by - October 9, 2018 10:01 am
Average home prices continued to rise and reached record highs in the first half of 2018 in Northwest Arkansas as construction costs increased and lot availability declined, according to a…
by - October 8, 2018 2:17 pm
Carriers should benefit from premium freight opportunities in the fourth quarter as they did last year, but leading up to peak shipping season, spot truckload demand fell from levels earlier…
by - October 4, 2018 11:50 am
Fayetteville-based clothing company LIVSN Designs recently started to sell its clothing through a Kickstarter campaign to raise $30,000 before apparel production begins. Fayetteville native Andrew Gibbs-Dabney launched the company on…
by - October 3, 2018 7:05 pm
The transportation sector is benefiting from a healthy economy, and this has led to tight truckload and intermodal capacity and expectations for a strong peak season, analysts said. Also tightening…
by - October 3, 2018 5:45 pm
Interstate 49 divides Rogers like a stream or railroad, and the city has plans to improve connectivity from one side of the interstate to the other by building several overpasses….
by - October 2, 2018 6:37 pm
The 5,302-foot runway at Springdale Municipal Airport has reopened after a $2.2 million project to resurface the runway and install LED lighting. The city of Springdale celebrated the completion of…
by - September 28, 2018 3:06 pm
Aaron Burkes, president of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, will be the next CEO and executive director for Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill. Burkes is expected to start…
by - September 27, 2018 3:15 pm
Transit provider Ozark Regional Transit received a clean opinion in an audit of its financial records for 2017, and officials updated board members on a $2.9 million federal grant that…
by - September 25, 2018 4:47 pm
Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) will receive a $2.9 million federal grant and use it to build a 10,000-square-foot office building, replacing the existing administrative office on U.S….
by - September 25, 2018 2:50 pm
Blake Woolsey of Fayetteville was recently appointed chairwoman of the board of directors for the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority after chairman Art Formanek resigned to establish an aviation program…
by - September 24, 2018 4:32 pm
Flexibility in hours-of-service rules are expected to benefit several large carriers, including Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services, and they could save more than $150 million and almost 2.3 million hours…
by - September 21, 2018 4:42 pm
Former State Sen. Jon Woods, R-Springdale, has appealed the conviction and sentence of 18 years and four months in federal prison handed down by U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks for…
by - September 21, 2018 2:31 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) has scheduled a second round of interviews for the top three candidates seeking to fill the CEO and executive director position of the Highfill airport….
by - September 20, 2018 5:39 pm
In 1999, TruTrak Flight Systems Inc. was established in Springdale and started selling autopilot systems for experimental aircraft. When the company started selling the systems for certified aircraft in 2017,…
by - September 19, 2018 7:53 am
The Bike Alliance of Northwest Arkansas (BikeNWA) hosted the second of two public meetings Tuesday (Sept. 18) on a proposed protected bicycle lane for Meadow and Maple avenues and Holcomb…
by - September 17, 2018 5:42 pm
Logistics and transportation providers are optimistic about the outlook of the U.S. economy and their business in the fourth quarter as logisticians salaries increased by the 10th highest rate of…
by - September 16, 2018 7:07 pm
The second time he met Sam Walton, former University of Arkansas placekicker Kendall Trainor was still looking to make it in the NFL. The Walmart Inc. founder told the 1988…
by - September 12, 2018 3:25 pm
Transportation consultant Chris Sultemeier, former executive vice president of logistics for Walmart Inc., recently read an average driver drives little more than seven hours per day even though drivers are…
by - September 11, 2018 4:37 pm
As Hurricane Florence takes aim at the Carolina coastline, the trucking industry has been preparing for the Category 4 storm expected to make landfall late Thursday and disrupt freight capacity….
by - September 11, 2018 3:15 pm
Hello Local in downtown Springdale recently opened to sell a variety of products that are made in Northwest Arkansas. The shop offers area product makers and small-business owners a brick-and-mortar…
