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Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. posted double-digit declines in earnings and revenue in a challenging first quarter as the company’s stock fell to a 52-week low. After the markets…
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Bentonville-based Walton Family Foundation (WFF) announced two new fellows on Thursday (April 18): Emily Fairfax and Meaghan Parker. Fairfax is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Minnesota. Parker is…
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The city of Rogers recently issued a building permit to Little Rock-based Clark Contractors valued at $22 million. The permit is backing the construction of middle and high school additions…
by - April 17, 2024 3:16 pm
Northwest Arkansas will add about 11 miles of interstate-style freeway to the region when nearly $310 million in highway projects are completed over the next three years. On Wednesday (April…
by - April 17, 2024 3:12 pm
One week ago, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal honored its winners in the inaugural Outstanding Business of the Year awards. The luncheon event, sponsored by Arvest and Rose Law Firm,…
by - April 17, 2024 11:08 am
Tulsa-based AMC Mortgage has opened a second Northwest Arkansas office in Fayetteville. The company is leasing approximately 900 square feet inside an 8,000-square-foot office building at Glory Drive and North…
by - April 16, 2024 5:47 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. posted declines in earnings and revenue in the first quarter as freight market softness persists. After the markets closed Tuesday (April 16), J.B….
by - April 16, 2024 10:41 am
Technology startup Xtremis, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas, has plans to open a first-of-its-kind innovation campus for the rapid advancement of electromagnetic spectrum technologies. It’s expected to position…
by - April 16, 2024 10:04 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank recently kicked off its 14th annual Million Meals campaign to raise money to help feed area families. The campaign runs through May 31. The campaign will benefit…
by - April 15, 2024 9:03 am
Cortado Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in Oklahoma City with more than $110 million in assets under management (AUM), will host its second annual Midcontinent Venture Capital Summit on May…
by - April 14, 2024 10:20 am
The city of Pea Ridge and the Pea Ridge School District partnered on a $1.55 million real estate deal to buy approximately 55 acres just east of the city limits…
by - April 14, 2024 8:50 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s longest-running awards program, Forty Under 40, is accepting nominations. The nomination deadline for the class of 2024 is Friday, May 24. You can submit nominations…
by - April 14, 2024 7:17 am
Be Pro Be Proud Arkansas, a workforce development initiative led by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries of Arkansas (AIA), hosted its “Draft Day” event at the Northwest Arkansas…
by - April 11, 2024 5:43 pm
Residential building permit activity for single-family homes in Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities is behind last year’s pace through the first two months of 2024. According to permit data from…
by - April 11, 2024 5:37 pm
Departures in the U.S. House of Representatives have resulted in U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, being elevated to chair of the House Transportation and Housing & Urban Development (THUD) subcommittee…
by - April 10, 2024 2:11 pm
Deb Williams has spent most of her career in higher education, beginning in the late ‘90s when she was a graduate student at the University of Arkansas. She started in…
by - April 9, 2024 6:13 pm
Members of the influential nonprofit Northwest Arkansas Council gathered in downtown Bentonville on Tuesday (April 9) for their spring meeting, where they discussed challenges for a region that could have…
by - April 9, 2024 3:24 pm
Analysts said Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is expected to post first-quarter declines in earnings and revenue amid freight market challenges. After the markets close on April 16,…
by - April 9, 2024 10:38 am
Rogers-based engineering firm Crafton Tull was awarded the top prize, the Grand Conceptor Award, at the 2024 American Council of Engineering Companies of Arkansas (ACEC) Engineering Excellence Awards Gala, which…
by - April 8, 2024 6:59 pm
Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Monday (April 8) spoke with Northwest Arkansas health advocates about partnerships and funding the region receives…
