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Connections: HFA promotes 5 to senior leads

HFA, a multidisciplined architecture and engineering firm based in Bentonville, recently announced five new senior leads: Jaime Castenada (MEP Program lead and electrical engineer), Jami Cook (C-Store and Multisite Architecture…

Introducing the 2021 class of Women in Business honorees

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is pleased to introduce its 10 honorees for the 2021 Women in Business awards program. Honorees represent women from various careers who have forged a…

Cocoon Yoga Lab survives the pandemic with a plethora of pivots

Pivoting your business in a pandemic takes tenacity, creativity and listening to your marketplace. One entrepreneur who can attest to this formula for success is Tammy Mores, founder of Cocoon…

XNA’s Branch assesses appetite for airline travel, sees positive passenger growth

Andrew Branch, chief business development officer at Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill, said there are still many months to get through before airport traffic returns to 2019 levels….

Hignett joins insurance industry after hurricane

A family member’s request led Jack Hignett into the insurance industry after a 25-year career in the restaurant industry. Hignett, 59, is a general adjuster and property supervisor for Houston-based…

UN Art Ambassador touts Fort Smith International Film Festival

The Fort Smith International Film Festival has 396 film submissions from 43 countries for its inaugural event. The festival welcomed United Nations Art Ambassador Ibiyinka Alao at a press conference…

UA Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz resigns

Joseph Steinmetz, the sixth chancellor at the University of Arkansas, will resign Friday (June 18) after serving in the position for more than five years. Steinmetz noted Thursday (June 17)…

Summit focuses on better child health outcomes in Northwest Arkansas

Northwest Arkansas educators and policy makers met at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville Thursday to discuss the nutritional needs and wellness issues facing children in the region. Pearl McElfish,…

Reaper to conduct first flight from Fort Smith as part of 188th exercise

The remotely piloted aircraft used by the 188th Wing is for the first time being launched from the Fort Smith Regional Airport as part of the exercise Establish Fury designed…

Open Avenues makes leadership change

Rogers-based nonprofit Open Avenues announced Thursday (June 17) the retirement of executive director Brenda Neal and that Jacob Sheatsley has been appointed to succeed Neal. The nonprofit that employs those…

Meeting to discuss recent damage from weather to crops slated for Rowher

Torrential rains caused massive damage to row crops in the Arkansas Delta region earlier this month. Expert help is on the way. Farmers who suffered flooding and other damage from…

Damphousse elected president of Sun Belt Conference

Arkansas State University Chancellor Dr. Kelly Damphousse has been unanimously elected to serve a two-year term as the President of the Sun Belt Conference at the close of the league’s…

ASU becomes first in state to offer physical therapy women’s health residency

Arkansas State University’s advanced physical therapy women’s health residency program has been granted candidacy, according to notification from the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education (ABPTRFE). Dr….

Fort Smith metro home sale values up almost 30% in the first four months of 2021

Fort Smith metro home sales are up more than 21% in the first four months of the year compared with the same period in 2020, and the average price of…

UA, NOWDiagnostics to study COVID-19 prevalence on campus

The University of Arkansas and Springdale-based diagnostics testing manufacturer NOWDiagnostics Inc. announced Wednesday (June 16) a partnership to study the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 virus antibodies among UA students, faculty and staff. SARS-CoV-2, or severe…