by - June 28, 2022 1:03 pm
With the Fourth of July holiday falling on Monday this year, more consumers say they plan to celebrate during the weekend, according to the National Retail Federation. Many will stay…
by - June 27, 2022 7:59 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education learned at its regular meeting Monday (June 27) that water came into the district’s Peak Innovation Center during record rainfall June 7…
by - June 27, 2022 4:54 pm
Two former Republican members of the Sebastian County Quorum Court were sentenced Monday (June 27) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas at Fort Smith to…
by - June 27, 2022 11:14 am
State Rep. Dwight Tosh, R-Jonesboro, received a near death sentence when he was only 13 years old. The healthy teenager developed a high fever that wouldn’t break. He was soon…
by - June 27, 2022 10:57 am
The Little Rock Port Authority board of directors elected Bobby Brown as chair of the board. His term will run from July 2022 through June 2023. Brown was first appointed…
by - June 26, 2022 3:34 pm
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF) has hired Val Rose Habrock as its new Director of Governmental Affairs. Habrock joined the team on June 13, 2022 and will work…
by - June 26, 2022 3:10 pm
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, is juggling many of his Congressional duties, but finding solutions to reduce inflation may be the most urgent priority for the four-term representative. A…
by - June 26, 2022 2:37 pm
Alan Morse, CEO of Jonesboro-based Ritter Communications, a regional telecom and broadband provider, said Arkansas is well ahead of surrounding states when it comes to investing in high-speed Internet fiber…
by - June 26, 2022 12:35 pm
It’s been a feast or famine for many retailers in the past two years amid supply chain challenges resulting from the COVID-19-induced global shutdown in 2020 to the Russian invasion…
by - June 26, 2022 10:37 am
A new report from California-based Attom Data Solutions shows that 5,160 mortgages secured by residential property were originated in the first three months of 2022 in Northwest Arkansas. That’s down…
by - June 26, 2022 9:15 am
Hytrol Conveyor Co. and Haag Brown Commercial Real Estate and Development, through its holding company, Real Estate for e-Commerce, broke ground Friday (June 24) on a new warehouse and distribution…
by - June 26, 2022 9:08 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the June 6 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - June 26, 2022 8:49 am
Surplus capacity of global crude oil production in non-OPEC countries has declined by 80% since 2021 as new pipeline projects and production come online in the United States. According to…
by - June 24, 2022 9:31 am
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday (June 24) upheld a Mississippi law banning abortion and in doing so overturned the right to abortion in Roe v. Wade, and also overturned…
by - June 24, 2022 8:49 am
Van Buren-based USA Truck is being bought by Germany-based DB Schenker in a $435 million deal expected to close by the end of the year. The deal is for $31.72…
by - June 24, 2022 8:18 am
Jim Cargill, president and CEO of Arvest Bank in central, northeast and southwest Arkansas, will retire at the end of this year after an almost four-decade career with the company,…
by - June 23, 2022 4:55 pm
More residential living will open in downtown Fort Smith as early as January 2023, with Ghan & Cooper Commercial Properties beginning a $6.5 million renovation of a former hotel into…
by - June 23, 2022 3:49 pm
Longtime Arvest Bank executive Mike Willard is the company’s new regional director of community banks for its Benton County market. Willard started the job June 6. He replaced Greg Stanfill,…
by - June 23, 2022 3:44 pm
The city of Fort Smith’s new director of information technology is set to start his new job in July, when he will join two other new faces in the city…
by - June 23, 2022 10:01 am
Arkansas’ 84 FDIC-insured banks and financial institutions together posted net income of $458 million for the three-month period ending March 31, down 19.2% from $567 million in the same quarter…
