by - June 20, 2022 2:11 pm
The Arkansas Trucking Association will host its annual Arkansas Trucking Championship in person for the first time since 2019. The 2022 championship will take place Friday and Saturday (June 24-25)…
by - June 20, 2022 8:23 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal staff is pleased to introduce the eighth annual class of Women in Business honorees. I think you will enjoy reading a little about this year’s…
by - June 19, 2022 9:19 am
The Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce will host an event Tuesday (June 21) at the Supply Chain Hall of Fame inside the Northgate office building on West J.B. Hunt Drive…
by - June 18, 2022 11:19 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…
by - June 18, 2022 10:13 am
The city of Siloam Springs recently issued a building permit to Broadway Contracting of Siloam Springs valued at $12.35 million. The company is using the permit for an improvement project…
by - June 17, 2022 2:42 pm
Walmart will open two health clinics in Rogers and Fort Smith later this summer. The two new clinics are modeled after the Walmart Health clinic in Store No. 4108 on…
by - June 17, 2022 9:00 am
Pine Bluff-based Simmons Bank has hired Erica Preston as senior vice president and director of market development for Northwest Arkansas. Preston, who lives in Bentonville, was previously chief operating officer…
by - June 16, 2022 1:27 pm
Kansas-based technology services company Wachter Inc. will hire 116 employees in Northwest Arkansas as part of plans to expand employment to 464 workers in the region by 2026. “The expansion…
by - June 16, 2022 11:42 am
An investment group with Springdale ties has completed a $4.96 million deal to buy the First Security Bank complex and associated parking lots at 100 W. Emma Ave in downtown…
by - June 16, 2022 9:28 am
Springdale-based Northwest Health now offers virtual care and remote monitoring for patients coping with certain chronic health conditions. Care Management at Home is the name of the program. Initially, it…
by - June 15, 2022 3:36 pm
A St. Louis-based commercial real estate services firm has completed a $2.72 million deal to buy a former Hooters restaurant building and adjacent property near the Northwest Arkansas Mall at…
by - June 15, 2022 1:42 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill announced Wednesday (June 15) the preferred route for the proposed connector road will have no significant impact on the environment. The cost estimate…
by - June 15, 2022 11:22 am
Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. announced Wednesday (June 15) the acquisition of family-owned carrier Metropolitan Trucking Inc. of Saddle Brook, N.J., for about $79.8 million, including debt. The acquisition…
by - June 15, 2022 10:11 am
Global research firm Gartner ranked the supply chain management department’s undergraduate program at the University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton College of Business No. 1 in its biennial rankings. …
by - June 14, 2022 3:39 pm
According to trade group Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), the construction industry faces a skilled labor shortage of 650,000 workers in 2022. Skilled labor demand continues to rise as workers…
by - June 14, 2022 3:01 pm
Walmart International CEO Judith McKenna remains bullish about growth opportunities in India since the retail giant’s majority purchase of Flipkart in 2018 for $16 billion. Walmart has since expanded its…
by - June 14, 2022 10:49 am
Oklahoma-based Grand Savings Bank has opened a new location in Springdale. According to Washington County property records, GSB paid $350,000 for the 2,584-square-foot building at 2422 E. Robinson Ave. It…
by - June 13, 2022 3:29 pm
Fayetteville has recently been accepted to host a Creative Mornings chapter. Creative Mornings is a breakfast lecture series and networking group that facilitates free, monthly morning meetings about innovative ideas…
by - June 13, 2022 10:20 am
The nation’s largest homebuilder is now operating in Northwest Arkansas. Texas-based D.R. Horton Inc. is building and selling single-family homes in Gentry’s Pioneer Woods subdivision. The neighborhood is near the…
by - June 12, 2022 1:26 pm
Atento Capital, a venture capital firm based in Tulsa, Okla., has launched the angel investing program 412 Angels. Its goal is to help educate new investors and support early-stage startups…
