by - February 28, 2017 3:58 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated with additions throughout. –––––––––––––––––– Work recently began on the Pat Walker Health Center that will add 20,000 square feet to the facility on the University of…
by - February 28, 2017 7:41 am
A Denver-based real estate firm has entered the Arkansas market in a significant way, with a $53.3 million acquisition. That’s the amount Cardinal Group Management (CGM) paid for Hill Place…
by - February 27, 2017 4:10 pm
The Student Veterans Organization (SVO) at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) captured third place in the Student Veterans of America’s National Business Plan Competition and was named…
by - February 27, 2017 3:15 pm
If January is a good indicator of how the upcoming year will unfold, the Northwest Arkansas real estate market is in for another strong year. On the heels of a…
by - February 27, 2017 1:13 pm
Banker and former Arkansas Speaker of the House Davy Carter thinks commercial air service in Jonesboro could be a key to sustained economic growth in Northeast Arkansas. Leadership at the…
by - February 27, 2017 12:35 pm
Consumer spending was up nationwide during the holidays, but that didn’t translate to big sales tax gains for the the four largest cities in Northwest Arkansas. Fayetteville, Bentonville, Springdale and…
by - February 27, 2017 11:59 am
Brad Sauer, retired executive from 3M, has resigned his post on the Tyson Foods board of directors. Sauer was re-elected earlier this month by shareholders to serve another one-year term….
by - February 24, 2017 6:36 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce is expanding its Junior Leadership Academy program to accept students from more high schools in Sebastian County. JLA’s inaugural class, set to graduate…
by - February 24, 2017 6:14 pm
Arkansas State University’s quest to partner on a project to build an American-style campus in Queretaro, Mexico, may have just become a little more lucrative. The ASU Board of Trustees…
by - February 24, 2017 1:52 pm
Doniphan Vitality, a non-profit organization, has received a $100,000 grant from the Delta Regional Authority, DRA, to conduct an innovation hub feasibility study in four southern Missouri counties and Sharp…
by - February 24, 2017 8:37 am
The Fort Smith School Board voted to counter a proposed settlement order in the pending Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (AFOIA) lawsuit with plaintiff June Bradshaw at a special meeting…
by - February 23, 2017 6:42 pm
The city of Fort Smith has named Jerry Walters as the new utilities director, heading up the department responsible for the city’s water and wastewater assets, and being a key…
by - February 23, 2017 6:26 pm
Known as the silent killer, heart disease claims one woman’s life every 80 seconds outpacing the deaths of all forms of cancer. To help change that reality, more than 1,000…
by - February 23, 2017 6:04 pm
Economic decline and depopulation have been hallmarks in the Mississippi Delta region for the last couple of decades. More than nine years ago Newport Economic Development Commission Executive Director Jon…
by - February 23, 2017 4:36 pm
The city of Fort Smith has filed a formal dispute resolution in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) denial of a request to spend money in-city rather than sending…
by - February 23, 2017 1:35 pm
The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism in Little Rock has hired a new manager of group travel and motorcycle tourism. Brant Collins has co-owned an advertising agency in Little…
by - February 23, 2017 10:30 am
Editor’s note: The Supply Side section of Talk Business & Politics focuses on the companies, organizations, issues and individuals engaged in providing products and services to retailers. The Supply Side…
by - February 23, 2017 9:02 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Feb. 20 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - February 22, 2017 8:59 pm
Democracy is not always pretty, with proof of that being a raucous town hall held Wednesday (Feb. 22) in Springdale by U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. Cotton took questions from…
by - February 22, 2017 6:50 pm
The recent quarter was good for Walmart U.S., but the CEO of the division still has a long list of improvements he wants to make within the retailer’s flagship unit….
