by - January 1, 2024 11:27 am
Ozark, Mo.-based Big Whiskey’s plans to build a fourth Northwest Arkansas restaurant. According to preliminary filings with the Rogers Planning Commission, the proposed site is in Rogers’ Pleasant Crossing area…
by - January 1, 2024 11:23 am
A 17.4-acre land sale east of Interstate 49 in Rogers’ Pleasant Crossing area closed recently for $5.16 million. The purchase price equals $6.82 per square foot. CarMax Auto Superstores Inc….
by - December 27, 2023 7:02 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. will incorporate Nikola zero-emission trucks into its fleet when they’re available and meet its safety standards, a company executive said recently. On Nov. 2, Nikola…
by - December 26, 2023 7:37 am
Engineering and design firm Olsson has moved into its new Fayetteville office. The company’s first official day with a new address was Dec. 4. The new 37,000-square-foot building, with Olsson…
by - December 25, 2023 9:25 am
On a mild December morning, Joe and Mary Saumweber of Bentonville walked the remnants of their farm’s asparagus crop surrounding the high tunnels where strawberries grow. They crossed the field…
by - December 22, 2023 8:18 am
Texas-based Builders FirstSource has completed a deal to acquire Encore Building Products of Springdale. Financial terms were not disclosed. Encore supplies professional contractors and multi-family builders, primarily in Northwest Arkansas….
by - December 21, 2023 3:21 pm
Springdale nonprofit The Jones Center is looking for a new chief executive. Terri Trotter, president and CEO since 2021, has resigned. A spokeswoman for The Jones Center confirmed her departure…
by - December 21, 2023 2:23 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in 2018 paved the way for individual states to legalize and regulate sports betting….
by - December 21, 2023 10:00 am
Two established auto repair businesses in Fayetteville, University Auto & Tire and The Grease Pig Lube and Tune, have completed a merger. The acquisition by University Auto, owned by Will…
by - December 20, 2023 1:35 pm
A new service for Springdale-based neurodiagnostic services provider Advanced Monitoring Services has achieved 800% growth this year. The ambulatory electroencephalography (EEG) service is the company’s first to use technology to…
by - December 20, 2023 1:29 pm
Home sales through November in Northwest Arkansas’ two most populous counties remain down by double digits, but there is a small sign of optimism. There were 9,108 homes sold through…
by - December 20, 2023 6:55 am
Marlon Blackwell Architects (MBA), the Fayetteville firm owned by University of Arkansas professor Marlon Blackwell and his wife, Meryati Blackwell, has been chosen to design a new 100-foot-tall air traffic…
by - December 19, 2023 12:27 pm
According to Attom Data Solutions, mortgage originations in Northwest Arkansas were down about 33% in the third quarter this year compared with the same time last year. That’s a bigger…
by - December 19, 2023 11:51 am
Former Sebastian County Sheriff Gary Grimes has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas. The nomination, announced Tuesday (Dec. 19),…
by - December 19, 2023 10:14 am
Three years ago, Phil Libin, the co-founder and former CEO of note-taking app Evernote, gave up his life as a San Francisco commuter — and all that implies — and…
by - December 19, 2023 9:45 am
Bentonville nonprofit Art Bridges Foundation has named Anne Kraybill its new chief executive. She is replacing Paul Provost, the founding CEO (2019-2023). A foundation spokeswoman said Provost stepped down to…
by - December 18, 2023 9:09 am
Residential building permit activity for single-family homes in Northwest Arkansas’s four largest cities is up 16.2% from last year’s pace through the first 11 months of 2023. According to permit…
by - December 18, 2023 8:33 am
The recent documentary by Bentonville-based outdoor apparel company LIVSN Designs and Fayetteville-based production company Blk Elk Media has earned national and international attention after being screened at two of the…
by - December 17, 2023 10:41 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Dec. 4 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - December 17, 2023 9:52 am
Mervin Jebaraj, economist with the University of Arkansas Walton College of Business, offers a gymnastics analogy for the Federal Reserve Bank’s handling of the tumultuous economy. Observers have wondered if…
