by - March 13, 2018 4:44 pm
Springdale-based Northwest Health has completed a $3.7 million expansion of its behavioral health unit (BHU). The 5,679-square-foot project added 18 beds for acute care to the existing 29 beds. “Our…
by - March 13, 2018 11:22 am
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.2% in February after it increased 0.5% in January, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the past 12…
by - March 13, 2018 10:44 am
In early February, the stock market implied volatility exceeded the crude oil price volatility for the first time since 2008, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The VIX measures…
by - March 12, 2018 6:58 pm
Kim Lane has been promoted to chief executive officer of The Conductor, a public-private partnership between the University of Central Arkansas and Fayetteville-based Startup Junkie Consulting. Since its launch in…
by - March 12, 2018 6:36 pm
Supporters of a proposal to amend the Arkansas Constitution to allow up to four casinos in Arkansas with tax proceeds benefitting highway funding drew another unlucky response from Attorney General…
by - March 12, 2018 3:53 pm
A real estate investment trust based in Kansas City, Mo., has acquired Conway’s lone movie theater for $7.41 million. EPR Properties is the new owner of Cinemark Towne Centre, located…
by - March 12, 2018 1:44 pm
Cathy Drew, executive director of the Ozark Gateway Tourist Council, and Mike Mills, owner of Buffalo Outdoor Center, were inducted into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame on Monday (March…
by - March 11, 2018 9:48 pm
Raycom Media has named Chris Conroy as vice president and general manager of KFVS (CBS) and WQWQ (CW) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Conroy joins KFVS/WQWQ from Raycom Media sister station…
by - March 9, 2018 8:40 pm
A group trying to push a constitutional amendment that would make clear sovereign immunity rules in Arkansas received a setback Friday (March 9) when Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge rejected…
by - March 9, 2018 3:05 pm
Public relations executive Blake Woolsey will be the featured speaker at the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 10th annual Fast 15 networking event, scheduled for May 15 at the Janelle Y….
by - March 9, 2018 10:34 am
Arkansas Tech University in Russellville has hired Dr. Judy Cezeaux, chair of biomedical engineering at Western New England University for the past decade, as its new dean of the College…
by - March 9, 2018 10:26 am
The exhibition “War, Collections, Memory,” showing artifacts, photos and documents from the state’s World War I archives, is on display now through August in the first-floor galleries at the Arkansas…
by - March 9, 2018 10:23 am
Between June 2012 and March 2017, residential natural gas prices increased 41% in the West South Central — the U.S. region that includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, according to…
by - March 8, 2018 1:34 pm
Connecticut-based health insurer Cigna Corp. has agreed to buy pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co. for $67 billion in cash and stocks. On Thursday (March 8), the companies announced…
by - March 8, 2018 8:04 am
The music is returning to downtown Fayetteville’s historic Guisinger Building. Sterling Hamilton, an associate with commercial real estate firm Sage Partners in Rogers, says the annual musical event Fayetteville Roots…
by - March 7, 2018 2:41 pm
Tyson Foods confirmed Wednesday (March 7) about 150 employees in the Van Buren chicken processing plant will be out of a job because of a temporary layoff at the end…
by - March 7, 2018 12:49 pm
Christopher M. Jones has been named executive director and lead maker at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, a North Little Rock-based nonprofit serving creatives, makers and the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The…
by - March 6, 2018 6:26 pm
One of the roughest stretches of Interstate 555 between Jonesboro and Memphis is about to be overhauled. A $12.272 million project to replace the decks on 16 bridges in the…
by - March 6, 2018 12:15 pm
Greg Greeley, 55, a long-time executive with Amazon, announced this week on LinkedIn his departure from the company. Greeley helped to build out Amazon’s Prime business model as well the…
by - March 6, 2018 10:18 am
Arvest Equipment Finance, a division of Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank, closed more than $100 million in new production in 2017. On Tuesday (March 6), the bank announced the achievement was a…
