by - May 18, 2018 1:18 pm
Three Benton County political candidates hosted a meet-and-greet event for young voters Thursday (May 17) at the Meteor Guitar Gallery in downtown Bentonville, just ahead of next week’s primary election…
by - May 18, 2018 10:48 am
Dallas-based Topgolf has officially announced plans for its first location in Arkansas. In a news release distributed Friday (May 18), the golf entertainment company said it will develop 11 acres…
by - May 18, 2018 8:26 am
A retail company known for clever commercials touting, among other products, “Buck Naked” underwear has set its sights on Northwest Arkansas. A development plan is in the works to build…
by - May 17, 2018 12:15 pm
A retail asset just east of Interstate 49 in Rogers has a new owner after a sale-leaseback deal worth $3.59 million. NNN Properties LLC-1710 South 46th Street Series LLC of…
by - May 17, 2018 8:27 am
Fayetteville-based Ozarks Electric Cooperative is building a four-story, 38,000-square-foot office at its headquarters to accommodate growth in the electricity utility and its broadband service, OzarksGo. CEO Mitchell Johnson said the…
by - May 16, 2018 5:37 pm
Tyson Foods President and CEO Tom Hayes said while the company’s raw material costs will fluctuate the mission to achieve volume growth, margin expansion, more unit sales and year-over-year earnings…
by - May 16, 2018 11:45 am
It’s more than 9,000 miles from Northwest Arkansas to Malawi, Africa, but Jason and Lacey Carney of Springdale see the poorest nation in the world as a land of opportunity….
by - May 16, 2018 8:19 am
Hunt Ventures, the longtime Rogers developer headed up by philanthropist Johnelle Hunt, has filed development plans to bring two office buildings and a parking deck to the Pinnacle Hills area…
by - May 15, 2018 2:45 pm
A healthy nation is also likely a wealthy nation, but neither is true for many of 54 countries on the African continent. Chronic blindness from cataracts, a lack of doctors…
by - May 15, 2018 9:20 am
A group of real estate investors in Fayetteville has acquired an historic building on the downtown square, and they are prepared to move cautiously with their renovation plans. 26 W….
by - May 14, 2018 3:01 pm
On behalf of our entire staff, it is our privilege to present the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 10th annual issue dedicated to honoring 15 young business professionals in the Northwest…
by - May 14, 2018 12:49 pm
Siloam Springs-based broiler breeder Cobb-Vantress Inc., a company of Springdale-based meat giant Tyson Foods Inc., purchased the former corporate office of vegetable producer Allens Inc. in downtown Siloam Springs for…
by - May 11, 2018 12:54 pm
Colon Washburn, a longtime Walmart executive who also developed and opened Northwest Arkansas’ largest office park, died Tuesday (May 8) at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. He was 72. Washburn was…
by - May 11, 2018 6:23 am
As part of a design competition they called “unusual” and “ballsy,” architects from Canada, Los Angeles, Boston, Oregon and Pennsylvania converged on Bentonville Thursday to display their winning designs for…
by - May 10, 2018 2:31 pm
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the April 30 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - May 10, 2018 1:50 pm
Andrew Heath came to Northwest Arkansas on business and found love. Eight years later, he lives here with his wife and two stepchildren, and has recently started his new job…
by - May 10, 2018 1:44 pm
It would be too expensive to move the Arkansas state Capitol to influential Northwest Arkansas, so regional leaders will have to find ways to bridge the political passageway from inner-city…
by - May 9, 2018 4:48 pm
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to indicate Tyson Foods did not invest $2.2 million with Future Meat Technologies, but rather co-led the round. Tyson Foods did not disclose…
by - May 9, 2018 1:09 pm
Succession planning continues at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) as Scott Van Laningham, CEO and executive director for the Highfill-based airport, looks to retire later this year. XNA hired executive…
by - May 9, 2018 8:17 am
Bentonville developer Jake Newell, owner and CEO of Newell Development, has announced plans for a $6 million housing development near the intersection of Southwest B and Sixth streets. “We’ve been…
