by - February 24, 2020 3:54 pm
NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant worth $586,900. College officials said Monday (Feb. 24) the funding will be used to purchase equipment…
by - February 24, 2020 2:56 pm
Bentonville welcomed Caryl Stern to the city as the new executive director for the Walton Family Foundation by having her take part in a panel discussion on Monday (Feb. 24)…
by - February 24, 2020 1:50 pm
The University of Arkansas baseball team finished the 2019 season where only eight programs end up each year — the College World Series. The Hogs did something else last year…
by - February 24, 2020 11:37 am
Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux is targeting March 9 to open its Northwest Arkansas location in Rogers. The Baton Rouge, La.-based company, owned in part by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, will…
by - February 23, 2020 11:20 am
Randy Lawson, a longtime Bentonville oil and gas man, started his career like most in the energy industry — a landman, acquiring mineral rights from landowners. Nearly 40 years later,…
by - February 23, 2020 11:14 am
Louise Epstein, director of university partnerships for Bentonville-based Walton Family Foundation (WFF), resigned last month less than two years after taking up the job. Her final day was Jan. 10….
by - February 22, 2020 10:26 am
Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit recently broke ground on an 8,800-square-foot office building that will replace ORT’s existing administrative offices at 2423 E. Robinson Ave. The $2.9 million project…
by - February 21, 2020 3:39 pm
It took roughly six years of planning and undisclosed millions to breathe life into the former Kraft Cheese plant a few blocks from the downtown Bentonville square. The Momentary is…
by - February 21, 2020 12:57 pm
Reality TV-like series “Down to Earth” features surveyors of Rogers-based engineering company Crafton Tull in the first three episodes, titled “The Ozarks.” Bret Burghdurf, marketing director of the Americas for…
by - February 21, 2020 12:33 pm
John Brown University in Siloam Springs announced Friday (Feb. 21) the addition of an undergraduate cybersecurity degree beginning in the fall of 2020. Students can select to pursue either a…
by - February 20, 2020 4:03 pm
The Bentonville Schools Board of Education has extended the contract of Superintendent Dr. Debbie Jones by one year through at least the 2022-23 school year. “Dr. Jones is a thoughtfully…
by - February 20, 2020 12:26 pm
New data from the Northwest Arkansas Board of Realtors (NABOR) indicates the housing market in the two-county area is off to a strong start in 2020. According to the latest…
by - February 20, 2020 10:14 am
Bentonville arts venue the Momentary is set to open Feb. 22, and members can visit it the day before. The 63,000-square-foot satellite to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was…
by - February 20, 2020 8:49 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville has chosen Arias (Al) Massri as vice president of finance and administration, a position vacated by Debi Buckley who retired in November after nine…
by - February 19, 2020 6:46 pm
Tyson Foods CEO Noel White said despite the opening of China for U.S. protein, a six-fold increase in pork exports, and robust chicken exports to begin 2020, the new coronavirus…
by - February 19, 2020 6:30 pm
America’s Car-Mart earnings and revenue rose in the third quarter of fiscal 2020 as it beat analysts’ expectations for the period and ended the trading day with a record-high stock…
by - February 19, 2020 5:28 pm
Walmart continues to draw Wall Street support, despite the slight earnings miss in the retailer’s fourth-quarter reported Tuesday (Feb. 17). Some analysts polled by Talk Business & Politics believe Walmart…
by - February 19, 2020 1:41 pm
The charitable arm of electric utility American Electric Power (AEP) has donated $1 million to the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. The gift from the AEP Foundation will support students…
by - February 19, 2020 1:24 pm
Tyson Foods said chief accounting officer Steve Gibbs will be leaving the company effective Friday (Feb. 21). Gibbs joined Tyson Foods in December 2018. He has accepted employment with an…
by - February 18, 2020 4:09 pm
The University of Arkansas has started a search for the next vice chancellor for economic development, while Stacy Leeds, who is in that role currently, will remain in the position…
