by - November 13, 2017 12:54 pm
A former professor in the University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton College of Business is set to become the top academic officer at Auburn University. Effective Jan. 1, Bill Hardgrave…
by - November 12, 2017 8:12 pm
When Gina Gomez first arrived in the United States from her native Columbia nearly 20 years ago, she was met with a slew of cultural and language barriers. She struggled…
by - November 10, 2017 2:18 pm
Crime rates have fallen across most service calls for the first nine months of 2017, according to Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) data. While the number of murders from 2016…
by - November 10, 2017 12:40 pm
Switcharoo, a mobile app company in Bentonville, has secured a lead investor, made its first hire and been accepted into a Berkley-based global incubator program, according to a press release…
by - November 9, 2017 8:58 pm
A $7 million residential project near downtown Bentonville is nearing completion. Baumann & Crosno Construction of Fayetteville is leading development of The Brownstones at the northwest corner of Northwest Third…
by - November 9, 2017 5:27 pm
Plumes of smoke fill the autumn skies in the Delta as farmers burn row crop field refuse, and many complain about the side-effects of the smoke. Arkansas rice industry leaders…
by - November 9, 2017 5:22 pm
A significant increase in month-to-month home sales for Crawford County pushed the Fort Smith home sales market – Crawford, Sebastian counties – to a slight gain for October, continuing the…
by - November 9, 2017 5:16 pm
The driver shortage has worsened or improved with changes in the economy and freight demand, but if existing trends remain unchanged, the shortage could reach 174,000 drivers by 2026. By…
by - November 9, 2017 9:57 am
University of Arkansas alumni Ted and Leslie Belden of Fayetteville have made a $2 million planned gift to Campaign Arkansas that will endow a faculty chair in architecture, fund student…
by - November 8, 2017 6:09 pm
Tyson Foods on Wednesday (Nov. 8) said longtime executive Dennis Leatherby, the company’s chief financial officer since 2008, will step down from that role on Feb. 10, 2018, and leave…
by - November 8, 2017 6:08 pm
Sales tax revenue fell 4.83% in Fort Smith’s September report to $1.637 million from $1.72 million the previous year, but year-to-date figures for 2017 continue to hold up at $16.021…
by - November 8, 2017 5:41 pm
The developers of a new indoor climbing, fitness and yoga facility in Bentonville say they are thrilled about their building’s proximity to a planned 70-acre public park backed by the…
by - November 8, 2017 3:33 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Nov. 7) approved a five-year capital improvement plan for the city’s wastewater program that will budget $153.8 million in consent decree spending…
by - November 8, 2017 3:17 pm
Arkansas State Plant Board members voted Wednesday (Nov. 8) during a public hearing and board meeting to ban dicamba in Arkansas during a bulk of the 2018 growing season. Dicamba is used…
by - November 8, 2017 2:20 pm
Enactus members and students at NorthWest Arkansas Community College had an intimate conversation about business execution and leadership with a veteran Wal-Mart exec who spent the bulk of his 17…
by - November 8, 2017 8:07 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Oct. 30 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - November 7, 2017 6:38 pm
It was pilot Harold Johnson’s time to die. The DC-9 he was co-piloting was commandeered by three domestic terrorists, Nov. 10, 1972. The FBI shot the plane’s tires on a…
by - November 7, 2017 4:45 pm
Stephanie Freeman, career development facilitator for Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS), hopes to change the way junior high students see their city. Since helping launch the iCan Career Expo for…
by - November 7, 2017 4:37 pm
Northwest Arkansas’ strong economy is no secret to those living in the state, but those other states are often unaware of the region’s growth and affordable cost of living, said…
by - November 7, 2017 3:56 pm
Springdale-based Ozark Guidance Center, a nonprofit behavioral health care center, is expanding its services as Fayetteville-based Vantage Point of Northwest Arkansas discontinues some of the same services to focus on…
