by - March 14, 2018 2:52 pm
One of Springdale’s oldest businesses may be making plans to build a new headquarters closer to Interstate 49. According to a recent real estate filing, the parent company of H.C….
by - March 14, 2018 11:33 am
Scoreboard Ventures, a holding company headquartered in Frisco, Texas, has acquired a minority ownership interest in Rogers furniture maker EcoVet. As part of the deal, EcoVet will be rebranded and…
by - March 13, 2018 7:11 pm
John Roberts III, president and CEO of Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services, received a 3.2% raise in 2017 and earned a base salary of $833,865, according to the company’s…
by - March 13, 2018 9:19 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the March 5 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - March 12, 2018 3:45 pm
Editor’s Note: This story has been corrected to note that Simmons Foods paid $14 million for 873 acres of land along with 475,000 square feet of poultry barns and two…
by - March 12, 2018 3:35 pm
The Nowhere Developers conference is planned for March 15, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Record in downtown Bentonville. The “pure tech conference” will feature high-level discussion and…
by - March 12, 2018 8:16 am
Omaha, Neb.-based security company Signal 88 Security looks to add a franchise in Northwest Arkansas this year. The company, which offers security guard services for businesses and homes, seeks military…
by - March 11, 2018 4:28 pm
The Boys and Girls Club of Benton County (BGCBC) helps the 3,800 children they serve to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. On Thursday (Mar. 8), 800…
by - March 9, 2018 3:21 pm
The biggest change in the annual Bentonville Film Festival since its inception in 2015 is it keeps growing, and so does community support for the event, said Wendy Guerrero, president…
by - March 9, 2018 3:05 pm
Public relations executive Blake Woolsey will be the featured speaker at the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 10th annual Fast 15 networking event, scheduled for May 15 at the Janelle Y….
by - March 8, 2018 11:15 am
Northwest Arkansas in the last decade has made strides in becoming a more welcoming environment for art and artists, but a panel of artists at Northwest Arkansas Community College’s Spring…
by - March 8, 2018 8:04 am
The music is returning to downtown Fayetteville’s historic Guisinger Building. Sterling Hamilton, an associate with commercial real estate firm Sage Partners in Rogers, says the annual musical event Fayetteville Roots…
by - March 7, 2018 9:02 am
Bentonville developers have started construction of Haxton District East, a mixed-use building two blocks southeast of the downtown square in Bentonville. The Class A commercial building at S.E. 224 Second…
by - March 6, 2018 7:20 pm
Several Democrats have challenged Republican incumbents for county positions in Washington County. Residents will vote May 22 in primary and school board elections, and the general election in November. The…
by - March 6, 2018 5:56 pm
Fort Smith mayoral candidate Luis Andrade, a 22-year-old immigrant from Brazil and student at University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS), has received a notable statement of support from Northwest…
by - March 6, 2018 8:50 am
Walmart founder Sam Walton — who died April 5, 1992, due to cancer — would turn 100 years old on March 29, and the Walmart Museum in Bentonville has planned…
by - March 6, 2018 8:03 am
Ropeswing Hospitality Group, the Walton-backed firm behind downtown Bentonville restaurants The Preacher’s Son and Pressroom and the event venue Record, is working on a new concept. The project is called…
by - March 5, 2018 4:24 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services is working to expand its technology talent pool. The Lowell-based carrier recently broke ground on a 132,883-square-foot Training and Technology Center, a stand-alone building about a…
by - March 5, 2018 3:56 pm
Benton County residents will vote May 22 in primary and school board elections – with a number of Republicans facing off ahead of a November election that features several Democrat…
by - March 5, 2018 3:53 pm
The Walmart Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Bentonville-based retailer, recently awarded $600,000 to the Jones Center for Families in Springdale and will present a check 9 a.m. on Tuesday…
