by - September 19, 2017 4:01 pm
Water use is critical to any successful farm and a new irrigation-regulating system has been developed by the private company, Smart Farm Inc. The Intelligent Irrigation System allows for precision…
by - September 19, 2017 11:50 am
Fayetteville-based startup Lineus Medical completed another round of Series A funding for $1.365 million to help bring the company’s SafeBreak Vascular medical device to market by 2018, Lineus CEO Spencer…
by - September 19, 2017 11:27 am
The MovieLounge is closing its doors after about five years of operating in Fort Smith. Effective Oct. 1, the venue for food, drinks, film, and live entertainment will be available…
by - September 19, 2017 10:26 am
In April 2016, Pinnacle Car Services Inc., an executive car service and charter company headquartered in Rogers, acquired its first two motor coaches. Today, the company has nine of them,…
by - September 19, 2017 10:01 am
The vacancy rate for all commercial space in Northwest Arkansas fell from 11.7% in the second half of 2016 to 10.5% in the first half of 2017, according to the…
by - September 18, 2017 7:26 pm
Flood waters hampered rice planting this season and the remnants of Harvey and Irma poured rain and winds on rice fields ready to harvest late in the summer. Arkansas produces…
by - September 18, 2017 7:10 pm
Tyson Foods continues to shift personnel and restructure its sales management teams with the latest round of changes announced Friday (Sept. 15) in an internal memo from Scott Rouse, chief…
by - September 18, 2017 4:50 pm
Wild pollination has been in sharp decline in recent years and there is a movement to create “wild pollination zones” on the periphery of farms, said Dirk Philipp, associate professor…
by - September 18, 2017 11:18 am
Year-to-date numbers in the Northwest Arkansas housing market indicate the pace of growth is slowing, in both unit sales and sales volume. That’s according to the latest data provided by…
by - September 18, 2017 10:14 am
Delia Anderson Farmer is the new executive director of the Economic Opportunity Agency of Washington County (EOA), a $7 million private nonprofit community action agency based in Springdale. Farmer was…
by - September 18, 2017 8:42 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Sept. 4 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - September 17, 2017 5:21 pm
Arkansas State University’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday to enter into separate land-lease agreements to build disaster preparedness test sites. One is a 183-acre plot owned by the city…
by - September 17, 2017 3:52 pm
A change of command at the 188th Wing first announced Aug. 4 was formally held Saturday (Sept. 16), with outgoing commander Col. Bobbi Doorenbos headed to the Pentagon for duties…
by - September 16, 2017 2:50 pm
Diversity among the more than 1,300 people attending the inaugural white coat ceremony held by the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) was easy to see among a crowd sporting…
by - September 16, 2017 2:44 pm
The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 39 and Fort Smith Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 33 have united to recall members of the city’s Board of Directors. The local police…
by - September 15, 2017 12:49 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will display the exhibition, Stuart Davis: In Full Swing, starting Sept. 16 through Jan. 1. The exhibition features 86 original works by Davis, a…
by - September 15, 2017 10:30 am
Wal-Mart Stores will build a new home office campus in Bentonville. Wal-Mart corporate spokesman Randy Hargrove said associates were made aware of the plans Friday (Sept. 15) morning in an…
by - September 14, 2017 8:11 pm
Springdale residents took another look at plans to extend Don Tyson Parkway in the western part of the city. The parkway, which runs parallel to U.S. Highway 412, is becoming…
by - September 14, 2017 5:46 pm
Tyson Foods’ plan to build a $320 million poultry operation near Tonganoxie, Kan., has met with opposition, including a Facebook post by Erin Brockovich, a Kansas native and environmental lawyer…
by - September 14, 2017 3:29 pm
A well-known restaurant chain with locations scattered (but not smothered) throughout Northwest Arkansas has proposed its first location in Rogers. Waffle House, known for its breakfast fare and 24-hour, 365-days-a-year…
