LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 12 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Oct. 11, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after the Office of Solicitor General--a division of the Office of the Attorney General--was recognized with a 2024 United States Supreme Court Best Brief Award from the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG): "Solicitor General Nicholas Bronni, Deputy Solicitor General Dylan Jacobs, and Senio  more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 12 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University President Dr. Russell Jones reported feeling a wide variety of emotions as he stood behind the podium at Tucker Coliseum and delivered his inaugural address to the ATU community on Friday, Oct. 11. "Those emotions include honor, humility, nervousness and excitement, which manifest themselves in several ways," said Jones. "I am honored that the (ATU) Board of Trustees has trusted me t  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Riparian zones, the space where forests and streams meet, are intimately connected. Yet a wholistic understanding about these zones is lacking because such work requires a combination of aquatic and terrestrial sciences. That's soon to change with the help of a nearly $1 million National Science Foundation grant led by scientists at Virginia Tech and the University of Arkansas. Their work will explore how salt impacts th  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, Oct. 12 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: The Arkansas Library Association (ArLA) awarded Shenise McGhee, John Brown Watson Memorial Library Librarian at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), the prestigious 2024 Suzanne Spurrier Academic Librarian Award. First awarded in 2001, this award is named in honor of Suzanne Spurrier (1947 - 1998), Director of the Brackett Library at Harding University from 1990 - 1998. This award re  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, Oct. 12 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: Dr. Yathish Ramena, interim assistant dean for Extension and outreach for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences and director of UAPB's Aquaculture and Fisheries Center of Excellence, is on a mission to recruit the next generation of aquaculture and fisheries professionals. He has been expanding the university's outreach efforts to mid  more

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 11 -- Walmart issued the following news: Many of the communities Walmart and Sam's Club are proud to call home have been affected by destruction and loss from Hurricanes Helene and Milton over the past two weeks. On the heels of Hurricane Milton, Walmart, Sam's Club and the Walmart Foundation are extending their commitment to support hurricane relief efforts to $16 million across impacted communities. This is a $6 million increase to the $10 million previously commi  more