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The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors voted Friday (July 19) to offer the executive director position to Daniel Mann of Parsons, Kan. Board Chairman Dean Gibson said Parsons…
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Searcy Water Utilities has partnered with solar power developer Entegrity Energy Partners of Little Rock to build a 5.7-megawatt solar power plant to meet the utility’s electricity demand, according to…
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Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the July 8 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon on Friday (July 19) announced several organizational and management changes. While there are several executives shifting positions, Walmart said the changes do not involve anyone exiting…
by - July 19, 2019 11:04 am
A subsidiary of Houston-based petrochemical company Vinmar International is expected to purchase the assets of Springdale-based nanotechnology manufacturer NanoMech for $13.09 million. The subsidiary, P&S Global Holdings LLC, was approved…
by - July 19, 2019 9:11 am
Bentonville Municipal Airport — Louise M. Thaden Field recently received the 2018 Airport of the Year Award for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Southwest Region and announced it has accepted…
by - July 18, 2019 7:35 pm
Bank OZK on Thursday (July 18) reported that second quarter profits fell short of year ago as a greater volume of loan repayments, the competitive environment for loans and deposits,…
by - July 18, 2019 7:10 pm
The multi-colored building that once housed AC Taylors Mobile Service Station where Rogers and Garrison Avenue join converge has been demolished and foundation work has started on Gateway Park in…
by - July 18, 2019 5:53 pm
Walmart.com continues to ring up large losses, which insiders project will be $1 billion this fiscal year. Though Walmart does not break out its online sales, the retailer has said…
by - July 18, 2019 4:39 pm
Longtime Arkansas State University faculty member Dr. Marika Kyriakos has been named director of Fowler Center and promoted to interim assistant dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Communications,…
by - July 18, 2019 2:13 pm
Specialized Real Estate Group (SREG) of Fayetteville has completed a land purchase in south Fayetteville for property it plans to redevelop. In two separate deals, SREG paid a combined $4.84…
by - July 18, 2019 9:12 am
Fayeteville-based billboard company Ashby Street Outdoor Holdings has been acquired by Lamar Advertising Co., a publicly traded company headquartered in Baton Rouge, La. Financial terms of the deal were not…
by - July 17, 2019 10:24 pm
Appearing in lights onstage at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (July 17) made his annual appeal to ten out-of-state financial technology startups to consider setting up…
by - July 17, 2019 9:35 pm
Fort Smith residents wanted answers — lots of answers — at Tuesday night’s (July 17) community meeting for flood-affected Fort Smith residents and businesses. Answers, however, were few. A number…
by - July 17, 2019 7:23 pm
Jeff Williams, president and CEO of America’s Car-Mart Inc., earned a 9.8% raise, and his total compensation increased 497.9% to $3.1 million in fiscal 2019, which ended April 30. Williams’…
by - July 17, 2019 6:37 pm
Business leaders from around Northwest Arkansas met Wednesday (July 17) at the Northwest Arkansas Council’s annual meeting held in downtown Fayetteville. The Council celebrated areas it considered progress in the…
by - July 17, 2019 5:42 pm
State Rep. Fran Cavenaugh, R-Walnut Ridge, will seek re-election to state House District 60. Cavenaugh was first elected in 2016 and is in her second term representing the district, which…
by - July 17, 2019 4:12 pm
Lowell-based Central Research Inc. (CRI) has hired Kenneth Ludden as vice president of talent acquisition. In the newly created position, Ludden will be responsible for bringing top-level talent to the…
by - July 17, 2019 3:20 pm
The SCALE Challenge designed to plant 20 new technology-based startups in Northwest Arkansas if off and running, but just 40 teams have signed up as of Tuesday (July 16), according…
by - July 17, 2019 2:55 pm
Fayetteville-based restaurant chain Slim Chickens announced Wednesday (July 17) an equity investment from 10 Point Capital, an Atlanta-based private equity firm. Financial terms were not disclosed. The investment is expected to…
