by - January 7, 2023 10:08 am
Brant Barnes, an independent insurance agent, real estate investor and entrepreneur, died Friday (Jan. 6) in a plane crash in Washington County. According to a Facebook post from the Washington…
by - January 7, 2023 9:54 am
Fayetteville medical clinic WelcomeHealth will celebrate a milestone on Jan. 19. The free health clinic has an open house planned from 10-11:30 a.m. to celebrate a decade at its existing…
by - January 6, 2023 12:14 pm
Little Rock-based Apptegy announced Friday (Jan. 6) it will expand operations by filling 300 new positions. The fast-growing school tech app firm has roughly 400 full-time employees. Apptegy said the…
by - January 5, 2023 3:00 pm
The worst outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the U.S. ever disrupted production and led to increased poultry prices in 2022. An estimated 53 million birds nationwide have been…
by - January 5, 2023 2:51 pm
The state’s flagship college got a new chancellor. Regional healthcare initiatives drew continued investment and one of Northwest Arkansas’ Fortune 500 companies made a significant jobs announcement. Those were some…
by - January 5, 2023 11:42 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has approved a plan to install a military flag display at the Fort Smith Riverfront Park where the Flags over Fort Smith display once…
by - January 5, 2023 11:36 am
Metova Inc., a Tennessee-based software development firm, is relocating its corporate headquarters from Franklin, Tenn., to Bentonville. The company announced the move Thursday (Jan. 5) while also disclosing that its internal…
by - January 5, 2023 9:59 am
Encore Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Encore Bank, have named four new board members. Mark Richardson has been appointed to the Encore Bancshares, Inc. Board of Directors and…
by - January 5, 2023 9:47 am
An international partnership led Rogers-based Onyx Coffee Lab to team up with NBA player Jimmy Butler for a limited-release, competition-level coffee. Onyx co-founder Jon Allen said Butler reached out to…
by - January 5, 2023 8:20 am
Rose Law Firm, a full-service business law firm with offices in Little Rock and Rogers, announced the creation of Rose Group Advisors, a new business strategy and corporate development firm,…
by - January 4, 2023 5:46 pm
The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is slated to add five new members to its ranks this year. Class XXXV induction ceremonies are set for 11:30 a.m. March 3 at…
by - January 4, 2023 3:38 pm
The $435 million sale of Van Buren-based USA Truck to a company based in Germany, and Fort Smith voter approval of a tax extension package valued at more than $210…
by - January 4, 2023 1:26 pm
Tim and Beverly Graham of Springdale and their family have donated $300,000 toward the construction of the $33.5 million Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation at the University…
by - January 4, 2023 10:17 am
The city of Jonesboro will receive a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for an extension of the Jonesboro airport runway, Mayor Harold Copenhaver said. Copenhaver and…
by - January 3, 2023 5:31 pm
Arkansas rice farmers were hit with a number of dramatic challenges as the planting and growing season unfolded during 2022. Weather patterns shifted from too wet to drought. Input costs…
by - January 3, 2023 5:12 pm
Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren building permits totaled $480.376 million in 2022, almost $140 million more than the $343.289 million in 2021. The 39.9% increase sets a significantly higher…
by - January 3, 2023 3:45 pm
A new control tower and connector road for Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill will receive more than half of the $25.6 million in federal funding for 11 projects…
by - January 3, 2023 3:42 pm
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank was Arkansas’s top U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) lender for the ninth consecutive year. The ranking is based on 7(a) loan production for the SBA fiscal year…
by - January 3, 2023 3:38 pm
The city of Mulberry is set to receive $4 million in federal dollars for infrastructure work in and around its industrial park near the Interstate 40 interchange, according to a…
by - January 3, 2023 12:36 pm
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Dec. 19 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
