by - March 15, 2019 12:34 pm
XNA to widen scope of terminal project
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) looks to broaden the design scope for a project to expand and renovate the terminal as it works to hire a chief financial officer and…
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by - March 15, 2019 9:21 am
TheatreSquared announces $1.5 million donation for new venue
The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation has donated $1.5 million toward a $34 million capital campaign to build a new venue for Fayetteville performing arts company TheatreSquared. The money,…
by - March 14, 2019 4:12 pm
Harps Foods CEO shares life lessons, competing against Walmart
Harps Foods CEO Kim Eskew didn’t choose the grocery business, it chose him. Growing up in tiny Piggott, Ark., Eskew said his father was a hard worker with two jobs…
by - March 14, 2019 2:05 pm
Tyson Foods to use DNA technology to trace beef back to original source
Tyson Foods announced Thursday (March 14) a program that uses DNA technology to trace beef products backs to the animal of origin for its Open Prairie Natural Angus Beef production….
by - March 13, 2019 3:49 pm
University of Arkansas residence hall to open on time, on budget
The nearly $79 million Stadium Drive Residence Halls under construction east of Bud Walton Arena are on budget and will open before the move-in period starts Aug. 17, said Christopher…
by - March 13, 2019 10:41 am
Apartment developers have about 2,600 units in Northwest Arkansas construction pipeline
Demand for apartments in Northwest Arkansas continues to reach unprecedented heights, and with the area’s robust population growth, developers have taken notice. There are 17 properties totaling 2,616 units under…
by - March 12, 2019 9:41 pm
Benton County voters reject temporary sales tax hike
Benton County voters on Tuesday (March 12) roundly rejected a temporary sales-tax increase to help finance construction of a new courthouse. The complete but unofficial vote totals, according to the…
by - March 12, 2019 7:10 pm
Mercy announces additional 3 slots to Northwest Arkansas residency program
Mercy announced its partners in the Northwest Arkansas internal medicine residency program will be adding three additional slots this summer, thanks in part to a $750,000 grant from the Walmart…
by - March 12, 2019 4:13 pm
Car-Mart to launch online credit application
America’s Car-Mart expects used vehicle prices to remain elevated through tax season and tax refund amounts its customers receive to increase from last year as the Bentonville-based buy here, pay…
by - March 12, 2019 2:14 pm
Bentonville chamber hires Travis Stephens as new vice president of operations
The Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce has hired Travis Stephens as vice president of operations, effective March 18. Stephens is filling the staff position held previously by Debbie Griffin,…
by - March 12, 2019 11:52 am
WhyteSpyder to relocate headquarters to downtown Springdale
Fayetteville-based WhyteSpyder is making the move to downtown Springdale to be part of the city’s efforts to create a technology hub. The company is the latest business to make an…
by - March 12, 2019 9:50 am
Arvest adds 2 board members in Springdale
Arvest Bank has appointed Patricia Montague and Scott Spradley to its Springdale board of directors. Montague serves as senior vice president and administrator for Arkansas Children’s Northwest and has more…
by - March 11, 2019 3:57 pm
Bentonville apartments on I Street sell for $63.6 million
Sullivan Square Apartments in Bentonville has been purchased by a Minnesota-based real estate company for $63.6 million. Timberland Partners, a real estate investment, management, and development firm based in Minneapolis,…
by - March 11, 2019 3:24 pm
Nabholz planning expansion at headquarters in Rogers
Conway-based Nabholz Corp. is building the nation’s first large scale cross-laminated timber (CLT) residence hall at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. The national commercial contracting firm is such a…
by - March 11, 2019 2:45 pm
Gisel Ruiz, top female exec at Sam’s Club, to retire; Jacqui Canney also exiting Walmart
Two high-ranking female executives at Walmart and Sam’s Club are leaving the retail giant in the coming weeks. Gisel Ruiz, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Sam’s Club,…
by - March 11, 2019 11:59 am
Endeavor to open Northwest Arkansas office with $2 million gift from Walton Family Foundation
Entrepreneur consulting organization The Endeavor Initiative will establish an office in Northwest Arkansas with the help of a $2 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation. Endeavor announced Monday (March…
by - March 11, 2019 11:56 am
J.B. Hunt CEO John Roberts’ salary increases 5%, total compensation up nearly 700%
John Roberts III, president and CEO of Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services, received a 5.3% salary increase and will earn a base salary of $890,000 for 2019, according to…
by - March 10, 2019 11:30 am
Tyson Foods CEO Noel White discusses upbringing, direction for company
Tyson Foods CEO Noel White grew up in the heartland, but he knew as a teenager what his meal ticket for success would be. “I knew I wanted to be…
by - March 8, 2019 10:39 am
New brokerage aims to cut barriers to farmland
A new brokerage in Fayetteville is launching soon to provide investors direct access to the highly attractive alternative asset class of farmland. AcreTrader is the idea of 36-year-old Carter Malloy,…
by - March 7, 2019 7:22 pm
Study: Half of jobs require more than high school diploma, but not college degree
Nurses, electricians and diesel technicians are a few of the jobs that will be in high demand over the next decade, studies show. The Springdale Chamber of Commerce recently commissioned…