by - July 5, 2017 4:22 pm
Just one year after Washington Regional Hospital completed a $60 million, 100,000-square-feet expansion to the Fayetteville hospital, another expansion plan has been formulated. Faster than expected growth in demand for…
by - July 5, 2017 3:54 pm
A relatively inactive June pushed Fort Smith metro building permit values down compared to 2016. While Van Buren and Greenwood continued to perform above expectations, Fort Smith faltered with a…
by - July 5, 2017 3:49 pm
The overall number of residential building permits in the region’s four largest cities through the first five months of the year is down compared to 2016, but permit values are…
by - July 5, 2017 2:43 pm
Five parcels totaling 1.4 acres on Dickson Street in downtown Fayetteville have been purchased by a private investment group for $4.4 million. An entity called 151 Dickson Development LLC paid…
by - July 5, 2017 12:25 pm
At least one company that isn’t authorized to sell dicamba in Arkansas after April 15 thinks the governor and the state’s Plant Board are wrong to ban its sale and…
by - July 5, 2017 9:07 am
The new owners of a 133-room hotel on Walton Boulevard in Bentonville have completed a $3 million renovation. Tina Archer-Cope, sales and marketing director for Hilton Garden Inn at 2204…
by - July 3, 2017 3:39 pm
Simmons Foods Inc. and Affiliates remains in the No. 1 spot on the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s annual list of largest private companies. The Siloam Springs-based company’s revenue to $1.45…
by - July 3, 2017 3:25 pm
VCC Construction of Little Rock is using a building permit valued at $4.27 million to build a 28,000-square-foot building at 648 E. Van Asche Drive in Fayetteville. NWA Trampoline LLC…
by - July 1, 2017 8:37 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Friday (June 30) that he would send two controversial rules involving dicamba approved by the State Plant Board to the Arkansas Legislative Council for final…
by - June 30, 2017 2:14 pm
The House of Songs, an artist-in-residence program based in Austin, Texas, recently purchased a historic Bentonville home in which to host international artists and musicians to collaborate with area artists….
by - June 30, 2017 12:39 pm
Onyx Coffee Lab co-owner Jon Allen would love to have a café in the downtown districts of Bentonville, Rogers, Fayetteville and Springdale. It’s a “long-term goal” for the company, Allen…
by - June 30, 2017 11:33 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the June 26 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - June 29, 2017 9:29 pm
Fort Smith revenues were up significantly for May on city and county sales tax sides, but it may be too early to call it a trend, according to Fort Smith…
by - June 29, 2017 8:20 pm
Mercy Hospital in Rogers has invested in a new nursing residency program which is mandatory for new registered nurses it employs. The 12-month program allows new nursing hires to get…
by - June 29, 2017 2:39 pm
Global food company Smithfield Foods of Virginia has donated more than 35,000 pounds of protein to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank, a nonprofit that works to alleviate hunger in the…
by - June 29, 2017 11:55 am
Three big rigs began Thursday morning (June 29) to haul a 1 million-pound load, the heaviest ever permitted in Arkansas, from an electrical substation in Tontitown. The destination is only…
by - June 29, 2017 7:59 am
A real estate investment trust (REIT) managed by California-based SmartStop Asset Management announced Wednesday (June 28) the purchase of The District, a 198-unit, 592-bed student housing property near the University…
by - June 28, 2017 3:36 pm
The Delta Regional Authority and Americorps have expanded their joint program, DeltaCorps, in Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Arkansas. DeltaCorps added 16 members at seven sites in those states, expanding…
by - June 28, 2017 3:09 pm
The city of Fort Smith restored its recycling program on Monday (June 26), but the fight to rebuild trust with residents will be a challenge. Fort Smith Director Keith Lau…
by - June 28, 2017 2:21 pm
Mercy Northwest Arkansas continues to make progress on its $247 million expansion plans, and the healthcare provider celebrated the opening of the most recent piece of the plan Wednesday (June…
