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Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. hosted its annual shareholders meeting on Thursday (April 25) in less than nine minutes. Shareholders approved three items, including President Shelley Simpson’s appointment…
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Local professionals have taken steps to start a Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network, a Kansas-based global business network focused on the professional development of…
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Kansas City, Mo.-based Right to Start, a national nonprofit organization focused on advancing entrepreneurship, has hired Jeannette Balleza Collins of Fayetteville to lead initiatives in America’s heartland. According to a news release…
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Telo, a student startup from the University of Minnesota, won the 2024 Heartland Challenge. The fifth-annual competition took place April 11-13 at Ledger in downtown Bentonville and was hosted by…
by - April 24, 2024 10:58 am
Patrick Tenney, president of the Northwest Arkansas division of Little Rock-based contractor Baldwin & Shell, plans to retire next month after 34 years with the company. His final day is…
by - April 24, 2024 6:44 am
Under the leadership of owners Chris and Morgan Chandler, Springdale-based Chandler Equipment Inc. closed a significant deal on April 1. The company acquired Roambuilt, an Oregon-based manufacturer of exterior accessories…
by - April 23, 2024 3:56 pm
Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale cumulatively reported sales tax revenue of $8.378 million in the April report, down 0.19% from the same reporting period in 2023. Through the April report,…
by - April 23, 2024 10:47 am
The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM) has hired Amy Wenger as vice president of finance and administration. AWSOM officials announced the appointment and a handful of other leadership…
by - April 23, 2024 8:30 am
Dallas-based business advisory firm Embark has opened an office at Ledger in downtown Bentonville amid rapid growth. The 500-square-foot office is the firm’s 18th office nationwide and the first in…
by - April 23, 2024 7:39 am
Magdalene Serenity House, a Fayetteville-based human services nonprofit, has a new executive director. Takama Statton-Brooks was selected from more than 50 applicants and started the job this past October. Magdalene…
by - April 22, 2024 3:30 pm
Arkansas restaurant chain Wright’s Barbecue will have a new location incorporated into the Walmart corporate campus under construction in Bentonville. Cindi Marsiglio, Walmart’s senior vice president for corporate real estate, announced the…
by - April 22, 2024 8:05 am
JLC Second Chance Trucking recently opened a Siloam Springs office. The nonprofit established the office to help those with criminal records to become truck drivers. Jerry Cox of Siloam Springs…
by - April 21, 2024 9:19 am
Year-to-date home sales in Northwest Arkansas’ two largest counties through the first three months of 2024 are flat compared with the same period last year. There were 2,040 homes sold…
by - April 21, 2024 8:24 am
RyLeigh Werner, a University of Arkansas student, started a tutoring company last year to help students with their business classes. Werner is director of the student advisory board and program…
by - April 20, 2024 9:17 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the April 8 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - April 19, 2024 5:47 pm
Walmart is the nation’s largest private employer with more than 1.625 million employees. The retail giant boasts about efforts to be an employer of choice for everyone, regardless of race,…
by - April 19, 2024 1:41 pm
Fayetteville-based Startup Junkie, in partnership with Stout Street Capital, 412 Angels, Startup NWA and other regional collaborators, will host the first-ever Northwest Arkansas-based VC Day. It will take place Wednesday…
by - April 19, 2024 11:04 am
Springdale-based advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi X has named Lee Esmond of Fayetteville as its new president. She is replacing Jessica Hendrix, who led the agency for nearly nine years….
by - April 18, 2024 4:52 pm
Tontitown-based carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. posted double-digit declines in earnings and revenue in a challenging first quarter as the company’s stock fell to a 52-week low. After the markets…
by - April 18, 2024 10:37 am
Bentonville-based Walton Family Foundation (WFF) announced two new fellows on Thursday (April 18): Emily Fairfax and Meaghan Parker. Fairfax is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Minnesota. Parker is…
