by - January 10, 2022 4:54 pm
Amazon’s plans to operate a delivery station warehouse in Lowell will likely mean faster delivery times for consumers ordering online. The online retail titan is locating the operation at 315…
by - January 10, 2022 3:15 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is set to begin work on the Interstate 49 connection between Alma and Fort Smith that will span the Arkansas River, but significant construction…
by - January 10, 2022 1:40 pm
The 35-member Arkansas State Senate is about to get a full facelift. State Sen. Trent Garner, R-El Dorado, became the eighth sitting senator to announce he would not seek re-election…
by - January 10, 2022 11:28 am
Farm income and agricultural land values were on the rise in 2021 and are projected to continue upwards in 2022, according to the Fryar Risk Management Center of Excellence. The…
by - January 10, 2022 11:06 am
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. should see annual revenue exceed $10 billion for the first time as it competed across a variety of transportation modes amid tight capacity…
by - January 10, 2022 10:02 am
The nonprofit group United Way of Northwest Arkansas (UWNWA) announced Monday (Jan. 10) the election of Helena Gadison as board chair. The appointment was effective Jan. 1. Gadison succeeds Tyson…
by - January 10, 2022 8:28 am
After the death of a close friend in 2020, Fayetteville entrepreneur Jen Adair wanted to do something to honor her memory but wasn’t sure what. The answer was an online…
by - January 9, 2022 4:09 pm
Inflation continues to impact all sectors of the U.S. economy and some farmers could be impacted by a financial squeeze as planting season begins with global fertilizer prices predicted to…
by - January 8, 2022 9:13 am
Northwest Health Physicians’ Specialty Hospital (PSH) in Fayetteville is offering robotic-assisted total knee replacement surgical services. “For everyone involved — surgeons, staff and patients — this new way of performing…
by - January 8, 2022 8:34 am
1688 Radford Road Residential Cooperative Inc. made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from Nov. 15 through Dec. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s…
by - January 7, 2022 7:09 pm
Arkansas Senate Minority Leader Keith Ingram, D-West Memphis, will not seek re-election following his current term. Ingram has been a member of the Arkansas Legislature since 2009 when he was…
by - January 6, 2022 6:53 pm
With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreading quickly through Sebastian County, the Future School of Fort Smith Board of Directors voted Thursday (Jan. 6) at a special called meeting to…
by - January 6, 2022 5:00 pm
Because of numerous construction challenges, Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation Center will not open until late March. The FSPS school board was told in November the facility would be…
by - January 6, 2022 3:51 pm
Siloam Springs-based Simmons Foods on Thursday (Jan. 6) announced plans to invest $100 million in its prepared foods plant in Van Buren. Company officials said the upgrade will add 100…
by - January 6, 2022 1:50 pm
As the COVID-19 omicron variant washes over Northeast Arkansas, the largest medical provider in the region, St. Bernards, has released information about patients that is crystal clear – the pandemic…
by - January 6, 2022 1:14 pm
As it has become the tradition in our first issue of the year, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal staff has compiled a list of the top 10 business stories of…
by - January 6, 2022 12:08 pm
Maize, or corn, is one of the oldest domesticated crops in human history. It was first grown in southern Mexico more than 10,000 years ago. No one knows when the…
by - January 6, 2022 12:02 pm
Dr. Melvin Beavers, assistant professor in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing, has been selected as the inaugural Chancellor’s Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at the University of…
by - January 6, 2022 11:59 am
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has announced the following changes to its Little Rock Branch board of directors, effective Jan. 1: Millie A. Ward, president of Stone Ward…
by - January 6, 2022 11:36 am
Lowell-based Central Research Inc. (CRI), a provider of management and financial services for the commercial, federal and state government sectors, was recently awarded an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification…
