by - November 25, 2018 6:04 pm
A University of Arkansas doctoral student has been studying how to improve concrete pavements to better resist damage that deicing salts cause to roads and bridges. Casey Jones said he…
by - November 21, 2018 1:04 pm
Though costs to build a home are on the rise both nationally and locally, Fort Smith homebuyers should not see the cost handed on to them anytime soon. Fort Smith…
by - November 21, 2018 12:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced he will appoint Judge Chris Carnahan as district court judge in Faulkner and Van Buren counties, Ninth District, Division Two. His term will begin January 1,…
by - November 21, 2018 12:08 pm
The Fayetteville City Council unanimously voted Tuesday (Nov. 20) to approve a trilateral agreement among the city, Ozarks Electric Cooperative and Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) for the development, construction and operation of Arkansas’s…
by - November 21, 2018 8:29 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Nov. 12 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - November 20, 2018 10:30 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a resolution authorizing the city administrator and city attorney to initiate legal action to enforce minimum water usage by the City of Barling…
by - November 20, 2018 10:11 pm
Flames may have wiped away city leaders’ hopes of an interactive museum in downtown Jonesboro. A fire Saturday afternoon destroyed the roundhouse, an iconic building on Church Street the city…
by - November 20, 2018 4:52 pm
Cavanaugh Elementary School Principal Hank Needham celebrated the realization of a dream when the school hosted its dedication ceremony for Cavanaugh Park Tuesday (Nov. 20) afternoon. The park, located across…
by - November 20, 2018 3:19 pm
A Garrison Avenue building constructed around 1900 is scheduled for the wrecking ball. The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) gave George Catsavis, acting as an agent for the…
by - November 20, 2018 1:39 pm
If ever there was a perfectly matched company and chief executive officer, it was Ozark Mountain Poultry (OMP) of Rogers and Ed Fryar. Fryar’s career in the poultry industry, though,…
by - November 19, 2018 5:09 pm
Tom Schueck had a life-changing decision to make. His wife, Marge, was pregnant and the 27-year-old didn’t like working for someone else. He’d worked in construction and had a civil…
by - November 19, 2018 3:42 pm
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from the Neumeier family. Bill Neumeier, a longtime downtown Fort Smith restaurant owner and promoter who helped launch the Peacemaker…
by - November 19, 2018 1:20 pm
Less than two weeks after Arkansas voters approved a constitutional amendment to expand casino gambling in Arkansas, Oaklawn Racing and Gaming on Monday (Nov. 19) announced plans for a $100…
by - November 19, 2018 1:07 pm
Two Bentonville entrepreneurs have announced the pilot launch of a new mobile application that is designed to be a marketplace for the rapidly evolving grocery delivery market. Robbie Larson and…
by - November 19, 2018 12:46 pm
It’s no secret hospitals, which are places of healing, are also crawling with germs. They include superbugs, which are the most resistant to antibiotics. Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville…
by - November 19, 2018 10:41 am
Harps Food Stores President and CEO Kim Eskew has also added the title of chairman. At the Springdale-based company’s annual board meeting Nov. 15, Eskew was elected to fill the…
by - November 18, 2018 3:46 pm
In the late 1980s, business leaders Sam Walton, J.B. Hunt and Don Tyson were working to update their 10-year plans, and one of the goals that continued to come up…
by - November 16, 2018 4:21 pm
Entergy Arkansas on Friday (Nov. 16) inked an historic agreement with the Sierra Club and other environmental groups to shutter the utility’s decades-old coal-fired plants and an aging natural gas-generated…
by - November 16, 2018 12:29 pm
For the second consecutive quarter in fiscal 2019, America’s Car-Mart stock price jumped more than 10% the day after its earnings report, and as of midday Friday (Nov. 16), shares…
by - November 15, 2018 7:35 pm
Texas oil refiner and gas station operation Sunoco LP on Thursday (Nov. 15) announced a multimillion dollar deal to purchase key U.S. refined products terminals, including a 550 million barrel…
