by - August 15, 2017 10:48 am
Springdale-based On Time Logistics has expanded its final mile delivery service in central Arkansas after signing a two-year lease for 10,400 square feet at Little Rock Corporate Center. On Tuesday…
by - August 15, 2017 7:08 am
The first floor of Kimpel Hall will look dramatically different to University of Arkansas students returning from summer break this fall, and it’s only the beginning of changes to the…
by - August 15, 2017 6:43 am
Riceland Foods and Riviana Foods Inc. will spend millions of dollars to expand into the rice/flour extrusion process market, Riceland Foods Inc. Vice President for Governmental Affairs Kevin McGilton told…
by - August 15, 2017 6:38 am
Despite a previous rejection, the Fort Smith Sanitation Department managed to win the contract on Fort Smith Public Schools’ trash collection and recycling services. The school board set the next…
by - August 14, 2017 7:28 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) is on board with supporting the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce’s $2 million 2017 economic development campaign, but not in the amount requested…
by - August 14, 2017 4:12 pm
Arkansas State University-Beebe Chancellor Dr. Karla Fisher tendered her resignation Monday. Fisher’s tenure will end Tuesday (Aug. 15). She will remain with the ASU system, acting as a special assistant…
by - August 14, 2017 3:54 pm
President Donald Trump appointed former Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Dickson Kinder as the alternate federal co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority. DRA had two open chairmen spots after former Co-Chairman…
by - August 14, 2017 1:19 pm
The Inn at the Mill and its companion restaurant, James at the Mill, have been sold for $4.2 million. The 4.7-acre property at 3906 Johnson Mill Blvd. in Johnson, which…
by - August 14, 2017 10:47 am
George’s Inc. announced Monday (Aug. 14) the hiring of Bryan McDuffie as vice president of transportation. McDuffie spent the past 24 years at Tyson Foods, where he served as vice…
by - August 11, 2017 2:54 pm
Former Wal-Mart Stores executive Debra Layton has been hired as interim president and CEO of the Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce. Layton will join the chamber Aug. 16 in…
by - August 11, 2017 1:33 pm
This past spring Fayetteville-based Slim Chickens started offering late-night service at select locations, and so far, it’s been successful for the chicken restaurant chain, chief operating officer Sam Rothschild said….
by - August 10, 2017 9:44 pm
Chaffee Crossing developments have resulted in more than $16.1 million of contributions to Fort Smith from the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA), according to city data provided to Talk Business…
by - August 10, 2017 9:25 pm
Arkansas Department of Transportation District 10 Engineer Brad Smithee knows most people don’t get excited when the hear the words “pavement preservation project.” When most people think about roads, they…
by - August 10, 2017 9:17 pm
A group of local and international artists have been selected to create individual works of art for Fayetteville’s upcoming public art project, “Green Candy,” the city’s tourism bureau Experience Fayetteville…
by - August 10, 2017 8:40 pm
Luis Andrade, a 21-year-old immigrant from Brazil, is such a fan of President Donald Trump that the slogan for his recently announced bid for mayor of Fort Smith is “Make…
by - August 10, 2017 10:00 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Aug. 7 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - August 10, 2017 6:23 am
Dunder Mifflin Paper Company was “your paper solution in a paperless world” on the U.S. version of the sitcom The Office. For Steve Clark, founder and CEO of Propak Corp.,…
by - August 9, 2017 7:30 pm
At the start of 2017, Jonesboro had two potential convention centers on the horizon, and Mayor Harold Perrin thought the city might eclipse $200 million in commercial and residential projects….
by - August 9, 2017 4:02 pm
Lauren Waldrip Ward didn’t have a swimming pool in her backyard when she was growing up in Moro, a town in Lee County. Her father Mark Waldrip farmed rice and…
by - August 9, 2017 3:21 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) plans to implement a geofence system that will monitor transit providers at the airport and to charge them when they pick up passengers. Ridesharing companies…
