by - January 5, 2018 3:58 pm
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Dec. 25 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s Forty…
by - January 4, 2018 3:39 pm
The Whitaker Family Foundation has made a $1 million gift to Arkansas Children’s Northwest. The Springdale facility will make available pediatric inpatient, outpatient and emergency services to more than 200,000 children in the Northwest Arkansas…
by - January 4, 2018 2:28 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith region ended a topsy-turvy 2017 just slightly off from 2016 totals. While the decrease in activity could be much worse — and was down…
by - January 4, 2018 2:05 pm
Fayetteville City Council approved establishing an energy action plan on Jan. 2 after city staff worked with community and city leaders and stakeholders to develop the plan over the past…
by - January 4, 2018 11:50 am
2018 will be a year of change for a long-running eatery on the downtown Bentonville square. The Station Café, in business for more than two decades at 111 N. Main…
by - January 4, 2018 11:16 am
Fayetteville-based Slim Chickens has launched a mobile app, loyalty program and online ordering platform in all of its 67 stores nationwide, according to a press release from the company. The…
by - January 4, 2018 8:10 am
C&M Machine Holding Inc., a Rogers manufacturer, is planning an expansion project that will more than double its operations at 207 Buttry Road, just off of Arkansas Highway 94. Cleve…
by - January 3, 2018 5:20 pm
Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, set new records in sales tax collections in 2017. Craighead County collected $19.989 million in sales and use tax, a 3.1% ($616,288) increase from…
by - January 3, 2018 5:04 pm
The 4000-5509 block of Phoenix Avenue will be a busier place in 2018 thanks to over $6 million in new construction and a slew of new businesses led by Tacos…
by - January 3, 2018 4:23 pm
Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Executive Director Ivy Owen is ready to extend his contract for another year through the end of 2019. Owen, responding to a question from Talk…
by - January 3, 2018 12:57 pm
Mercy announced Wednesday (Jan. 3) plans to partner with one of the nation’s largest provider of urgent care clinics — GoHealth — to open 30 new urgent care centers across…
by - January 3, 2018 8:16 am
109 North Main Street LLC bought a two-story, 4,925-square-foot building at the same address in downtown Bentonville for $1.4 million. The company, registered in Delaware, bought the building from HRH…
by - January 3, 2018 5:33 am
Central Business Improvement District (CBID) member Richard Griffin on Tuesday (Jan. 2) urged the Fort Smith Board of Directors to carefully consider its next move on parking meters. The request…
by - January 2, 2018 7:56 pm
Austin, Texas-based Yeti Coolers filed suit against retail behemoth Wal-Mart Stores on Dec. 8, claiming the retailer violated trademark and copyrights by selling products that replicate those made by Yeti….
by - January 2, 2018 7:45 pm
The Arkansas State Plant Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday (Jan. 3) in Little Rock to discuss potential regulation changes for the use of the herbicide dicamba during the…
by - January 2, 2018 4:58 pm
The Fort Smith region has witnessed its share of ups and downs over the years, and 2017 was no exception with plant closures, manufacturing expansions, job announcements, school announcements, city…
by - January 2, 2018 4:56 pm
Fort Smith is celebrating its bicentennial this year with a series of events, including art exhibits, performances, re-enactments and several world record attempts. Each quarter of 2018 will follow a…
by - January 2, 2018 3:28 pm
Sunstar Insurance Group has expanded operations in Arkansas by acquiring the former Town & Country Insurance Agency in Jonesboro from Stephens Insurance. Sunstar is a regional insurance agency headquartered in…
by - January 2, 2018 8:08 am
Rogers developer Hunter Haynes is seeking approval from the Rogers Planning Commission to build an 85,530-square-foot office building off of South Promenade Boulevard. The project is called the Magnolia Farms…
by - January 1, 2018 12:38 pm
Bill Sussman, president and CEO of global shopper marketing agency Collective Bias in Rogers since June 2013, has resigned. His final day was Dec. 31. Sussman, 47, has been hired…
