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Searcy local Maria Nicole Spearn will travel to Mobile, Ala., on June 13 to participate in the Distinguished Young Women National Finals later this month on the 23, 24, and 25.  The scholarship competition, in its 65th year, will take…

Twelve graduate startup teams from across North America competed in the third annual Heartland Challenge, a competition designed to simulate the process of raising venture capital for a high-growth enterprise, over the past weekend. The Challenge was hosted by the…

As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges, Arkansas Children’s Innovation Center is postponing the 48-hour digital health challenge originally scheduled for late January and has set a new date of April 1-3. Applications for participation are now open. Interested parties can…

The Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of Arkansas Heritage, has partnered with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation to encourage students to learn poetry and develop real-world skills. Poetry Out Loud (POL) is a free, high…

The judges for a virtual fundraising event on March 16 for Economic Arkansas (EA) read like a “Who’s Who” of some of the top executives not just in Arkansas but nationally and internationally. Jim Walton, who is chairman and CEO…

Got a great business idea? The Venture Center is giving Arkansas entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their ideas and take home cash prizes. On December 10, the Venture Center will hold its 2019 Pitch ‘N Pint competition, in which entrepreneurs…

After competing with 131 teams from 31 elementary schools and 12 counties across Arkansas, 25 teams of teachers and kids in grades fifth through eighth were given the opportunity to present their ideas this past Friday at the Youth Entrepreneur…

Searcy recently made the cut for the top 10 cities for the Hulu show Small Business Revolution starring Amanda Brinkman and Ty Pennington. The winning city of the Small Business Revolution competition will be featured in eight episodes for the…

Some of the brightest minds in Arkansas are coming to Little Rock on Friday to show off their business plans – and they are not even in high school yet. Fifth through eighth grade students from around the state will…

by Andrea Johnson It’s a typical Tuesday afternoon in Onyx Coffee Lab. Two students from Har-Ber High School down the street converse behind an open laptop. A man leans over a textbook at another table, studying anatomical sketches. A couple…