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A research organization of the trucking industry recently released a study on the safety impacts of marijuana-impaired driving and provided several recommendations to address the issue as driver turnover falls….
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Daniel Cushman, president and CEO of Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services, received an 8% salary increase in 2018, and his total compensation fell 31.6% to $1.68 million for the year,…
by - March 16, 2019 10:58 am
Margaret Sova McCabe didn’t want simply to be a law school dean. She wanted to hold the position at a public, land-grant and flagship university, and one that was a…
by - March 15, 2019 3:58 pm
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the March 4 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - March 15, 2019 12:34 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) looks to broaden the design scope for a project to expand and renovate the terminal as it works to hire a chief financial officer and…
by - March 14, 2019 1:39 pm
Shippers and carriers of international freight remain optimistic about 2019 as the spot market starts to level off and a rate recession becomes a possibility for the trucking industry. In…
by - March 13, 2019 3:49 pm
The nearly $79 million Stadium Drive Residence Halls under construction east of Bud Walton Arena are on budget and will open before the move-in period starts Aug. 17, said Christopher…
by - March 12, 2019 4:13 pm
America’s Car-Mart expects used vehicle prices to remain elevated through tax season and tax refund amounts its customers receive to increase from last year as the Bentonville-based buy here, pay…
by - March 11, 2019 11:56 am
John Roberts III, president and CEO of Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services, received a 5.3% salary increase and will earn a base salary of $890,000 for 2019, according to…
by - March 7, 2019 7:22 pm
Nurses, electricians and diesel technicians are a few of the jobs that will be in high demand over the next decade, studies show. The Springdale Chamber of Commerce recently commissioned…
by - March 7, 2019 3:22 pm
Delivery robots and drones might be some solutions for businesses to reduce shipping costs and improve efficiency, especially in the final leg of a shipment, but at least in the…
by - March 6, 2019 6:51 pm
Missouri plans to complete its $47.9 million portion of the 18.9-mile Bella Vista Bypass, or Missouri/Arkansas Connector, by summer 2022 as part of a project partially paid for with a…
by - March 6, 2019 11:46 am
A team of University of Arkansas professors and students plan to have the first prototype of a 300-kilowatt, silicon carbide solar inverter by the end of 2019, said Yue Zhao,…
by - March 5, 2019 10:20 am
Home prices in Northwest Arkansas increased as the number of building permits issued in 2018 rose to the highest level in 12 years, while the apartment vacancy rate fell as…
by - March 4, 2019 3:30 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) has changed its approach toward building an access road to the Highfill airport. Airport officials will look to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) to…
by - February 27, 2019 6:54 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has renewed his support for a bill that would allow commercial truck drivers between 18 and 21 years old to haul freight across state lines…
by - February 26, 2019 1:29 pm
New Jersey-based carrier New England Motor Freight and its 10 subsidiaries recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to shut down operations. In Arkansas, the shuttering of the 101-year-old,…
by - February 21, 2019 3:54 pm
Jim Phillips, chairman and CEO of Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech, looks to guide the company through a lawsuit that alleges his firm missed payments on $7 million in loans. New…
by - February 19, 2019 6:29 pm
America’s Car-Mart profit fell 18.6% in the third quarter of fiscal 2019, from the same period in the previous fiscal year, but excluding the impact of tax reform and a…
by - February 18, 2019 1:34 pm
Net orders of class 8 trucks, the largest truck class, fell in January to the lowest order level in more than two years as orders have fallen over the past…
