by - October 31, 2018 3:00 pm
XNA to expand security checkpoint
A 30-foot renovation to the security checkpoint at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) about 12 years ago was supposed to add enough extra capacity to last 20 years, but growth…
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by - October 31, 2018 10:17 am
Arvest Bank enters digital mortgage arena with new mobile app
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank is hoping to boost its state-leading home loan business through a new digital mortgage application platform called Home4Me. Loan applicants can use the app to submit the…
by - October 30, 2018 3:40 pm
Documents show NWACC prepared two options for Glenn Mack: resign or be fired
Glenn Mack abruptly resigned his position as executive director of the Brightwater culinary school in Bentonville on Oct. 15. Only a few days earlier, his employer had prepared two options…
by - October 29, 2018 4:49 pm
Northwest Health says Mayo Clinic partnership is a success
For more than 150 years the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has been a destination for healthcare. While Northwest Arkansas continues to work toward being a destination for healthcare excellence…
by - October 29, 2018 4:16 pm
More than $63 million in interstate rehab, signage set for Fort Smith metro, NWA
A little more than $63 million in interstate rehab and signage work in Crawford, Benton, Sebastian and Washington counties has been approved by the Arkansas Highway Commission, with most of…
by - October 29, 2018 3:19 pm
The Supply Side: Lakeside Foods acquires Fayetteville startup Good Eats Food Co.
Three years after its inception, Fayetteville startup Good Eats Food Co., has a new owner. Lakeside Foods, headquartered in Manitowoc, Wis., acquired the vegetable company, founded by Trey Taylor and…
by - October 29, 2018 3:09 pm
Arts integration remains a top priority for UA officials
The integration of arts into curriculum across the University of Arkansas campus has begun, with the first professor being cross-appointed between the Sam M. Walton College of Business and the…
by - October 28, 2018 1:52 pm
Sales tax revenue in October report up 10% among four large cities
The combined sales tax revenue in Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale totaled $6.027 million, up 10% from a year ago. Revenue in the October report rebounded from a tepid 1.54%…
by - October 26, 2018 4:51 pm
Rep. Steve Womack, area businesses encourage students to consider technical career
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, encouraged nearly 1,000 students from Northwest Arkansas high schools and Springdale-based Northwest Technical Institute (NWTI) to seek a technical education. Womack spoke to the students…
by - October 26, 2018 4:02 pm
Then & Now: MBA propels Joy Hagerty toward new career path
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Oct. 15 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - October 26, 2018 8:29 am
Multifamily asset Towne Park at Har-Ber in Springdale sells for $28.9 million
A real estate investment trust in Little Rock has closed on the purchase of a Springdale multifamily development for $28.9 million. BSR REIT, a publicly traded multifamily management company, is…
by - October 25, 2018 5:47 pm
Mote recalls role guarding Little Rock Nine during crisis at Central High
Jim Mote was an 18-year-old farm boy picking cotton in northeast Arkansas one morning when he saw a military truck approaching. It was September 1957, and Mote — one of…
by - October 25, 2018 2:15 pm
KUAF collects 95% of fall fundraising goal
Fayetteville radio station KUAF 91.3 FM, the flagship National Public Radio station for Northwest Arkansas, raised 95% of its target amount during its recent fall fundraiser. Kyle Kellams, the station’s…
by - October 24, 2018 5:49 pm
Real Deals: Meek’s Lumber properties change hands for $7.18 million
A trio of building supply developments in Benton and Washington counties recently sold for a combined $7.18 million. STORE Capital Corp. of Scottsdale, Ariz., through its Store Master Funding XV…
by - October 24, 2018 5:42 pm
XNA authority promotes Kelly Johnson to chief operating officer
Airport Director Kelly Johnson of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill has been promoted to chief operating officer and will start in the position Nov. 1. Members of…
by - October 24, 2018 9:13 am
Topgolf files site plan for Rogers location, on track for spring 2019 groundbreaking
Dallas-based entertainment company Topgolf has filed its preliminary site plan with the city of Rogers for technical review. The document was filed Oct. 19 by engineering and design firm Crafton…
by - October 23, 2018 6:27 pm
Grocery delivery comes to NWA from Walmart, Tyson goes to India for tech talent
Technology is transforming Northwest Arkansas’ three largest companies and each are embracing the changes. Officials with J.B. Hunt, Tyson Foods and Walmart took part in a panel discussion moderated by…
by - October 23, 2018 6:00 pm
Electric, automated vehicles continue to evolve; technology revolution in ‘opening credits’
Craig Harper, chief operating officer of Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services, explained the advantages of electric vehicles and how automated technology has improved vehicle safety in his keynote address…
by - October 23, 2018 3:04 pm
Technology changing medical outcomes, early diagnosis
Technology continues to turn the healthcare sector on its head with new innovations devices used in the privacy of one’s home can accurately confirm disease. New techniques in genetic analysis…
by - October 23, 2018 9:07 am
Sunstar enters Northwest Arkansas market with office in Rogers
Little Rock-based Sunstar Insurance of Arkansas has opened an office in Rogers at 3333 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Suite 410. The Northwest Arkansas office will be led by Fred B. Stone,…