by - August 13, 2025 11:15 am
The city of Farmington, in collaboration with Emery Sapp & Sons, Garver, and the Arkansas Department of Transportation, recently completed a $13.6 million project to widen Arkansas Highway 170 between…
by - August 12, 2025 9:06 pm
The City of Fort Smith is on track to once again have an internal auditor. The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted during a special meeting Tuesday (Aug. 12) to…
by - August 12, 2025 5:56 pm
Shelley Simpson, president and CEO of Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., quickly put into perspective the significance of being a Forty Under 40 honoree. “It’s a big deal,” she…
by - August 12, 2025 2:33 pm
Baptist Health College Little Rock announced Dr. Crystal Rose as the college’s new Dean of Nursing, effective Monday (Aug. 11). Prior to joining Baptist Health College Little Rock, Rose practiced…
by - August 12, 2025 2:18 pm
Windsor Door, a garage door manufacturer headquartered in Little Rock, will invest $12 million in a manufacturing line that will operational during the first quarter of 2026, the company announced…
by - August 12, 2025 11:24 am
Sediver, a Blackstone portfolio company, announced Tuesday (Aug. 12) the expansion of its West Memphis manufacturing plant that will create 25 new jobs. The company plans to spend just under…
by - August 12, 2025 10:14 am
Bentonville think-and-do tank Heartland Forward announced Tuesday (Aug. 12) that Zoe Maddox, Ph.D., has been named director of the Maternal and Child Health Center for Policy and Practice. “Zoe is…
by - August 12, 2025 10:02 am
Emeraude, a Rogers-based multidisciplinary business firm and family office with two welll-known lawyers in leadership, launched Tuesday (Aug. 12) “with the goal of shaping Arkansas’ economic future,” according to a…
by - August 12, 2025 7:01 am
Fayetteville-based AcreTrader has been acquired by Proterra Investment Partners, a Minneapolis private equity firm, the companies announced Tuesday (Aug. 12). Terms of the private deal were not disclosed. Proterra touts…
by - August 11, 2025 7:19 pm
Arkansas State University has announced the establishment of the John Baine MPA Excellence Endowment Fund, a $50,000 endowed gift from alumnus John Baine, to benefit students in the Master of…
by - August 11, 2025 7:13 pm
Welspun Tubular announced a $150 million expansion project to establish a new Longitudinally Submerged Arc Welded (LSAW) line pipe mill and coating facility at its existing site in Little Rock….
by - August 11, 2025 3:30 pm
The City of Fort Smith on Monday (Aug. 11) issued another call for water conservation measures initially resulting from an Aug. 3 water main break. The city notice said too…
by - August 11, 2025 2:35 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal proudly introduces the 29th class of Forty Under 40 honorees. Our annual list recognizes emerging leaders for achievements in their professional lives and their community…
by - August 11, 2025 1:48 pm
The Professional and Business Services and the Leisure and Hospitality – tourism – sectors provided part of the Fort Smith metro year-over-year job growth in June, with the tourism sector…
by - August 11, 2025 11:03 am
Groundwater is a critical resource for farmers in the Arkansas Delta and last year the amount of water in those natural aquifers declined, according to the 2024 Arkansas Groundwater Protection…
by - August 11, 2025 10:21 am
For Andy Ruben business is the “canvas of creative expression.” “You can invent business models that really do change the way we live, they change society, and business is a…
by - August 11, 2025 10:15 am
The Downtown Little Rock Partnership (DLRP) has named Kyle Leyenberger as its next executive director. Leyenberger steps into the role after serving as deputy director and previously leading the organization’s…
by - August 10, 2025 3:22 pm
Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and non-profit executive in the…
by - August 10, 2025 2:41 pm
The ongoing discussion about what to do with certain Fort Smith-owned properties will be discussed further Tuesday (Aug. 12) during a Fort Smith Board of Directors’ study session. The board…
by - August 9, 2025 12:03 pm
Following are recent news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Affordable Housing Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) provided a $90,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant through…
