by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Christina Lusk turns relationships into business opportunities. When her parents lived in Russia from 1995-1998, Lusk started an import company in Southern Colorado that specialized in Russian gifts and collectibles….
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Matthew Mason saw more grain than greenbacks in his future when he left the University of Arkansas with a masters degree in agricultural economics in 1993. During graduate school, the…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Joe McClung was born in Prescott, Ariz., but his family moved to Eureka Springs in 1973 to pursue a business opportunity in real estate sales and to fish. There arent…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Patti Metcalf-Kimbrough has a job most Razorbacks fans would die for. As director of guest services for mens athletics at the University of Arkansas, she sees a lot of games,…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Jason Nichol grew up in Royse City, Texas, and earned a bachelors degree in agribusiness in 1993 from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. In 1994, he went…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
After graduating from the University of Arkansas in 2000, Conway native Justin Salter worked as a bank examiner for the Arkansas State Bank Department in Little Rock for about three…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Amber Savage made her first dress at age 6 and earned a commission as a professional artist before leaving Rogers High School in 1998. Following graduation, she pursued a career…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
A history buff who collects rare, numbered bottles of scotch but never drinks them, Lee Scarlett loves all things Celtic, especially the construction company he started in 1998. Scarlett grew…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Despite a wanderlust that has taken him to such remote destinations as Germany, Italy and China, Matthew Silvestri feels grateful to have been in Northwest Arkansas at the right time…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Bethany Stephens knows what its like to come to a new town. After living in several different cities growing up, shes found a home in Northwest Arkansas and a job…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Kenny Tomlin is an innovator in the age of technology. After spending two years working for American Business Innovations and Electronic Data Systems, both in Dallas, he started I-Soft, an…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
While he doesnt build houses as fast as the folks on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Rod Wallis completes an average of 50 to 60 houses each year in Northwest Arkansas….
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Even though he grew up around plenty of chicken houses in Murfreesboro, Heath Ward never planned to work in the poultry industry. After graduating from the University of Arkansas in…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
Latriece Watkins has had six jobs in the six years she has been with Wal-Mart Realty, which she describes as the largest real estate company in the world. She started…
by - January 1, 2006 12:00 am
In January, Jon Woods will be the youngest member of the newly elected Arkansas General Assembly. After winning the Republican primary in May, Woods, who also works as a loan…
by - December 19, 2005 12:00 am
Affluent Northwest Arkansas residents will pay as much as $12,000 to have someone else deck their walls with Christmas lights.
by - December 19, 2005 12:00 am
No company made more news this year than Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which launched a major public relations blitz as critics ramped up attacks and the company?s No. 2 executive resigned amid allegations of theft and fraud.
by - December 19, 2005 12:00 am
Family-owned House of Webster has a long history in the corporate gifts business. Dale Webster, president and CEO, shares the secret ingredients to success.
by - December 19, 2005 12:00 am
La Fonda Mexican gets 3 stars in our lunch review.
by - December 19, 2005 12:00 am
The ripples of hurricanes Katrina and Rita consist of more than water, coming in the form of municipal entities and companies that provide insurance to municipal bond issues.
