Interstate 30 Crossing work continues on April 22, 2022. (Photo courtesy of ARDOT). The Arkansas Department of Transportation has recently announced a litany of highway closures across four counties as a result of various projects to improve infrastructure. These…
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Omar Atiq, MD, FACP, is a gentle giant of Arkansas’s health care industry. His calm demeanor and unhurried, deliberate way of speaking belie his imposing list of titles and achievements. Atiq is a professor of medicine at the UAMS Winthrop…
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Arkansas Announces Four Educators as Teacher of the Year Finalists
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffJust one month after Jessica Saum began her tenure as 2022 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, four finalists for the 2023 award were announced on Aug. 4 at a special ceremony held at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock. Finalists…
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CARTI Breast Imaging Center Named Center of Excellence
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCARTI, Arkansas’s only non-profit care facility focused solely on cancer, is proud to announce that their Breast Imaging Center has received a Center of Excellence designation from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The Breast Center of Excellence designation by…
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Walton Arts Center Names New VP and Director of Programming
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Walton Arts Center has promoted Jennifer Ross from director of programming to vice president of programming for the nonprofit performing arts center in Fayetteville, officials announced. Curt Owens will take over as the center’s new director of programming. …
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Cycling Cities Ranked in the Natural State by People for Bikes
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffPeople for Bikes came out with their city ratings last week and surprising to no one here in the Natural State, Fayetteville ranked among the highest cities in Arkansas with Bentonville, Bella Vista, Springdale and Rogers coasting in right behind them in their respective size categories for…
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Springdale Pathway Academy Receives $500k Gift
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Schmieding Foundation, Inc., announced it has gifted $500,000 to Springdale’s Pathway Academy – which will be renamed to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Schmieding Foundation Pathways Academy of Springdale, which recognizes the nonprofit’s support for UAMS. …
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Governor Appoints Secretary of VA Affairs to U of A Board of Trustees
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffGovernor Asa Hutchinson has appointed Colonel (U.S. Army, Retired) Nathaniel “Nate” Todd, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs, to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. Colonel Todd is a 37-year veteran of the Army and Army Reserve,…
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Democratic House Caucus Holds Leadership Elections
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Democratic House Caucus held its biennial leadership elections on Thursday at the Democratic Party of Arkansas headquarters. The Democratic Caucus re-elected state Representative Tippi McCullough (Little Rock) as their Minority Leader – she is the first openly LGBTQ+ person…
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UA Pine Bluff Graduates First Agricultural Engineering Major
Allison Malone of Memphis is the first student to earn a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). The degree program, which was initiated in 2019, trains students to meet the demand for…