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Car-Mart opens 150th dealership in Tennessee
America’s Car-Mart Inc. opened its 150th dealership in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Friday (July 31). This is the second dealership the Rogers-based buy here, pay here used car dealer opened in…
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Ozark Regional Transit to start Saturday service for on-demand transit in Rogers
Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) continues to expand its on-demand transit service in Rogers as Northwest Arkansas ridership remains down through the first half of the year. ORT…
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Get Shift Done initiative launches in Northwest Arkansas, offering aid to displaced hospitality workers
The Northwest Arkansas Council and Bentonville-based Pure Charity announced Monday (Aug. 3) a partnership with Get Shift Done to bring the employment initiative to Northwest Arkansas. The program launched in…
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Tyson Foods third-quarter net income down 22%; COVID-19 costs total $340 million
Tyson Foods said costs related to COVID-19 totaled $340 million, and that did not include direct costs related to absenteeism. The expense hurt the meat giant’s bottom line in the…
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University of Arkansas researchers receive $1.5 million for logistics study
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Arkansas will use $1.5 million to develop a new traffic-sensing technology to track cargo as it moves on roadways and through…
by - August 3, 2020 7:07 am
Dean Banks to succeed Noel White as Tyson Foods CEO
Tyson Foods, Inc. announced Monday (Aug. 3) that Dean Banks will replace Noel White as CEO of the Springdale-based protein giant. The move will be effective on Oct. 3, 2020….
by - August 2, 2020 3:10 pm
Nominations sought for C-Suite Awards
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is actively seeking nominations of qualified honorees for its final recognition program in 2020, the C-Suite Awards. In its sixth year, the program is designed…
by - July 31, 2020 9:43 am
Connections: College of Business dean to receive service award
Matthew Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, will receive the 2020 Distinguished Service Award from the Council of Supply Chain Management…
by - July 30, 2020 3:44 pm
Tyson Foods expands COVID-19 monitoring and testing
Tyson Foods announced Thursday (July 30) a new COVID-19 monitoring program focused on continued testing of workers and expanded medical staffing in order to strengthen protections against the virus in…
by - July 30, 2020 3:32 pm
Heartland Forward explores widening opportunity gaps as COVID-19 threatens to accelerate inequality
Opportunity in the U.S is not distributed equally. Residents in the nation’s Heartland know that all too well. That’s a key finding of new research published Thursday (July 30) by…
by - July 30, 2020 1:33 pm
J.B. Hunt uses technology to cut supply chain waste
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. continues to develop its technology platform J.B. Hunt 360 to improve efficiency and remove waste in the supply chain, said Craig Harper, the…
by - July 30, 2020 11:43 am
Income and revenue likely lower for Tyson Foods in third quarter report
Tyson Foods is expected to report leaner third-quarter net income and revenue amid challenging poultry fundamentals, ongoing pressures from COVID-19 and its impact on meatpacking plants and weak demand from…
by - July 30, 2020 11:23 am
Walmart U.S. eliminating corporate jobs in Northwest Arkansas, West Coast
Walmart is restructuring its U.S. business and hundreds of employees are being laid off, according to sources. The downsizing, according to sources familiar with the company, is part of Walmart’s…
by - July 29, 2020 2:28 pm
Former UA professor indicted on 44 counts of wire, passport fraud
Simon Saw-Teong Ang, a former engineering professor at the University of Arkansas, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday (July 29) on 42 counts of wire fraud and two…
by - July 29, 2020 11:18 am
Bentonville firm adjusts during pandemic, announces new branding
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bentonville-based firm CEI Engineering used time on its hands and previous technology planning to improve its branding and business operations. The national firm with eight U.S….
by - July 29, 2020 11:18 am
Union sues to end waivers that allow faster line speeds at Arkansas poultry plants
Tyson Foods and Wayne Farms were named in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday (July 28) in the District of Columbia by the United Food Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) against the…
by - July 28, 2020 8:01 pm
Downtown Springdale district would allow outdoor consumption of alcohol
Downtown Springdale could soon have an entertainment district to allow those who are at least 21 to consume alcoholic beverages while within its boundaries. Springdale City Council heard Tuesday (July…
by - July 28, 2020 3:47 pm
Northwest Health named to E-QUAL Honor Roll for emergency care
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has named the emergency departments at Northwest Health Physicians’ Specialty Hospital, Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville and Siloam Springs Regional Hospital to its Emergency Quality…
by - July 28, 2020 3:24 pm
Arkansas Legislative Council approves Northwest Arkansas’ COVID-19 proposal
A healthcare group led by the Northwest Arkansas Council will receive $7 million in COVID-19 federal aid to develop a COVID contact tracing program to reduce the spread of the virus…
by - July 28, 2020 9:46 am
Springdale company’s COVID antibody test approved in EU
Springdale-based NOWDiagnostics Inc. has received approval to use its proprietary AdexusDx product line for COVID-19 antibody testing in moderate/complex laboratory settings across 28 countries in the European Union (EU). The…