Grab, a mobile app that saves passengers time by allowing them to pre-order meals for pick-up from airport restaurants, launched last week at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Bentonville. read more >

Business travelers needing a ride in Arkansas are increasingly using their thumbs — not to hitchhike, but to tap the Uber app on their smartphones. read more >

A transportation resource to help navigate the leadership of the largest Arkansas companies or institutions. read more >

Jesse Core, founder of craft brewer Core Brewing & Distilling Co. of Springdale, is busier than ever these days, but he took time earlier this month to fill Arkansas Business in on his rapidly expanding enterprise, founded only six years ago. read more >

Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport announced it would have nonstop jet service from northwest Arkansas to San Francisco. read more >

Northwest Arkansas isn’t California’s Silicon Valley and has a long way to go before it can be considered remotely comparable, but technology industry leaders say the area is proving to be on the short list of best places in the field. read more >

While the average cost of domestic plane fares is expected to decline this summer by about $2 because of the low cost of oil, passengers continue to seek out low-cost carriers offering steeper discounts for fewer frills. read more >

Scott Van Laningham has been CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport since 1998, when it opened. read more >

In the past two years, Scott Van Laningham, the executive director of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, has been meeting with any airline that will listen to his pitch. XNA is eager to bring in a low-cost airline (or two) in an effort to bring down airfares. read more >

Northwest Arkansas companies plan to create more than 2,000 jobs and invest more than $195 million in expansion during the next three years, according to a regional employer survey. read more >

American Airlines and American Eagle have canceled nearly 1,000 flights because of a severe ice storm in the Dallas area. read more >

Starting Tuesday, American Airlines will offer daily, non-stop service from Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport outside Bentonville to Los Angeles. read more >

U.S. Sens. Mark Pryor and John Boozman and Rep. Steve Womack have announced a $3.4 million grant to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport from the US Department of Transportation. read more >

No major flight delays are being reported at Arkansas airports on Monday as furloughs kick in for air traffic controllers. read more >

At the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, some flights to and from Washington D.C. and Baltimore have been canceled due to Hurricane Sandy. A similar story is playing out in northwest Arkansas. read more >

From highways to airports, from homes to banks, from dining to the arts, the Wal-Mart presence is felt mightily in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area anchored by the three cities plus Wal-Mart’s home in Bentonville. read more >