by - August 8, 2023 12:55 pm
A Missouri entrepreneur plans to build a world-class tourist attraction six miles east of Vinita in sparsely populated northeast Oklahoma off Highway 60 — formerly the famed Route 66 —…
by - August 7, 2023 5:06 pm
Tyson Foods announced Monday (Aug. 7) plans to close four chicken processing plants in North Little Rock, Noel and Dexter, Mo., and Corydon, Ind., over the next three quarters. The…
by - August 7, 2023 12:58 pm
Rogers-based Excellerate Foundation has established a subsidiary focused on offering more affordable housing to low-income families in Northwest Arkansas, according to a Monday (Aug. 7) news release. Excellerate Housing LLC…
by - August 7, 2023 11:27 am
Tyson Foods on Monday (Aug. 7) reported a quarterly net income loss of $417 million, a wide swing from net income of $720 million in the year-ago quarter. The company…
by - August 6, 2023 9:33 am
A German company that does consumer product safety testing will relocate its Bentonville lab to a larger space this fall. TÜV Rheinland of North America Inc. will move the lab…
by - August 4, 2023 8:00 pm
Little Rock-based pediatric healthcare organization Arkansas Children’s has received $25 million, the largest gift in its history, from Fayetteville nonprofit Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation. The money, spread over…
by - August 3, 2023 3:45 pm
It’s another down cycle for Tyson Foods. The Springdale-based meat giant is expected Aug. 7 to report a third fiscal quarter net income of $95.3 million, well below the consensus…
by - August 3, 2023 9:32 am
Billionaire developer and philanthropist Johnelle Hunt, co-founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., has pledged $250,000 to establish the Hunt Family Fund for Excellence at the University of Arkansas for…
by - August 3, 2023 8:35 am
The largest law practice in Northwest Arkansas relocated its Fayetteville office this year and is under new leadership. Kutak Rock, a national law firm headquartered in Omaha, Neb., moved from…
by - August 2, 2023 12:57 pm
A Cleveland-based entrepreneurship education and experiences organization for K-12 students is expanding into Northwest Arkansas after receiving more than $1.21 million from the Walton Family Foundation, according to a Wednesday…
by - August 2, 2023 7:58 am
Total Document Solutions Inc. (TDSiT) of Lowell, an IT imaging company, has acquired office IT and print services provider Business World Inc. (BWI) of Little Rock. Financial terms were not…
by - August 1, 2023 11:38 am
NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville has hired Brooke Brewer as its first full-time athletic director. The college issued a news release Tuesday (Aug. 1). Brewer teaches and coaches at…
by - August 1, 2023 10:12 am
Rogers-based Beaty Capital Group (BCG), which owns TempleLive in downtown Fort Smith, has obtained an $8.1 million construction loan for a second phase of renovation of the more than 100-year-old…
by - July 31, 2023 3:53 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. will purchase 13 zero-emission electric trucks from Phoenix-based manufacturer Nikola Corp., according to a Monday (July 31) news release. The announcement to acquire…
by - July 30, 2023 10:43 am
Bentonville-based Outdoor Cap, one of the country’s largest headwear suppliers, is ranked No. 25 on the PPAI Top 100, an inaugural ranking of industry leaders by the trade group Promotional…
by - July 28, 2023 10:38 am
Brad Hammond, the leader of Olsson’s Fayetteville office, received the George Warren Fuller Award from the Southwest Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA). The AWWA presented Hammond with…
by - July 27, 2023 1:10 pm
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the July 17 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - July 27, 2023 8:37 am
A 9.8-acre commercial development in Rogers sold recently for $6.25 million. Pleasant Partners LLC, managed by Fayetteville real estate investor TJ Lefler, bought the property at the northeast corner of…
by - July 26, 2023 5:53 pm
Bentonville-based Walmart and beverage/snack titan PepsiCo plan to partner over the next seven years to make $120 million worth of investments to support farmers on soil health and water quality…
by - July 26, 2023 10:31 am
The four largest cities in Northwest Arkansas had record sales tax revenue for the region at $10.508 million reported in July. Cumulative revenue from Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale rose…
