by - October 10, 2021 10:04 am
Longtime Northwest Arkansas banker Ron Branscum has made a career change. Branscum resigned from Arvest Bank in December and launched Strategic Business Consulting Inc. (SBC) with a focus on helping…
by - October 10, 2021 10:01 am
The Springdale Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a ribbon-cutting and grand opening at 10 a.m. Nov. 3 to celebrate the completion of an 81,000-square-foot office building for Arkansas Blue Cross…
by - October 9, 2021 10:03 am
Gainesville, Mo.-based Century Bank of the Ozarks (CBO) opened a loan production office (LPO) in downtown Fayetteville in August. The company’s office is at 1 E. Center St. inside the…
by - October 8, 2021 8:07 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Public Radio, home of KUAR FM 89.1 and KLRE Classical 90.5, closed its annual fall fund drive with an anonymous donation of $1.5…
by - October 8, 2021 6:05 pm
Robert Powell, a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, an officer of what was then Arkansas Best Corp., and co-founder of Van Buren-based USA Truck, has died. He was 87. In 1983…
by - October 8, 2021 1:28 pm
Grady Spann, who started his career with Arkansas State Parks in 1993 as superintendent of Parkin Archeological State Park and rose to director of the Division of Arkansas State Parks…
by - October 8, 2021 12:25 pm
Mary Claire Hyatt joined Fayetteville Public Schools on Sept. 20 as general counsel for the school district. “We are very happy to welcome Mary Claire Hyatt to our administrative team,”…
by - October 8, 2021 9:05 am
A 102-unit apartment complex near the Benton County Fairgrounds in Bentonville sold recently for $14.1 million. The purchase price equals $138,882 per unit. Advanced Precision Group of New Jersey, a…
by - October 8, 2021 8:40 am
Mid-America Truck Driving School Inc. recently relocated its Springdale campus to a larger location that will allow the school to more than double its student enrollment capacity. The school has…
by - October 7, 2021 4:54 pm
Two identical Congressional redistricting maps, a Senate and House version, have been sent to the governor’s desk. HB 1982 and SB 743 splits two counties within the state, Sebastian and…
by - October 7, 2021 1:28 pm
The pace of building activity in the Fort Smith metro area during September may be lower than it was in September 2020, but the region is still ahead of where…
by - October 7, 2021 1:03 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is expected to post double-digit increases in earnings and revenue for the third quarter amid strong pricing, freight demand and tight capacity. Before the markets…
by - October 7, 2021 12:40 pm
Texas-based Halff Associates Inc., an engineering/architecture consulting firm, said Thursday (Oct. 7) it is acquiring Arkansas civil engineering firm Morrison-Shipley Engineers Inc. (MSE). Financial terms of the deal were not…
by - October 7, 2021 11:11 am
A Northwest Arkansas business owner plans to relocate his jewelry store in Fayetteville, with growth plans on the horizon. Diamond Center Jewelers will relocate in October from North Shiloh Drive…
by - October 7, 2021 11:00 am
Springdale nonprofit Excellerate Foundation announced Thursday (Oct. 7) that Carol Silva Moralez is the first president and CEO of Upskill NWA. The new adult education organization is being incubated within…
by - October 7, 2021 9:58 am
St. Bernards Behavioral Health (SBBH) launched a new 24/7 call center on Wednesday (Oct. 6) aimed at providing informational resources for behavioral and mental health-related services and questions. The center,…
by - October 7, 2021 7:44 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Sept. 27 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - October 7, 2021 7:38 am
Ethel Tompkins was at the 60th anniversary celebration of the Hoxie School District integration when she was asked a simple, but poignant question. She was one of the Black students…
by - October 6, 2021 10:06 pm
Former U.S. District Judge J. Leon Holmes has rejoined the Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull law firm. The firm also announced that John M. Jewell and Shelley Fleisch-Djurica have joined the…
by - October 6, 2021 5:15 pm
The city of Fort Smith has requested a waiver for a flag display removed 18 months ago even though the waiver process has not yet been created by the Arkansas…
