by - May 17, 2018 8:27 am
Fayetteville-based Ozarks Electric Cooperative is building a four-story, 38,000-square-foot office at its headquarters to accommodate growth in the electricity utility and its broadband service, OzarksGo. CEO Mitchell Johnson said the…
by - May 16, 2018 6:36 pm
Calstrip Industries will build a new processing facility on the Nucor Inc. campus in Hickman. Construction will begin during the second quarter of 2018. The initial construction will be more…
by - May 16, 2018 6:04 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) real estate review committee on Wednesday (May 16) voted to reject a second offer from Memco on approximately five acres of Roberts Boulevard property…
by - May 16, 2018 5:52 pm
Shares of Acxiom Corp. stock were off more than 9% in after-market trading Wednesday (May 16) after the Conway-based data marketer missed Wall Street targets with its fourth quarter and…
by - May 16, 2018 5:37 pm
Tyson Foods President and CEO Tom Hayes said while the company’s raw material costs will fluctuate the mission to achieve volume growth, margin expansion, more unit sales and year-over-year earnings…
by - May 16, 2018 3:01 pm
Farmers in Northeast Arkansas are working to finish planting this year’s crops, but the success of this year’s efforts won’t be known until harvest time several months down the road….
by - May 16, 2018 11:45 am
It’s more than 9,000 miles from Northwest Arkansas to Malawi, Africa, but Jason and Lacey Carney of Springdale see the poorest nation in the world as a land of opportunity….
by - May 16, 2018 10:21 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 15) voted 6-0 with one recusal (Director Don Hutchings) to extend a waiver of building permit and inspection fees to the…
by - May 16, 2018 8:19 am
Hunt Ventures, the longtime Rogers developer headed up by philanthropist Johnelle Hunt, has filed development plans to bring two office buildings and a parking deck to the Pinnacle Hills area…
by - May 15, 2018 6:20 pm
The city of Fort Smith announced the hiring of two new department heads on Monday (May 14), filling the sanitation and streets/traffic control department slots. The city also filled the long…
by - May 15, 2018 5:19 pm
Voters in Arkansas State House District 53 will decide on May 22 if incumbent Rep. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, will return to the legislature for a third term, or if challenger…
by - May 15, 2018 5:08 pm
Members of the Central Business Improvement District (CBID) on Tuesday (May 15) discussed a planned $160,000 truck and traffic study for downtown Fort Smith. This time, the emphasis was on…
by - May 15, 2018 4:54 pm
It’s been about 60 days since dirt work began on the new convention center/hotel on the Arkansas State University campus, and the project is nearing its vertical phase, O’Reilly Hospitality…
by - May 15, 2018 3:53 pm
Fort Smith-based Beall Barclay & Company and the Little Rock office of Thomas & Thomas are merging in a deal expected to close later this year, creating of the state’s…
by - May 15, 2018 2:52 pm
Pine Bluff-based Simmons Bank has named Franklin Shirrell of Southlake, Texas, chief retail officer. Shirrell’s transition to Simmons follows 22 years at Regions Financial Corp. (Regions), where he most recently…
by - May 15, 2018 2:45 pm
A healthy nation is also likely a wealthy nation, but neither is true for many of 54 countries on the African continent. Chronic blindness from cataracts, a lack of doctors…
by - May 15, 2018 9:20 am
A group of real estate investors in Fayetteville has acquired an historic building on the downtown square, and they are prepared to move cautiously with their renovation plans. 26 W….
by - May 14, 2018 6:27 pm
A little more than a year has passed since Milwaukee-based Phoenix Investors announced it would spend $10 million on the former Whirlpool plant at 6400 Jenny Lind Road. On Monday…
by - May 14, 2018 6:08 pm
Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse conferred a record number of more than 2,200 diplomas during spring graduation ceremonies Saturday in the First National Bank Arena. Damphousse spoke during the…
by - May 14, 2018 3:01 pm
On behalf of our entire staff, it is our privilege to present the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 10th annual issue dedicated to honoring 15 young business professionals in the Northwest…
