by - August 26, 2021 9:16 am
Elizabeth Small, primary instructor for the Real Estate program in UA Little Rock’s School of Business, will take on an additional role with the university as director of business networks….
by - August 26, 2021 9:10 am
Affirma, a Bellevue, Wash.-based technology services company, plans to open a 3,581-square-foot office in Bentonville by Sept. 1. It has about 2,300 square feet of office space in Fayetteville. According…
by - August 26, 2021 8:13 am
A Colorado nonprofit administrator is the new executive director of Bentonville nonprofit Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter. Rebekah Mitchell will succeed Rick Brazile, who has served as interim executive director since…
by - August 25, 2021 6:20 pm
Fort Smith’s sales tax revenue had another strong month with revenue 9% higher than this time last year. The city’s share of the Sebastian County sales tax brought $1.79 million…
by - August 25, 2021 2:16 pm
The University of Arkansas announced Wednesday (Aug. 25) a $30 million partial challenge grant from the Windgate Foundation to further expand the Windgate Art and Design District, a home for…
by - August 25, 2021 1:51 pm
Lawrence Healthcare and Williams Baptist University have formed a partnership to fill employment needs at the hospital while providing valuable experience and training for WBU students. Through the agreement, students…
by - August 25, 2021 12:09 pm
Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded $3.6 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to complete phase 2 clinical trials of PepCan, a breakthrough vaccine she developed at UAMS to…
by - August 25, 2021 11:41 am
A quartet of self-storage developments in Benton and Washington counties changed hands recently for a combined $17.8 million. Denver-based SpareBox Storage entered the Arkansas market with acquisitions at these locations:…
by - August 25, 2021 11:12 am
Business and Industry Training (BIT), a workforce training nonprofit with locations in Springdale and Gentry, will use a $50,000 grant from Arconic Foundation to purchase additional equipment to expand its…
by - August 25, 2021 7:16 am
The Arkansas Women’s Business Center (AWBC) based in Little Rock has been awarded a Resilience and Recovery Demonstration Grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Office of Women’s Business…
by - August 25, 2021 7:11 am
Arkansas has experienced a drop in the college-going rate. To counter the trend, ASU has received funding for the AmeriCorps-sponsored Neighborhood Red Wolves Community Engagement (NRWCEP) program to help with…
by - August 24, 2021 7:46 pm
While some members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors believe there is little hope the city can meet demands of the consent decree the city is under for its…
by - August 24, 2021 2:32 pm
Commodity prices dropped as the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered economies worldwide during the first half of 2020. But one agricultural commodity, rice, had increased demand, according to a new University of…
by - August 24, 2021 2:23 pm
Wipro Limited announced Tuesday (Aug. 24) it will open a new delivery center in Sherwood, Ark. with the expectation of hiring up to 400 employees over the next two years….
by - August 24, 2021 2:17 pm
Imagine ordering a dozen donuts from a local bakery or new patio furniture from a major Walmart competitor and having Walmart deliver it by Spark delivery, drone or some other…
by - August 24, 2021 8:50 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Aug. 16 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - August 23, 2021 6:42 pm
Consumer spending on goods and services helped push sales tax revenue in Northwest Arkansas’ four largest cities 16.3% higher than a year ago and 20% above the pre-pandemic period in…
by - August 23, 2021 4:59 pm
During the awards luncheon at their 2021 Annual Conference in Jonesboro, the Arkansas Economic Developers & Chamber Executives (AEDCE) on Monday (Aug. 23) recognized Julie Allen, PCED as the Outstanding…
by - August 23, 2021 4:26 pm
Tyson Foods plans to upgrade its pork slaughter operation in the Columbus Junction, Iowa, packing plant. The meat giant has received $540,000 in grant money from the Iowa Economic Development…
by - August 23, 2021 10:44 am
Fayetteville-based technology startup SIEV Technologies, pronounced ‘siv,’ has received $256,000 in Phase I funding from the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The startup announced Thursday (Aug….
