by - March 17, 2024 9:46 am
Chris Horton, a key leadership team member for years at Bentonville architecture and engineering firm HFA (formerly Harrison French & Associates), has retired. Horton, 58, is retiring as president and…
by - March 17, 2024 9:42 am
Sixteen companies have been named finalists for the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s inaugural Northwest Arkansas Outstanding Business Awards. The Business Journal will highlight the finalists in the April 8 issue…
by - March 16, 2024 7:13 pm
Pulaski Technical College’s Advanced Manufacturing Program has received a $1,784,016 grant from the Arkansas Department of Commerce Office of Skills Development to modernize its advanced manufacturing program. The Arkansas Department…
by - March 15, 2024 1:07 pm
With the recent retirement of Kelvin Buncum as the head of Walmart’s Neighborhood Market formats, the retailer announced Kyle Kinnard will take over the duties as senior vice president and…
by - March 15, 2024 11:04 am
Laura Merling, chief transformation and operations officer at Bentonville-based Arvest Bank, is no longer with the company. On Friday (March 15), a bank spokesman confirmed Merling’s departure in February in…
by - March 14, 2024 6:58 pm
Construction will begin on the $25.2 million Windgate Art and Innovation Center at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro following approval by the ASU System Board of Trustees on Thursday (March…
by - March 14, 2024 6:42 pm
The 2024 Northeast Arkansas Hybrid Rural Business Development Conference, with a theme of “Reimagining Rural Arkansas: Pathways to Growth and Success” will be held March 22 in Blytheville. Providing small…
by - March 14, 2024 5:01 pm
The City of Fort Smith will receive $12 million to help with a 48-inch water transmission line from Lake Fort Smith thanks to appropriations bills signed by President Joe Biden…
by - March 14, 2024 8:01 am
Jim Walton, board chairman of Walton family-owned Arvest Bank of Bentonville and Fayetteville-based Arvest Bank Group Inc., the holding company for the bank and several related entities, is taking on…
by - March 14, 2024 5:53 am
Northwest Arkansas, or the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro, remained the fastest-growing metro in the state in 2023. Benton County was the state’s fastest-growing county. On Thursday (March 14), the U.S. Census Bureau…
by - March 13, 2024 6:48 pm
Conductor announced the opening of applications for the 8th cohort of its 10X Growth Accelerator program. Funding for the 10X Growth Accelerator is provided by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission,…
by - March 13, 2024 5:18 pm
The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) announced Wednesday (March 13) that the Hot Springs Metro Partnership has once again been recognized as one of 78 economic development organizations accredited by…
by - March 13, 2024 5:13 pm
The college admissions landscape has evolved significantly in recent years, as evidenced by tightening acceptance rates at selective and highly selective colleges and universities, the introduction of test-optional and test-free…
by - March 13, 2024 4:46 pm
Data from the fourth quarter The Compass Report shows that building activity, sales tax revenue and slightly muted job growth helped support healthy economies in Arkansas and the state’s top…
by - March 13, 2024 3:50 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has hired Brooke Magallanes as its new associate vice chancellor for enrollment management. She will begin her role at UAFS March 18 with…
by - March 13, 2024 1:40 pm
Excellerate Housing, a subsidiary of Rogers-based Excellerate Foundation, has hired Jamion T. Nash as vice president to lead the foundation’s affordable housing initiatives in Northwest Arkansas. According to a news…
by - March 13, 2024 12:17 pm
Seven recipients were selected as Living Legends Award winners with connections to Arkansas State University. Recipients include retired Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, retired Lt. Col. Frederick C. Turner Jr., Cora…
by - March 13, 2024 12:11 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has partnered with the Farm Credit Associations of Arkansas for the 9th annual Arkansas Farmers Market Promotion Program. This program, which is administered by the…
by - March 13, 2024 10:38 am
The NorthWest Arkansas Community College Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the two-year college in Bentonville, has appointed David Walker of Bentonville to its board of directors. “I am excited to…
by - March 13, 2024 10:29 am
Construction is expected to start this summer on a four-lane, interstate-style divided highway to run between Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill and the Springdale Northern Bypass, or Highway…
