by - January 7, 2019 10:36 am
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a utility company of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP), will request proposals for up to 1,200 megawatts of wind energy projects to be in…
by - January 7, 2019 9:03 am
A 30-day public comment period and a public hearing date has been set for proposed regulations that allow the use of dicamba in Arkansas on soybean and cotton varieties resistant…
by - January 7, 2019 8:50 am
Tammy Engle is the new Siloam Springs market president for Arvest Bank. The company made the announcement Monday (Jan. 7). Engle has worked for Arvest for 23 years, most recently…
by - January 5, 2019 9:14 pm
Longtime Rogers civic leader and former State Rep. Dick Barclay of Rogers died Friday (Jan. 4) in Rogers from health complications due to Alzheimer’s. He was 81. Barclay served as…
by - January 4, 2019 5:34 pm
When I was administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, I never dreamed I would be governor with the responsibility of implementing the dispensing of medical marijuana. But the voters approved…
by - January 4, 2019 5:18 pm
Centene Corporation has agreed to buy QualChoice Health Insurance. Terri Parker West, QualChoice Health Insurance communications & design manager, confirmed Friday (Jan. 4) that QualChoice’s parent company, Catholic Health Initiatives,…
by - January 4, 2019 4:32 pm
It’s not enough to bring medical students to Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education, according to ACHE President Kyle Parker, who spoke at the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of…
by - January 4, 2019 3:24 pm
State and city leaders celebrated the completion of a segment of Arkansas Highway 265 and honored Dick Trammel of Rogers, outgoing chairman of the Arkansas Highway Commission, in a ceremony…
by - January 4, 2019 2:45 pm
The retail sector was strong throughout the holidays behind robust consumer spending. The National Retail Federation (NRF) reported Friday (Jan. 4) the sector added 37,600 jobs in December compared to…
by - January 4, 2019 2:24 pm
Editor’s note: The following story appeared in the Dec. 24 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - January 4, 2019 1:54 pm
On March 1, 1898, James Turner “J.T.” Edmondson founded the Bank of Gravett, making it the oldest bank in Benton County and one of the oldest in the state. At…
by - January 4, 2019 10:21 am
Prices for crude oil and gasoline were lower at the end of 2018 than they were at the start of the year, marking the first time since 2015 the prices…
by - January 3, 2019 5:59 pm
Key Fort Smith area news in 2018 included a change in ownership of one of the oldest hospitals in Arkansas, the first Fort Smith Public School millage increase in 31…
by - January 3, 2019 3:41 pm
In early 2019, consumers across Northwest Arkansas will be among the first in the country to eliminate clunky coin change using digital piggybank software developed by Bucket Technologies. Bringing the…
by - January 3, 2019 3:36 pm
The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (DCCECE) has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from U.S. Department of Health and Human…
by - January 3, 2019 3:14 pm
Arkansas lawmakers will go into the upcoming legislative session with a $17 million surplus as Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s plan for a sizable tax cut to reduce the top personal income…
by - January 3, 2019 2:30 pm
Turnover at large truckload carriers declined 11 percentage points to 87%, and a strong peak season has ended in the transportation sector while the outlook for 2019 remains uncertain. After…
by - January 3, 2019 2:19 pm
Beshears Construction Inc., a general construction company in Fort Smith, will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2019 with a change in leadership structure. Company founder Eddy Beshears, 66, handed over…
by - January 3, 2019 1:56 pm
Consumers are spending less at the gas pump to start 2019, but some of those savings will be spent on food purchases in the coming months. The U.S. Department of…
by - January 3, 2019 1:30 pm
Sometimes when I’m in Little Rock speaking with a legislator or stakeholder group about the need to upgrade Arkansas roads and bridges, I think about Rainbow Curve in Bentonville. More…
