by - March 7, 2018 9:02 am
Bentonville developers have started construction of Haxton District East, a mixed-use building two blocks southeast of the downtown square in Bentonville. The Class A commercial building at S.E. 224 Second…
by - March 6, 2018 10:25 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (March 6) approved three requests that will pave the way for University Park, a $10 million, 24-unit duplex development at 5601 and…
by - March 6, 2018 7:20 pm
Several Democrats have challenged Republican incumbents for county positions in Washington County. Residents will vote May 22 in primary and school board elections, and the general election in November. The…
by - March 6, 2018 6:26 pm
One of the roughest stretches of Interstate 555 between Jonesboro and Memphis is about to be overhauled. A $12.272 million project to replace the decks on 16 bridges in the…
by - March 6, 2018 6:19 pm
High winds battered many parts of Northeast Arkansas on Tuesday (March 6), but it wasn’t enough to stop Gov. Asa Hutchinson from attending the grand opening of the Lawrence County…
by - March 6, 2018 5:56 pm
Fort Smith mayoral candidate Luis Andrade, a 22-year-old immigrant from Brazil and student at University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS), has received a notable statement of support from Northwest…
by - March 6, 2018 8:50 am
Walmart founder Sam Walton — who died April 5, 1992, due to cancer — would turn 100 years old on March 29, and the Walmart Museum in Bentonville has planned…
by - March 6, 2018 8:03 am
Ropeswing Hospitality Group, the Walton-backed firm behind downtown Bentonville restaurants The Preacher’s Son and Pressroom and the event venue Record, is working on a new concept. The project is called…
by - March 5, 2018 7:10 pm
The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (WAIA, formerly RITA) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ports America to explore development of a multimodal logistics park and integrated river…
by - March 5, 2018 6:57 pm
President Donald Trump’s plan to enact a 25% tariff on steel imports and a 10% tariff on aluminum has some concerned about global trade wars that could hurt Arkansas agriculture…
by - March 5, 2018 4:33 pm
City of Jonesboro Chief Operations Officer Ed Tanner resigned Friday (March 2) to take a private sector job, according to the city. Tanner has worked for the city since August…
by - March 5, 2018 4:24 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services is working to expand its technology talent pool. The Lowell-based carrier recently broke ground on a 132,883-square-foot Training and Technology Center, a stand-alone building about a…
by - March 5, 2018 3:56 pm
Benton County residents will vote May 22 in primary and school board elections – with a number of Republicans facing off ahead of a November election that features several Democrat…
by - March 5, 2018 3:53 pm
The Walmart Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Bentonville-based retailer, recently awarded $600,000 to the Jones Center for Families in Springdale and will present a check 9 a.m. on Tuesday…
by - March 5, 2018 2:26 pm
A long-running restaurant in downtown Bentonville scheduled to close next month will re-open later this year under new ownership. A group of investors headed up by Todd and Dana Renfrow…
by - March 5, 2018 11:36 am
Jeff Harris, vice president of maintenance at Van Buren-based carrier USA Truck, has been elected the 2018-2019 general chairman and treasurer of the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council….
by - March 4, 2018 7:59 pm
Plans to build a 75,000-square-foot office building next to the just-opened Arkansas Children’s Northwest west of Interstate 49 have been filed with the city of Springdale. The 9-acre lot is…
by - March 3, 2018 2:07 pm
Sam’s Club suppliers received an email Saturday (March 2) outlining the retailer’s new partnership with Nielsen and cloud-based analytics firm 1010data to create a Member Analysis, Data Reporting & Insights…
by - March 2, 2018 3:44 pm
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Feb. 19 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - March 1, 2018 8:08 pm
Sebastian County Republican Party Chairman Gunner DeLay believes a three-way GOP primary for the Arkansas Senate seat representing Fort Smith will garner interest from around the state. Frank Glidewell, former…
