by - January 24, 2019 5:11 pm
The United States is expected to continue to develop shale and tight oil and natural gas resources as well as expand its use of renewable resources, according to new projections…
by - January 24, 2019 4:19 pm
The nonprofit organization Downtown Springdale Alliance (DSA) has hired former Bryant Mayor Jill Dabbs as its new executive director. Dabbs is replacing Kelly Hale Syer, who held the position from…
by - January 24, 2019 1:24 pm
Baptist Health has opened two new community clinics in North Little Rock. Baptist Health Family Medicine Residency Clinic, 2501 Crestwood Road, Suite 204, offers a wide range of family medical…
by - January 24, 2019 12:47 pm
Amazon has unleashed its robotic delivery system in a suburban neighborhood in Snohomish County, Wash., just north of Seattle. The cooler-like robot on wheels rolls along the sidewalks and makes…
by - January 24, 2019 12:41 pm
Walmart and Tyson Foods, two of the region’s largest employers, each announced large commitments of money and food Thursday (Jan. 24) to help the more 800,000 federal workers furloughed or…
by - January 23, 2019 3:47 pm
Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech Industries has been named a 2019 award winner by Edison Awards — a program that was inspired by Thomas Edison’s persistence and inventiveness and recognizes the…
by - January 23, 2019 2:27 pm
TRUE Northwest Arkansas, an initiative of the Arkansas Community Foundation, recently announced an investment of $1.03 million to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in Benton and Washington counties. The grants…
by - January 23, 2019 1:48 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Wednesday (Jan. 23) that it will pay a 26-cents per share cash dividend on Feb. 22 to shareholders of record as of Feb….
by - January 23, 2019 11:45 am
Little Rock mental health care provider Youth Home is laying off 31 of its 227 employees because of a “challenging health care climate in the state,” the company announced in…
by - January 23, 2019 8:10 am
Legacy Bancshares Inc. of Springdale officially announced the appointment Tuesday (Jan. 22) of Brian Glenn as president of Bank of Gravett. The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal previously reported Glenn’s appointment…
by - January 22, 2019 7:08 pm
The annual listing by Fortune of the world’s most “most admired companies” was released this week. The three largest publicly traded employers in Northwest Arkansas were all included, though none…
by - January 22, 2019 5:04 pm
Almost 2,500 students have benefitted from the El Dorado Promise scholarship program since it was implemented on Jan. 22, 2007, with students attending 140 universities in 31 states, according to…
by - January 22, 2019 1:37 pm
Little Rock attorney Tom Thrash and his wife, Toni, have donated $800,000 to Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) in Arkadelphia. Thrash, owner of Thrash Law Firm and a 1977 OBU graduate,…
by - January 22, 2019 11:24 am
Little Rock-based nonprofit Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families (AACF) has announced the hiring of Missy Kincaid of Fayetteville as the nonprofit’s first Northwest Arkansas development director. Kincaid was most…
by - January 22, 2019 10:24 am
A 48,800-square-foot office building near Financial Centre Parkway in west Little Rock recently sold for $4.45 million. Woodmont Hardin LLC bought the building at 400 Hardin Drive, known as the…
by - January 22, 2019 10:09 am
U.S. natural gas market trends in 2018 are expected to continue in 2019 and 2020 as Henry Hub natural gas prices are expected to remain stable and natural gas consumption,…
by - January 22, 2019 8:56 am
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour division will present an educational forum in Little Rock at the end of this month to discuss recent developments within its Payroll…
by - January 21, 2019 7:39 pm
Walmart continues to staff up its massive technology arm known as Walmart Labs. The retail giant added roughly 1,700 tech-related jobs in fiscal 2019 which ends Jan. 31. There are…
by - January 21, 2019 4:31 pm
Wholesale beef prices continue to rise through January, which is good for packers like Tyson Foods and Cargill Higher beef prices will help operations margins as long as prices don’t…
by - January 21, 2019 3:29 pm
The nonprofit Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses (AAAB) will host a business luncheon Feb. 13 to celebrate the Lunar New year with the Asia-related business community in Arkansas. The event…
