ago | 
arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee
Arkansas trucking companies are shifting into high gear with technology innovations that are transforming how freight moves. New technologies are providing solutions that impact not only the driver experience inside freight trucks, but also supply chain management and logistics. When it comes to trucking technology, advancements usually fall into one of two “buckets,” according to Arkansas Trucking Association President Shannon Newton. Those buckets are safety and efficiency.
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1 month ago | 
arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee
Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia held three workshops in April to address the growing need for artificial intelligence education. The series of community workshops was designed to be an “accessible and affordable opportunity” for people to gain practical skills for integrating AI into the workplace, according to Britta Clark, SAU’s director of concurrent enrollment. Each class covered a different topic, becoming more advanced throughout the courses.
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1 month ago | 
arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee
Keo Fish Farms may be turning 50 this year, but the family-owned and operated business is still swimming forward with sustainability measures and business growth. Officially founded in 1975, Keo Fish Farms is the largest producer of hybrid striped bass fry and fingerlings in the world. It’s also one of the top three largest producers of triploid grass carp in the United States. And for the past three years, the business has seen record-breaking profit and sales reached by October of each year.
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1 month ago | 
arkansasbusiness.com | Chloe McGehee
A decade after federal regulators mandated strict security patching rules for the power grid, Bentonville-based Bastazo is arguing that the approach is actually making the grid less secure. Philip Huff, co-founder and chief scientist at Bastazo, believes utilities need a more selective approach to cybersecurity that prioritizes critical vulnerabilities without disrupting operations. Oftentimes, when energy systems need a patch, it can cause blackouts or grid issues, Huff told Arkansas Business.
