by - July 26, 2017 4:23 pm
Joel Gardner, executive director for Ozark Regional Transit, wants to dig deeper into the feasibility of a light-bus rapid transit system in Northwest Arkansas. In late January, ORT received a…
by - July 26, 2017 4:01 pm
Residents and visitors continue to spend money at a healthy pace in the heart of Northeast Arkansas. Craighead County and Jonesboro set records for sales tax receipt collections in 2016,…
by - July 26, 2017 1:38 pm
Reaction to Wal-Mart Stores changing the in-store merchandising policy was swift and typically brutal, especially on social media. The retailer defends its decision by saying it will be good for…
by - July 26, 2017 1:02 pm
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been busy the past year scooping up strategically placed real estate in a concentrated area of Bentonville. A search of Benton County real estate records found…
by - July 26, 2017 8:06 am
Marketing company The Artist Evolution, based in Fayetteville, is observing 10 years in business, according to a press release from the company. Founded in 2007, TAE also has a branch…
by - July 25, 2017 8:08 pm
Ivy Owen, executive director of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA), has won the Association of Defense Communities’ 2017 John Lynch Redevelopment Leadership Award for efforts at Chaffee Crossing. Owen,…
by - July 25, 2017 6:13 pm
The Northwest Arkansas economy continues to drive sales tax revenue gains through the first seven months of 2017 well ahead of last year’s pace. The four largest cities in the…
by - July 25, 2017 5:22 pm
Fort Smith Police Chief Nathaniel Clark and the Fort Smith Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 39 (FOP) are at an impasse when it comes to finding a compromise on the…
by - July 25, 2017 4:15 pm
Fort Smith revenues saw slight gains for June on city and county sales tax sides, according to Fort Smith Finance Director Jennifer Walker. In a Tuesday (July 25) memo to…
by - July 25, 2017 11:29 am
Randy Meyers has been promoted from executive vice president of sales and marketing to chief operating officer of OK Foods. The COO position is newly-created and is a result of…
by - July 25, 2017 8:43 am
The city of Bella Vista is experiencing a boom in residential construction activity. Through the first six months of the year the city has issued 86 building permits totaling $23.14…
by - July 24, 2017 8:06 pm
Pharmacist and Arkansas Rep. Justin Boyd, R-Fort Smith, said his views are “changing slightly” on medical marijuana. While Boyd did not support calls for the legalization of the substance during…
by - July 24, 2017 7:51 pm
The chance to view a total solar eclipse can be a once-in-a lifetime event, and a group from Arkansas State University will journey to Missouri in August to view one….
by - July 24, 2017 4:51 pm
Arkansas farmers planted 425,000 cotton acres this year, nearly double the number planted in 2015. Low prices, Chinese cotton surpluses, and surging input costs could cause the number of acres…
by - July 24, 2017 2:29 pm
It may not be a glamorous job, but it pays well and there is no shortage of work for experienced maintenance techs across Northwest Arkansas. In fact, as many as…
by - July 24, 2017 2:04 pm
Four Arkansas airports will receive $4.43 million from the Federal Aviation Administration through its Airport Improvement Program. South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field in El Dorado, Fort Smith Regional…
by - July 24, 2017 10:47 am
Pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon Brian Reemtsen of Mattel Children’s Hospital and the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, has been named director of the Heart Institute at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. He…
by - July 23, 2017 12:49 pm
The large crowd gathered Saturday night in downtown Fort Smith to ceremonially open the third year of The Unexpected Project learned that one art work will not be public and…
by - July 21, 2017 11:23 am
Texas-based hotel fund manager Phoenix American Hospitality (PHA) has acquired three Arkansas hotels for a combined $37.6 million. PHA paid $15.4 million for the Aloft Hotel in Rogers, $11.8 million…
by - July 21, 2017 11:05 am
Earlier this year, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal used input from informed observers of the area’s startup scene to tag several startup industries as areas of projected growth and development…
