by - June 27, 2017 11:08 am
The Walmart U.S management team has in the past few years paid attention to detail in its store operations changing basically every process along the way, according to Judith McKenna,…
by - June 27, 2017 10:51 am
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) announced Tuesday (June 27) the follow-up to its Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM). The new 60,000 square-foot facility in Fort Smith will…
by - June 26, 2017 9:28 pm
Longtime public relations veteran and community activist Robert K. “Bob” Sells has died at the age of 85. Sells worked in PR for Arkansas’ Southwestern Bell operations for decades before…
by - June 26, 2017 3:42 pm
Fresh off an overseas trade trip, Gov. Asa Hutchinson made his first public appearance in Arkansas since returning and told the media there is much work to be done before…
by - June 26, 2017 3:13 pm
The increasing number of earthquakes in the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains has coincided with the spike in production by energy companies that use underground wastewater injection to extract…
by - June 26, 2017 1:48 pm
Arkansas’ growing population of nearly 3 million residents is aging quickly and getting more diverse. Those are the key takeaways from new U.S. Census Bureau population estimates released June 22…
by - June 26, 2017 12:21 pm
On behalf of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal staff, I am pleased to present to you the 2017 class of Women in Business honorees. If you want to feel inspired,…
by - June 25, 2017 9:58 am
Politico’s chief polling analyst Steven Shepard says Republicans “avoided disaster” in last week’s two special elections, and while they won, the dynamics of the races bode well for Democrats in…
by - June 25, 2017 9:55 am
Legislative Black Caucus leader Rep. Vivian Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, says healthcare is the No. 1 issue she’s been hearing in a series of town halls the group has been holding…
by - June 25, 2017 9:48 am
Although President Donald Trump is advocating a hard-line stance with Cuba, Arkansas’ First District Congressman Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, thinks legislation he is pushing has a narrow window to pass. A…
by - June 25, 2017 8:27 am
The Arkansas State Plant Board issued an emergency ban Friday preventing the use and sale of the herbicide dicamba. The ban comes after more than 240 filed damage complaints, according…
by - June 23, 2017 12:21 pm
In anticipation of applications and rules for the industry to be finalized, there has been a crescendo of interest from all areas of the state’s fledgling medical marijuana industry, said…
by - June 22, 2017 7:44 pm
Republicans in the U.S. Senate released the initial draft of a healthcare bill Thursday that will reduce Medicaid spending, cut taxes for the wealthy, limit subsidies to private insurance companies,…
by - June 22, 2017 7:27 pm
The Arkansas Department of Health will begin accepting applications for medical marijuana registry identification cards on June 30, moving the state one step closer to allowing Arkansas citizens to obtain…
by - June 22, 2017 5:55 pm
More shippers were looking for trucks to haul their freight during the annual International Roadcheck this year than compared to the five-year average. It’s a good sign for publicly held…
by - June 22, 2017 5:29 pm
Hugh Jarratt and his wife Nicole have been doing business with Wal-Mart Stores for more than three years. Their taco plate was picked up by the retail giant at its…
by - June 22, 2017 4:41 pm
Jet.com President Liza Landsman honed her math and analytical problem solving skills from an early age thanks to a grandfather who was a bookie and spent a lot of time…
by - June 22, 2017 10:53 am
Realtors in Northwest Arkansas topped the 1,000-unit threshold for May home sales in Benton and Washington counties. That’s according to the latest data provided by real estate agent Eric Harris…
by - June 21, 2017 7:07 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (June 21) said he spoke to U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., before leaving for Europe about a possible draft of the Trump administration’s healthcare bill…
by - June 21, 2017 6:38 pm
Amid two terrorist incidents in European cities this week, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told reporters Wednesday that his weeklong trade mission in France, Germany and Israel has allowed Arkansas officials to…
