by - July 26, 2022 2:50 pm
The University of Arkansas announced a $1 million endowment gift Tuesday (July 26) to the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences. The donation will support the perpetual upkeep and maintenance of…
by - July 26, 2022 12:33 pm
Fort Smith-based Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. (AOG) is in the process of moving out of its downtown Fort Smith offices and locating in a building (former Golden Living headquarters) owned…
by - July 25, 2022 5:59 pm
Walmart is the second major big-box retailer to lower earnings guidance in recent weeks as consumer spending on non-essentials is slowing amid the highest price surges for food and fuel…
by - July 25, 2022 5:39 pm
Sales and use tax collections in Jonesboro and Craighead County continued at a blistering pace in July. Northeast Arkansas’ largest city collected $2.047 million during July, a 4.3% ($83,935) increase…
by - July 25, 2022 5:36 pm
Ritter Communications and The Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment recently donated $50,000 to the St. Bernards Foundation to help support healthcare needs in the local community. “Ritter Communications is…
by - July 25, 2022 3:43 pm
Fort Smith’s sales tax revenue had another strong month in June, coming in significantly higher than anticipated. The city’s share of the Sebastian County sales tax totaled $2.033 million, up…
by - July 25, 2022 3:30 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he will not include increasing teacher salaries in the upcoming legislative session called to expedite previously approved income tax cuts, but he left open the possibility…
by - July 25, 2022 10:09 am
Gary Mickelson (pronounced Michaelson) retired in early July as senior director of public relations at Springdale-based Tyson Foods, ending a 35-year career on the communications side of the meatpacking industry….
by - July 24, 2022 10:49 am
Ten years ago, Jon and Andrea Allen dreamed of having the world’s best coffee. They started Onyx Coffee Lab in May 2012, and you can make an argument that they’ve…
by - July 24, 2022 10:43 am
State Sen. Missy Irvin, R-Mountain View, said it is important to follow the process of an adequacy study to raise teacher salaries in Arkansas. The chair of the Senate Education…
by - July 24, 2022 10:17 am
Arkansas teachers deserve better than the insulting dismissal by the Arkansas legislature that we saw this week. Teachers in Arkansas are overwhelmingly underpaid, and as a result, we are losing…
by - July 24, 2022 9:49 am
Editor’s Note: The following story written by Jeff Wood was originally published in the July 5, 2004, edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. Northwest Arkansas business leader Cameron Smith,…
by - July 24, 2022 9:34 am
The nation’s top agriculture lobby leader visited Northwest Arkansas on Friday (July 22) to present the state’s senior senator with its highest congressional honor. For his focus on agriculture and…
by - July 23, 2022 10:43 am
The 43rd Annual Telly Awards, the world’s premier honors program for video and television content across all screens, announced its award winners on May 24. Nine Arkansas organizations combined for…
by - July 22, 2022 2:09 pm
With gains in the broad Trade, Transportation and Utilities sector and in manufacturing, Arkansas’ estimated year-over-year jobs were up 2.75% in June. However, with a slower rate of growth in…
by - July 22, 2022 11:45 am
This month, Walmart turned 60 years old, but the retail giant is not resting on its laurels. “We might be the largest retailer, but we also want to be the…
by - July 22, 2022 8:30 am
The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute announced Friday (July 22) that it has hired Carder Hawkins as chief strategy officer of the nonprofit organization. Hawkins will be responsible for developing, executing, communicating,…
by - July 21, 2022 8:18 pm
It was a busy non-session day Thursday (July 21) at the Arkansas State capitol as the Senate stripped two of its members of their leadership posts and lawmakers attempted a…
by - July 21, 2022 3:52 pm
An announced plan by St. Louis-based Mercy health system to build a cancer center in Northwest Arkansas will not halt plans for a similar center in Fort Smith, according to…
by - July 21, 2022 3:40 pm
Little Rock-based Bank OZK, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a publicly traded company, announced lower profits on Thursday (July 21) versus a year ago, primarily due to an…
