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Summer Proves Kind For Fort Smith Tourism

Several summer events propels Fort Smith?s tourism industry.

Northwest Arkansas? Economy is Key to State?s Vitality (Market Forcast)

Statistics prove Northwest Arkansas? role in state?s economy.

Cox, KHBS-KHOG In the Air Over Digital

Due to difficulties negotiating a contract, Fort Smith and Fayetteville?s ABC affiliate, KHBS-KHOG-TV, Channels 40/29, said its digital high definition signal may no longer be carried by Cox Communications.

KATV Plans New Sports Bureau

Little Rock?s KATV-TV, Channel 7, said it would open a sports bureau in Fayetteville.

Hadnot Joins E-magination

Jim Hadnot, former art director for Tyson Foods, joined ad agency E-magination Group of Fort Smith as its creative director.

Bad Day for the Repo Man

A sheriff?s report describes rift between owner and mechanic.

Cobblestone Debuts Stone Meadows Subdivision (Real Deals)

Cobblestone Homes purchased 40 building permits for a total of $38.9 million to build a 42-acre subdivision called Stone Meadows in Bentonville, and Aaron Nickell Homes is building three buildings, including one for its home office, in Lowell for a cost $

Alumni Celebrate 10th Forty Under 40 Class

More than 320 people attended the Business Journal?s Forty Under 40 event at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers on Aug. 29, where Steve Reinemund, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, was the evening?s guest speaker.

Homebuilder Cuts Home Prices

Aaron Nickell Homes of Lowell has cut prices on one of its slower-selling floor plans in the Pine Meadows subdivision on Arkansas Highway 12 in Bentonville.

Real Estate Agency Offers House Incentives

Northwest Arkansas Real Estate hosted an open house where it offered an option to buy down the interest rate or install an in-ground pool.

Hollywood Actor, Pop Singer Attend Hog Game

A Hollywood Actor and a pop singer, both University of Southern California fans, were spotted at the Razorback football game Sept. 2.

MNB Plans to Keep Expanding

Metropolitan National Bank is looking at other areas in Northwest Arkansas to open branches.

Residents Question Hooter?s Location

Fort Smith residents are already upset about the possible location of a Hooter?s restaurant that would front a residential neighborhood.

Land Slated for Nursing Home

Arkansas Teacher Retirement System sold acreage to Chenal Heights Retirement LLC of Van Buren for an assisted living center for $1.1 million.

NanoMech Receives Magazine Award

Fayetteville-based NanoMech LLC has received an award from R&D Magazine.

The Region’s Public Company Annual Reports, Executive Compensation Lists

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal presents its annual lists of public company annual reports and executive compensation.

Leadership Starts Early (I. Barry Goldberg Commentary)

Leadership starts early in life. Even though we normally attribute the behaviors associated with leadership to more senior-level and experienced executives, the underlying traits are often identifiable much earlier.

Arkansas Has Highest Hispanic Population Growth (Editorial)

It?s strange to think that Arkansas has the fastest-rising number of Hispanics of any state, but that?s what the Census Bureau reported in mid-August in its 2005 American Community Survey.

Forty Under 40 Honorees Balance Family With Professional Lives

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal names its annual class of Forty Under 40, and surveys those honorees for some insightful statistics. Includes links to the list and profiles.

Is Success in Business Really ?Who You Know??

The Forty Under 40 All-Decade honorees discuss what it takes for success in business.

Entergy Arkansas unveils ‘Next Generation’ plan; will seek to extend nuclear licenses

Fort Smith business leader John Taylor has died

Car-Mart completes $161.3 million securities transaction

Officials ask public to be on the lookout for bird flu in flocks