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…
by - February 15, 2019 2:46 pm
McMillon Innovation Studio at the University of Arkansas recently underwent changes in leadership and how student teams select projects. Jessica Salmon, director of the McMillon Innovation Studio, has been leading…
by - February 15, 2019 9:09 am
Construction of a 5-acre park in downtown Siloam Springs is expected to be completed this spring. The city in 2016 received a grant from the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program…
by - February 14, 2019 1:52 pm
The city of Rogers recently added 16 routes to state website IDriveArkansas.com that shows the conditions of roads impacted by winter weather, and Rogers is the second city to partner…
by - February 14, 2019 8:31 am
North Little Rock-based fintech startup Gas Pos released a software Tuesday (Feb. 12) that’s expected to reduce fraud related to truck driver fuel cards and offset the fees truck stops…
by - February 13, 2019 2:46 pm
America’s Car-Mart is expected to see earnings rise more than 70% in the third quarter of fiscal 2019 as wholesale used vehicle prices declined for the third consecutive month in…
by - February 12, 2019 11:58 am
The Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program of the Walton Family Foundation has provided grants to design park and civic space projects in four downtowns in Northwest Arkansas, and the projects…
by - February 10, 2019 1:47 pm
Mary Beth Brooks had been president and CEO of Bank of Fayetteville for 11 years when the bank was sold in November 2015 to Stuttgart-based Farmers and Merchants Bank. Brooks…
by - February 7, 2019 12:46 pm
Editor’s note: This story is updated to include a statement from NanoMech. New York-based technology financing company Michaelson Capital Partners is suing Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech for not making payments…
by - February 6, 2019 4:28 pm
Driver detention has become a $1 billion problem for the trucking industry, and industry executives recently discussed how carriers are coping with the issue and provided some solutions to it….
by - February 5, 2019 4:59 pm
The transportation industry is expected to have another good year in 2019 subject to several factors, including trade-related concerns, said Doug Voss, associate professor of logistics and supply chain management…
by - February 4, 2019 8:33 am
Consumer demand for renewable energy continues to play a key role in the development of the energy sector in Arkansas as the state’s regulatory body expects to review several rate…
by - February 1, 2019 3:04 pm
Editor’s note: The following story appeared in the Jan. 21 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - January 31, 2019 4:51 pm
Truck safety organization Road Safe America recently released an analysis of federal crash data showing semitrailer crash fatalities rose between 2009 and 2017, and a coalition led by the organization…
by - January 29, 2019 2:07 pm
Carriers still expect truck driver pay will rise as freight demand remains strong but not at the level it was at this time in 2018. Trucking companies are offering “innovative…
by - January 24, 2019 4:37 pm
Without a timely end to the government shutdown, Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit might be out of money by Independence Day. Executive Director Joel Gardner said Thursday (Jan. 24)…
by - January 23, 2019 6:45 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission accepted a $25 million federal grant that will pay for the Missouri portion of the Arkansas-Missouri Connector, or Bella Vista Bypass, and agreed to…
