by - April 19, 2017 4:46 pm
Jason Bates is the new chief financial office at Van Buren-based USA Truck, filling out the management team that has seen a complete leadership shuffle in the past two years….
by - April 19, 2017 3:59 pm
Wal-Mart Stores has spent more than $2 billion in the past two years building infrastructure for its U.S. eCommerce division. The Bentonville-based retailer is not finished, and recently confirmed two…
by - April 19, 2017 3:52 pm
A collection of nine industrial buildings in Bentonville totaling 233,000 square feet are under new ownership after a recent sale worth $25.1 million. In a deal that closed last week,…
by - April 19, 2017 3:06 pm
Northwest Arkansas has gained a reputation in recent years as a culinary hot spot, with new restaurants sprouting up throughout the two-county area. But now one vacant restaurant in Fayetteville…
by - April 19, 2017 10:50 am
NanoMech Industries of Springdale has been named as a 2017 finalist for an Edison Award in the category of Metal Production for one of its nanoengineered products, the patented nGlide…
by - April 19, 2017 10:26 am
A San Francisco-based technology company is partnering with Arkansas Surgical Hospital to allow its patients to use the company’s mobile app, according to a news release. Technology company PeerWell offers…
by - April 19, 2017 10:20 am
It’s been nearly three years in the making, but under the leadership of vice president of private brands Chandra Holt, Sam’s Club has consolidated its 20 proprietary brands into Member’s…
by - April 19, 2017 10:01 am
Northwest Arkansas’ commercial real estate market closed the last half of 2016 on a strong note, according to the latest Skyline Report, portions of which were released Wednesday (April 19)…
by - April 19, 2017 7:45 am
Walmart.com CEO Marc Lore announced to his staff Monday (April 17), the hiring of Rahul Joshi as the new senior vice president overseeing customer care. The hire is one of several…
by - April 19, 2017 5:34 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors authorized appropriations for the utilities department’s capital improvement plan (CIP) for 2017 to the tune of $18.325 million in water and sewer upgrades and…
by - April 18, 2017 5:46 pm
Four years ago this month a group of eight investors, most of them from Northwest Arkansas, closed a deal to buy Grand Savings Bank, an Oklahoma-based lender established in 1981….
by - April 18, 2017 5:05 pm
Downtown Springdale Alliance executive director Misty Murphy told Talk Business & Politics-Northwest Arkansas Business Journal she is resigning her role with the nonprofit. Murphy said she is leaving to take…
by - April 18, 2017 4:12 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin told Talk Business & Politics he thinks two proposed convention centers in Northeast Arkansas’s hub city could still be completed by next year. Northern Arkansas Hotel…
by - April 18, 2017 1:17 pm
The Unexpected unexpectedly hits Fort Smith early this year. At Tuesday’s (April 18) meeting of the Central Business Improvement (CBID), event director Claire Kolberg announced the previously-held-in-September art festival would…
by - April 18, 2017 8:32 am
Confidential Business Intermediaries (CBI) of Springdale has opened an office in Tulsa. Owner Carl Grimes said Roy Still is the managing partner for the office, which opened March 1 on…
by - April 17, 2017 9:18 pm
The Fort Smith Public School (FSPS) Board eyed an increase to teacher salaries at Monday’s (April 17) committee meeting. A recommendation was presented to board members for an average annual…
by - April 17, 2017 5:08 pm
United Bank has started a renovation project of its Springdale headquarters at 2600 S. Thompson St. Bank president and CEO Nathan Gairhan said the project started the first week of…
by - April 17, 2017 2:23 pm
On July 31, 162 young men and women – average age of 24 – will populate classrooms and lecture halls of the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, bringing a building…
by - April 17, 2017 9:19 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services saw first-quarter earnings rise 2% as load volume and contracts increased across its business segments. But income was affected by low customer rates as a result…
by - April 16, 2017 6:40 pm
It took booze, barbeque, and Cinderella’s husband to establish modern-day Pocahontas as the county seat in Randolph County. The city will celebrate its 11th annual Founder’s Day Festival on May…
