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…
by - May 14, 2018 2:17 pm
Dr. Connie Hill is a vice president at Jonesboro-based St. Bernards Medical Center overseeing its heart care and cancer service lines. She also is president of the Arkansas Healthcare Executive…
by - May 14, 2018 2:05 pm
Fort Smith Director and real estate developer Keith Lau recently cleared his first hurdle for a proposed duplex development to support University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) students with…
by - May 14, 2018 12:49 pm
Siloam Springs-based broiler breeder Cobb-Vantress Inc., a company of Springdale-based meat giant Tyson Foods Inc., purchased the former corporate office of vegetable producer Allens Inc. in downtown Siloam Springs for…
by - May 13, 2018 7:13 am
Nucor Corp. will invest $240 million in a new galvanizing line at its Hickman-based sheet mill, the company announced Friday afternoon. The new line will employ about 100 workers and…
by - May 11, 2018 4:51 pm
Friday (May 11) was Good Friday for shareholders of Fort Smith-based ArcBest after the company’s share price – fueled by a much better than expected first quarter report published Thursday…
by - May 11, 2018 12:54 pm
Colon Washburn, a longtime Walmart executive who also developed and opened Northwest Arkansas’ largest office park, died Tuesday (May 8) at Mercy Hospital in Rogers. He was 72. Washburn was…
by - May 11, 2018 6:23 am
As part of a design competition they called “unusual” and “ballsy,” architects from Canada, Los Angeles, Boston, Oregon and Pennsylvania converged on Bentonville Thursday to display their winning designs for…
by - May 10, 2018 9:57 pm
Jerry Stewart wasn’t one of the best doctors in the state of Arkansas. He was “the best.” Nationally-renowned Dr. William W. Stead, co-author of a groundbreaking 1990 study on tuberculosis,…
by - May 10, 2018 7:13 pm
Dr. Ruth Hawkins spent many years roaming the gravel roads and out-of-the-way places in the Arkansas Delta searching for ways to increase tourism in the region. Hawkins, the executive director…
by - May 10, 2018 6:51 pm
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority Wednesday (May 9) voted to accept a lone bid from Stone Ward to promote the city’s downtown startup village and pitch positive stories on…
by - May 10, 2018 3:55 pm
It was a better than expected first quarter for Fort Smith-based ArcBest, which posted net income of $9.954 million, a wide swing from the first quarter 2017 loss of $7.407…
by - May 10, 2018 2:31 pm
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the April 30 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
