by - July 5, 2017 2:45 pm
Shares of America’s Car-Mart have been rising steadily since late February, pushing the value of the stock held by shareholders on an upward trajectory. On Wednesday (July 5), the Bentonville-based…
by - July 5, 2017 2:43 pm
Five parcels totaling 1.4 acres on Dickson Street in downtown Fayetteville have been purchased by a private investment group for $4.4 million. An entity called 151 Dickson Development LLC paid…
by - July 5, 2017 2:32 pm
Multi-generation-owned businesses face unique challenges, many of which are related to what role family members will play in the company, and who will benefit. “Family businesses are wonderful, because when…
by - July 5, 2017 1:47 pm
The Wal-Mart Culinary and Innovation Center in Bentonville has been open one year. In that time, the retailer says hundreds of food and beverage products have been reformulated, and hundreds…
by - July 5, 2017 1:45 pm
Traffic at the state’s three largest commercial airports improved in May, according to the latest data. And year-to-date traffic through the first five months is up at all three locations….
by - July 5, 2017 1:26 pm
Arkansas budget coffers were brimming in June as tax collections in all major categories came in well above forecast and the state’s financial books for fiscal 2017 were closed with…
by - July 5, 2017 12:25 pm
At least one company that isn’t authorized to sell dicamba in Arkansas after April 15 thinks the governor and the state’s Plant Board are wrong to ban its sale and…
by - July 5, 2017 10:40 am
Construction costs for power plants have fallen recently, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Since 2013, the EIA has been collecting data on the construction costs of utility-scale generators….
by - July 5, 2017 9:07 am
The new owners of a 133-room hotel on Walton Boulevard in Bentonville have completed a $3 million renovation. Tina Archer-Cope, sales and marketing director for Hilton Garden Inn at 2204…
by - July 3, 2017 4:10 pm
Before taking a leap of faith and deciding to invest in one of the more unusual Arkansas startups, Little Rock pharmacist Brandon Thornton said he spent at least a half…
by - July 3, 2017 3:39 pm
Simmons Foods Inc. and Affiliates remains in the No. 1 spot on the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s annual list of largest private companies. The Siloam Springs-based company’s revenue to $1.45…
by - July 3, 2017 3:25 pm
VCC Construction of Little Rock is using a building permit valued at $4.27 million to build a 28,000-square-foot building at 648 E. Van Asche Drive in Fayetteville. NWA Trampoline LLC…
by - July 2, 2017 9:45 am
Governor Asa Hutchinson has been in constant contact with U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton in the ongoing debate regarding healthcare reform. While Hutchinson has voiced concerns about cost…
by - July 1, 2017 8:37 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Friday (June 30) that he would send two controversial rules involving dicamba approved by the State Plant Board to the Arkansas Legislative Council for final…
by - June 30, 2017 2:14 pm
The House of Songs, an artist-in-residence program based in Austin, Texas, recently purchased a historic Bentonville home in which to host international artists and musicians to collaborate with area artists….
by - June 30, 2017 12:39 pm
Onyx Coffee Lab co-owner Jon Allen would love to have a café in the downtown districts of Bentonville, Rogers, Fayetteville and Springdale. It’s a “long-term goal” for the company, Allen…
by - June 30, 2017 11:33 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the June 26 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - June 30, 2017 11:29 am
Nathan Slaton, a professor of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences in the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, has been named a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of…
by - June 30, 2017 11:23 am
Stephanie Gardner has been named interim chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), effective following the July 31 retirement of Chancellor Dan Rahn, who held the position…
by - June 30, 2017 10:41 am
Personal income rose 0.4% or by $67.1 billion in May, from the previous month, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income has risen over the past five months….
