by - May 3, 2017 11:07 am
Aaron Peters, who was let go last fall from his longtime job as sports anchor for the “Razorback Nation” on NBC affiliate KNWA-TV in Fayetteville, is writing a new chapter…
by - May 2, 2017 4:25 pm
Endeavor Foundation in Springdale awarded grants totaling $4.9 million to two Fayetteville organizations, one that fights poverty and one that aids victims of domestic violence. The foundation gave $3.9 million…
by - May 2, 2017 4:16 pm
Planned capital projects at U.S. airports have fallen 3% since 2015, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, but city airports in Northwest Arkansas haven’t seen a decline in the projects…
by - May 2, 2017 7:43 am
The Downtown Springdale Alliance has hired Kelly Hale Syer as its new executive director, the nonprofit announced in a press release on Monday (May 1). She will replace Misty Murphy,…
by - May 1, 2017 4:09 pm
Sales tax revenue for the four largest Northwest Arkansas cities was mostly lower in the April report as the cumulative totaled $5.018 million, down 2.16% from a year ago. Rogers…
by - May 1, 2017 3:50 pm
The Bentonville Film Festival (May 2-7) this year is expanding its theme of inclusion and diversity to promote work done by individuals with disabilities, through a partnership with Inclusion Films,…
by - May 1, 2017 3:13 pm
Batesville-chartered The Citizens Bank, which has two offices in Northwest Arkansas, is expanding its footprint in the region. The northeast Arkansas-based lender closed recently on a $2.2 million purchase of…
by - May 1, 2017 9:20 am
Bentonville-based RevUnit has acquired Teamvvork, a Las Vegas-based digital agency that builds software and provides digital marketing services. With the acquisition, according to a press release from the company, RevUnit adds…
by - April 28, 2017 9:48 am
Realtors in Northwest Arkansas sold a combined $418.86 million in residential properties through March this year. That’s according to data provided by Eric Harris, an agent with Crawford Real Estate…
by - April 28, 2017 6:39 am
Earnings for P.A.M. Transportation Services declined 22% in the first quarter as it reduced some costs but has yet to secure rate increases. In the quarter that ended March 31,…
by - April 27, 2017 5:17 pm
Search providers need to “get smarter” about connecting people to information in an accurate and helpful way, said Ben Emmrich, strategic partner developer for Google. He spoke on “reaching today’s…
by - April 27, 2017 4:18 pm
Things are different with Tyson Foods CEO Tom Hayes. He’s more likely to wear a plaid dress shirt and dark pants than the traditional khaki duds worn by his predecessors….
by - April 26, 2017 12:43 pm
In several ways, Katie Cook is unique. She was born with a rare defect called agenesis of the corpus callosum, or ACC, where the band of white matter connecting the…
by - April 26, 2017 11:51 am
Publicly held Ecoark Holdings of Rogers (OTCQX: EARK), which has taken several steps recently to streamline operations and reallocate capital, has sold one of its subsidiaries, Phoenix-based Eco3d, a 3-D…
by - April 26, 2017 11:39 am
Hog Radio Inc. of De Queen in southwest Arkansas has filed the necessary paperwork to purchase a 50,000-watt radio station licensed in Bella Vista. According to a filing with the…
by - April 25, 2017 4:06 pm
Changes with the Wal-Mart Stores board of directors have shaved 11 years off the board’s median age in the past two years. The board in fiscal 2017 had a median…
by - April 25, 2017 2:37 pm
Ed Mueller, founder of Carolina Gumbaya, rekindled his food passion after retiring and relocating to Myrtle Beach, S.C., five years ago from Michigan. Mueller told the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal…
by - April 25, 2017 12:18 pm
Supporting STEM & Space, a Fayetteville-based nonprofit, is raising money to transport from Pennsylvania to Northwest Arkansas a 50,000-pound, antique telescope, donated to the organization by Swarthmore College. At 36…
by - April 25, 2017 7:39 am
Tyson Foods is acquiring Cincinnati-based AdvancePierre Foods Holdings in a $4.2 billion deal that includes assumption of $1.1 billion in debt, or roughly $40.25 per share. Tuesday’s (April 25) news…
by - April 24, 2017 4:18 pm
Chris Weiser, president and CEO of J.V. Manufacturing in Springdale, has been appointed to the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Advisory Board of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The institute…
