by - December 14, 2022 4:15 pm
A group led by Orion Capital Partners of Little Rock recently closed a $14.05 million deal to buy a large office complex in Bentonville. Limited liability companies headed by Rogers…
by - December 14, 2022 1:34 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill might recover to 2019 enplanement levels slower than some industry analysts have projected amid a looming recession. On Wednesday (Dec. 14), CEO Aaron Burkes…
by - December 14, 2022 12:51 pm
A new report from California-based Attom Data Solutions shows that 4,501 mortgages secured by residential property were originated in the third quarter (July-September) of 2022 in Northwest Arkansas. That figure…
by - December 14, 2022 10:17 am
Arkansas State University’s Women’s Leadership Center is slated to receive $1.2 million in additional funds and part of that money will be used to create the Arkansas Delta Women’s Leadership…
by - December 14, 2022 9:19 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Dec. 5 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - December 14, 2022 7:29 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed two ordinances at its regular meeting Tuesday (Dec. 13) that will give the mayor and seven directors a 200% and 680% raise, respectively….
by - December 13, 2022 10:20 pm
Ritter Communications announced on Tuesday (Dec. 13) a $1.5 million self-funded expansion project to bring its telecom services and advanced cloud solutions to businesses and community organizations in Union City,…
by - December 13, 2022 6:05 pm
I appreciate State Rep. Marcus Richmond’s recent post regarding ‘swipe fees’ on credit card purchases, and the financial impact those fees have on veterans. As a community banker committed to…
by - December 13, 2022 5:30 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education awarded a constructor manager at risk contract to Conway-based Nabholz Construction for a drainage and additional parking lot project at the FSPS…
by - December 13, 2022 3:42 pm
War in Ukraine, heavy spring rains and then a prolonged summer drought impacted Arkansas’ farm industry in 2022. As a result, input and commodity prices fluctuated wildly, throughout the growing…
by - December 13, 2022 2:24 pm
Partners Robert Murphy and Beau Reynolds opened Heroncrest Event Center, their high-end, luxury event venue, about 18 months ago. Their goal of being “extraordinary every day” has added another option…
by - December 13, 2022 10:50 am
ArcBest Chief Financial Officer David Cobb will retire in October 2023 after 17 years with the Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics company. The company has not yet named a successor….
by - December 12, 2022 6:31 pm
Hallie Shoffner grew up on a farm near the township of Shoffner, named for her family in rural Jackson County. When she left to attend college at Vanderbilt University in…
by - December 12, 2022 4:48 pm
Like most of the country, the Fort Smith metro is seeing an increase in the flu and other respiratory illnesses as the holidays approach, but officials with area hospitals say…
by - December 12, 2022 4:47 pm
A lot of changes will come when Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes office at the beginning of next year, but at least one thing will remain the same. Sanders announced…
by - December 12, 2022 4:28 pm
Tyson Foods has acquired a significant Springdale real estate asset from Walmart Inc. According to Washington County property records, a 130,000-square-foot building at 2800 S. Thompson St. traded for $19.34…
by - December 12, 2022 3:10 pm
Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club kicked off construction of a $3.1 million renovation project on the former Jeffrey Unit on North O Street with a groundbreaking ceremony Monday (Dec….
by - December 12, 2022 1:50 pm
Alice L. Walton School of Medicine announced Monday (Dec. 12) the appointment of nine board members, including Dr. Lloyd Minor, dean of Stanford Medicine, an academic medical center that includes…
by - December 12, 2022 12:19 pm
Residents will have two opportunities this week to provide comments on the nearly $193.2 million project to widen Arkansas Highway 112 from Tontitown to Bentonville. Plans show the 12-mile project…
by - December 12, 2022 9:21 am
As accomplished as Lakeisha Edwards is — and she is very accomplished — her résumé doesn’t exactly scream “arts ecosystem.” Born and raised in Tennessee, the 43-year-old Edwards spent most…
