by - February 10, 2022 10:01 am
After declining years in 2019 and 2020, residential building permits in Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities bounced back significantly in 2021. According to permit data from each city collected by…
by - February 10, 2022 8:33 am
Arvest Bank has named Keith Bowles a senior vice president and regional branch administrator for its Benton County market. He is responsible for managing and supervising Arvest branches in Bentonville…
by - February 9, 2022 5:41 pm
The Community School of the Arts (CSA) received a $750,000 grant from the Mabee Foundation to support its Inspiring Excellence campaign to build a new Center for the Creative Arts…
by - February 9, 2022 5:25 pm
Grizzly Gear, the school-based enterprise (SBE) at Northside High School, is among 461 school-based enterprises achieving Gold Certification for the 2021-2022 school year. This is the 10th consecutive year that…
by - February 9, 2022 1:46 pm
Despite a period of economic ups and downs during the pandemic, construction and design did remain active, and many projects were completed in 2021. But how do the design prospects…
by - February 9, 2022 1:41 pm
Little Rock-based Arkansas Heart Hospital is expanding to Texas next month. The hospital will open its first out-of-state facility at 3930 Galleria Oaks Drive in Texarkana in March 2022. The…
by - February 9, 2022 1:36 pm
Prosecutor Keith Chrestman has filed a motion in Crittenden County Circuit Court asking a judge to not allow advanced DNA testing to move forward in the infamous West Memphis Three…
by - February 9, 2022 10:28 am
Springdale-based healthcare provider Northwest Health recently completed a $4.5 million expansion of the behavioral health unit at Northwest Medical Center – Springdale, according to a Wednesday (Feb. 9) news release….
by - February 9, 2022 9:26 am
Fayetteville-based electronics manufacturer Ozark Integrated Circuits (Ozark IC) recently was awarded nearly $200,000 as part of a $35 million clean energy initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy. The $199,935…
by - February 9, 2022 8:34 am
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board (ASPB) and the Arkansas Soybean Association (ASA) have selected the winners of the 2021 “Grow for the Green” soybean yield contest. The winners were announced…
by - February 9, 2022 8:27 am
Encore Bank of Little Rock has been a quiet regional success story. Its chapters for growth in 2022 and beyond are likely to shine more of a spotlight on the…
by - February 8, 2022 9:44 pm
Republican Colby Fulfer edged Democrat Lisa Parks in a closely-contested special election to fill a vacancy in the District 7 Arkansas State Senate seat. Former State Sen. Lance Eads, R-Springdale,…
by - February 8, 2022 9:19 pm
A proposed new standard operating procedure for leak adjustments through the Fort Smith Utilities Department was shot down during a Fort Smith Board of Directors study session Tuesday night (Feb….
by - February 8, 2022 6:24 pm
Several years ago, a female scientist needed a specific type of MRI machine to further her research. There was only one in the state and she had no access to…
by - February 8, 2022 5:12 pm
Air travel is slowly returning to Fort Smith, but at levels still well below those prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport in 2021 totaled…
by - February 8, 2022 3:22 pm
U.S. Steel execs and Arkansas officials broke ground Tuesday (Feb. 8) on the largest economic development project in Arkansas history, a $3 billion steel mill at Osceola. U.S. Steel President…
by - February 8, 2022 2:28 pm
ARORA named Mark Tudor as its new CEO. The largest organ and tissue recovery agency announced the news on Tuesday (Feb. 8), but Tudor started in the job on Jan….
by - February 8, 2022 12:44 pm
U.S. agricultural commodity prices have been on the rebound, but at least one – rice – is still in a turbulent patch, USA Rice President and CEO Betsy Ward said…
by - February 8, 2022 9:47 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Jan. 31 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - February 8, 2022 6:35 am
Changing consumer expectations, emerging technologies and new business models are forcing the banking industry to formulate strategies now to prepare for the future. Arkansas’ largest bank has turned to a…
