by - April 19, 2018 3:30 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has seen demand unlike ever before in this upcycle and expects double-digit revenue growth in 2018, and operating income to rise at a faster rate than…
by - April 18, 2018 5:19 pm
About 200 people gathered to celebrate the completion of the largest single road construction contract in the state Wednesday (April 18). In December 2014, the Arkansas Highway Commission approved a…
by - April 18, 2018 11:51 am
Supply chain experts and executives provided insight on industry trends and what will disrupt the sector over the next two decades in an annual conference at the University of Arkansas….
by - April 16, 2018 11:20 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services said increases in freight volume, customer rates and contracts and spot market pricing in the first quarter were partially offset by declined use in the intermodal…
by - April 12, 2018 10:33 am
Carriers at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) and the airport board have reached an impasse after executives of two airlines explained their concerns with the airport’s existing rate structure, and…
by - April 10, 2018 5:03 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services should see earnings rise in the first quarter of 2018 as a result of increased freight demand, but the rise is expected to be…
by - April 9, 2018 11:31 am
Chef Chrissy Sanderson found out she was named to USA Today’s “50 States: 50 Female Chefs” list not long after her wife, Leigh Helm, left her position at Lowell-based carrier…
by - April 6, 2018 11:29 am
Springfield, Mo.-based Aerobotics LLC will host an entry-level class for those interested in flying drones from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 21 at Northwest Technical Institute in Springdale. Rick…
by - April 6, 2018 8:52 am
Nearly 75 people attended a meeting to provide feedback on street projects that would be paid for with a bond issue that Springdale voters approved with 84% of the vote….
by - April 5, 2018 8:21 pm
Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) will receive a $3.6 million federal grant to replace the majority, if not all, of the remaining buses that have yet to be replaced after a…
by - April 4, 2018 7:31 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) officials want to take a new approach to the airport access road that has been studied for more than 12 years to improve access to…
by - April 4, 2018 7:20 pm
Northwest Arkansas cities and two transit providers will soon have access to a cloud-based software that has over the past year provided route planning information to Springdale-based transit provider Ozark…
by - April 2, 2018 4:51 pm
Transit supporters from the Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina and Indianapolis will soon be in Northwest Arkansas to explain why businesses leaders there have looked to improve mobility. Joe Milazzo,…
by - April 1, 2018 9:57 am
Ray Webb, who works with a Kansas City, Mo., planning organization that operates 700 traffic signals along major streets in Kansas and Missouri, recently shared signalization experiences and lessons learned…
by - March 29, 2018 2:56 pm
Arkansas Department of Transportation allowed U.S. Highway 412 motorists in Springdale and Tontitown to get creative with plans to improve a segment of the highway, between Arkansas Highway 112 and…
by - March 28, 2018 6:30 pm
As the trucking industry prepares for full enforcement of the electronic logging device mandate April 1, carriers and drivers have been financially impacted by regulations, like the ELD mandate, and…
by - March 28, 2018 4:30 pm
A fitness company that brings the gym to the customer recently started operating in Northwest Arkansas. GymGuyz, a Plainview, N.Y.-based company with more than 140 locations in the United States,…
by - March 27, 2018 4:23 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill may soon hire Hight Jackson Associates of Rogers to design a $20 million terminal renovation project that’s expected to include an elevated walkway,…
by - March 27, 2018 1:03 pm
Converting commercial property to allow for residential or mixed-use developments with shops and homes may help to quell rising home prices in Northwest Arkansas, economist Mervin Jebaraj said. In a…
by - March 26, 2018 3:18 pm
Compliance with hours of service regulations has improved as a result of carriers adding electronic logging devices (ELDs) to trucks, and this suggests that new enforcement actions won’t impact capacity…
