Benton County

The Walton Family Foundation has awarded another three-year, $470,000 grant to Startup Junkie Foundation to continue facilitating the Northwest Arkansas Kiva Hub. The grant will allow the foundation to assist entrepreneurs and small business owners access much needed capital via…

The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (NWALT), a nonprofit organization based in Fayetteville dedicated to preserving and protecting historically, ecologically or otherwise significant land in the region, has recently purchased a major new addition: 830 acres in the historic Lake Francis…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a grant of $250,000 from the Walmart Foundation and $100,000 from the Alice L. Walton Foundation to support the Northwest Arkansas Farmers’ Market Alliance’s “Double Your Dollars” program, which provides residents…

Northwest Arkansas-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., alongside other members of the logistics industry – like BNSF Railway and Werner Enterprises – has joined a recent White House program to share freight data among major shippers to streamline supply chains…

The power of electricity is rapidly changing the future of transportation in Northwest Arkansas. That’s why a group of businesses, nonprofits and government agencies created Drive Electric NWA, a weekend event focused on educating the public about the growing importance…

The Arkansas Supreme Court recently sided with a small group of taxpayers in a challenge to the Arkansas Department of Transportation over the allocation of funding generated by Amendment 91 taxes.  In a suit filed by lead plaintiff attorneys Joe…

Walmart has released a statement following a federal judge’s ruling on Aug. 17 that the company, along with CVS and Walgreens, must pay $650.5 million to two Ohio counties for its role in fueling the nation’s opioid crisis.  All three…

Mercy has announced that it will be investing $500 million into the second phase of its health care expansion in Northwest Arkansas. The projects in this phase include a cancer center, emergency department and isolation room expansion, additional clinic locations,…

Arvest Bank announced earlier this week that Scott Copeland has been named president and CEO for the bank in North Arkansas. Copeland has 15 years of industry experience, most recently serving as community bank president for Arvest in Mountain Home,…

When Crystal Ude-Stall and her husband, Alan, relocated to Northwest Arkansas from their native Nebraska five years ago, they did so seeking the tranquility of an empty nest home by the water.  What they found was an exciting second act…