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About 5,000 people are expected to attend a hot air balloon festival at Drake Field in Fayetteville this week, said Kelly Sampson, development director for Rogers-based nonprofit Open Avenues. SOAR…
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Daniel Mann is ready to hit the ground running as he starts his tenure with the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority. Mann took a moment from his first day as the…
by - August 17, 2019 11:27 am
Andrew Branch, chief business development officer for Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA), is tasked with retaining and recruiting new carriers and air service for the Highfill airport. Airport officials developed…
by - August 17, 2019 11:05 am
Jonesboro voters will go to the polls Sept. 10 to decide whether to impose a temporary 1% sales tax to fund a package of public safety and quality of life…
by - August 17, 2019 10:42 am
There are five new Arkansas graduates of the Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) Executive Academy who now have the tools to support the Delta Regional Authority’s efforts to create jobs, build…
by - August 16, 2019 2:35 pm
Highlands Oncology Group has hired two new physicians. K’Anne Cash Arthur attended medical school at Louisiana State University-Shreveport and completed her residency in internal medicine at LSU Health Science Center….
by - August 16, 2019 2:28 pm
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Aug. 5 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - August 16, 2019 9:48 am
A 45-acre commercial development just west of Bentonville recently sold for $3.15 million. The Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church bought the property at 11301 Highway 72 West in…
by - August 15, 2019 9:22 pm
Gearhead Outfitters, the privately-held Jonesboro-based outdoor specialty retailer, announced Thursday (Aug. 15) the acquisition of Rock/Creek Outfitters in Tennessee and Uncle Dan’s Outdoor Store based in Illinois. Terms of the…
by - August 15, 2019 8:13 pm
Little Rock-based Dillard’s, Inc. went backwards in the second quarter as the upscale retailer saw a decline in same-store and total merchandise sales as increasing markdowns and lukewarm purchases of…
by - August 15, 2019 7:06 pm
Health and wellness in Northwest Arkansas are changing and that affects the local economy, according to healthcare, education and business leaders who spoke Thursday (Aug. 15) in Bentonville. The Greater…
by - August 15, 2019 6:46 pm
America’s Car-Mart Inc. beat earnings and revenue expectations in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 as it looks to open more dealerships in the year. After the markets closed Thursday…
by - August 15, 2019 6:11 pm
Daniel Mann will take up the reigns as the executive director of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Friday (Aug. 16). Mann was chosen as the new executive director July 19….
by - August 15, 2019 3:59 pm
The 1989 film “Field of Dreams” includes one of the more memorable lines in movie history: “If you build it, he will come.” Kevin Costner heard the mysterious voice while…
by - August 15, 2019 3:50 pm
Mike Philpot has been selected as the new vice president of economic development for Jonesboro Unlimited. Philpot comes to the business development organization from Leland, Miss., where he served as…
by - August 15, 2019 2:50 pm
Julie Cromer, senior deputy athletics director for the University of Arkansas, has been named director of athletics for Ohio University. The university announced Thursday (Aug. 15) Cromer will join the…
by - August 15, 2019 2:37 pm
Several key tourism and travel numbers indicate growth in the Fort Smith metro leisure and hospitality sector, with Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements up almost 5% between January and July….
by - August 15, 2019 11:19 am
Marshall Shafkowitz has been hired as the new executive director of Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food. The culinary school in Bentonville is a division of NorthWest Arkansas Community College…
by - August 15, 2019 11:06 am
Amid trade wars, negative yield curves in the bond market and recent mass shootings in two of its stores, Walmart delivered strong second-quarter results. According to Thursday’s (Aug. 15) earnings…
by - August 15, 2019 9:13 am
Batesville economic and political leadership has made a huge push in the past several years to invest more in education from pre-K to post-college. Jamie Rayford, chief operating officer of…
