by - April 26, 2022 3:30 pm
Little Rock-based regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool (SPP) announced Tuesday (April 26) the contractor for a 48.4-mile, 345-kilovolt transmission line project in Oklahoma. The announcement for the $55 million…
by - April 26, 2022 3:09 pm
Analysts with Stephens Inc. believe other equity market watchers are underestimating the first-quarter financial numbers Fort Smith-based ArcBest and Van Buren-based USA Truck will report later this week. They also…
by - April 26, 2022 12:37 pm
Each year, the Kays Foundation distributes grants to faculty and staff members at Arkansas State University for research projects and learning tools. The Foundation will give six grants totaling $103,502…
by - April 26, 2022 9:48 am
River boats filled with tourists are becoming more common along the Mississippi River and it could provide an economic spark for the city of Memphis and parts of Northeast Arkansas….
by - April 26, 2022 9:36 am
Various economic factors are critical to the state’s success, including the creative economy, which can best be summed up as the income-earning potential of creative activities and ideas. The Arkansas…
by - April 26, 2022 8:36 am
Rogers-based America’s Car-Mart announced Monday (April 25) it has priced $400 million in asset-backed notes, a subprime auto loan asset-backed securitization transaction. The transaction settlement date is expected to be…
by - April 25, 2022 5:40 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenue had another strong month in March with revenues almost 20% higher than this time last year. The city’s share of the Sebastian County sales tax…
by - April 25, 2022 5:32 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools administration has a new plan to increase teacher salaries it hopes will satisfy board members and employees when presented May 9. The plan will add one…
by - April 25, 2022 5:07 pm
Walmart’s board of directors is a mix of outside retired business managers, Walmart officers and Walton family members. Company shareholders will vote on a slate of 11 directors at the…
by - April 25, 2022 4:51 pm
Walmart has opened a 3 million square foot import distribution center in Dorchester County, S.C., this week at a cost of $220 million. It is the retail giant’s seventh import…
by - April 25, 2022 4:05 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Monday (April 25) that money from the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with tobacco companies will be distributed, with Arkansas receiving nearly $61 million. The…
by - April 25, 2022 1:57 pm
Tyson Foods will spend $60 million over four years to fund free college education for its 120,000 employees. A partnership with Guild will expand Tyson’s Upward Pathways program to include…
by - April 25, 2022 11:22 am
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based venture capital firm Plug and Play recently announced the close of a $25.5 million venture capital fund to support series A-C startups in the supply chain industry. The…
by - April 25, 2022 9:44 am
Foreigners and foreign-based companies have owned agriculture and forestry land in the U.S. since before it was founded, and in recent years that trend has been on the rise. As…
by - April 25, 2022 9:00 am
The nonprofit Alice L. Walton Foundation (ALWF) in Bentonville and Washington Regional Medical System in Fayetteville are planning to create a new regional health system that will also involve the…
by - April 23, 2022 3:48 pm
The top 6 executives for Bentonville-based Walmart Inc. earned a combined $60.311 million last year, down from $70.61 million earned the year before. Stock awards, which is deferred income, was…
by - April 23, 2022 12:04 pm
Dana Wills and her husband, former Arkansas Speaker of the House Robbie Wills, have started Conway Aircraft, a repair business based at the Conway Regional Airport. The couple partnered with…
by - April 23, 2022 10:19 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the April 11 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - April 23, 2022 9:57 am
Statewide, the consensus is that broadband is the tool to transform the economies of rural Arkansas, but the issue has been how to cost-effectively deploy it. A perception exists that…
by - April 23, 2022 9:19 am
Home BancShares, Inc. has named J. Pat Hickman, former Chairman of Happy Bancshares, Inc. of Texas to its board of directors. Conway-based Home BancShares, parent company of Centennial Bank, recently…
