by - April 23, 2024 7:39 am
Magdalene Serenity House, a Fayetteville-based human services nonprofit, has a new executive director. Takama Statton-Brooks was selected from more than 50 applicants and started the job this past October. Magdalene…
by - April 22, 2024 3:30 pm
Arkansas restaurant chain Wright’s Barbecue will have a new location incorporated into the Walmart corporate campus under construction in Bentonville. Cindi Marsiglio, Walmart’s senior vice president for corporate real estate, announced the…
by - April 22, 2024 8:05 am
JLC Second Chance Trucking recently opened a Siloam Springs office. The nonprofit established the office to help those with criminal records to become truck drivers. Jerry Cox of Siloam Springs…
by - April 21, 2024 9:19 am
Year-to-date home sales in Northwest Arkansas’ two largest counties through the first three months of 2024 are flat compared with the same period last year. There were 2,040 homes sold…
by - April 21, 2024 8:24 am
RyLeigh Werner, a University of Arkansas student, started a tutoring company last year to help students with their business classes. Werner is director of the student advisory board and program…
by - April 20, 2024 9:17 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the April 8 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - April 19, 2024 5:47 pm
Walmart is the nation’s largest private employer with more than 1.625 million employees. The retail giant boasts about efforts to be an employer of choice for everyone, regardless of race,…
by - April 19, 2024 1:41 pm
Fayetteville-based Startup Junkie, in partnership with Stout Street Capital, 412 Angels, Startup NWA and other regional collaborators, will host the first-ever Northwest Arkansas-based VC Day. It will take place Wednesday…
by - April 19, 2024 11:04 am
Springdale-based advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi X has named Lee Esmond of Fayetteville as its new president. She is replacing Jessica Hendrix, who led the agency for nearly nine years….
by - April 18, 2024 4:52 pm
Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. posted double-digit declines in earnings and revenue in a challenging first quarter as the company’s stock fell to a 52-week low. After the markets…
by - April 18, 2024 10:37 am
Bentonville-based Walton Family Foundation (WFF) announced two new fellows on Thursday (April 18): Emily Fairfax and Meaghan Parker. Fairfax is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Minnesota. Parker is…
by - April 18, 2024 8:46 am
The city of Rogers recently issued a building permit to Little Rock-based Clark Contractors valued at $22 million. The permit is backing the construction of middle and high school additions…
by - April 17, 2024 3:16 pm
Northwest Arkansas will add about 11 miles of interstate-style freeway to the region when nearly $310 million in highway projects are completed over the next three years. On Wednesday (April…
by - April 17, 2024 3:12 pm
One week ago, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal honored its winners in the inaugural Outstanding Business of the Year awards. The luncheon event, sponsored by Arvest and Rose Law Firm,…
by - April 17, 2024 11:08 am
Tulsa-based AMC Mortgage has opened a second Northwest Arkansas office in Fayetteville. The company is leasing approximately 900 square feet inside an 8,000-square-foot office building at Glory Drive and North…
by - April 16, 2024 5:47 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. posted declines in earnings and revenue in the first quarter as freight market softness persists. After the markets closed Tuesday (April 16), J.B….
by - April 16, 2024 10:41 am
Technology startup Xtremis, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas, has plans to open a first-of-its-kind innovation campus for the rapid advancement of electromagnetic spectrum technologies. It’s expected to position…
by - April 16, 2024 10:04 am
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank recently kicked off its 14th annual Million Meals campaign to raise money to help feed area families. The campaign runs through May 31. The campaign will benefit…
by - April 15, 2024 9:03 am
Cortado Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in Oklahoma City with more than $110 million in assets under management (AUM), will host its second annual Midcontinent Venture Capital Summit on May…
by - April 14, 2024 10:20 am
The city of Pea Ridge and the Pea Ridge School District partnered on a $1.55 million real estate deal to buy approximately 55 acres just east of the city limits…
