by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
A task force has been created to help develop a ballpark complex off Clayton Expressway in downtown Fort Smith. Dean Kruithof, deputy city administrator, said the complex would cost $10 million to $14 million.
by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
Of the 11 Razorback games scheduled this fall, six are home games and four of those are booked for Fayetteville.
by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
A raft of new shareholders sign on with Parkway Bankshares Inc.
by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
The $17 million Doubltree project in Bentonville gets underway and the Church at Pinnacle Hills purchases its $24 million permit.
by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
The state’s largest newspaper garnered 11 first-place awards, including first place for General Excellence. The D-G also won seven second-place awards, five third-place awards and 10 honorable mentions.
by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
In April, Carroll County Newspapers Inc. merged two weekly newspapers ? the Eureka Springs Times-Echo and Star-Tribune of Berryville ? to create the Carroll County News Midweek.
by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
Fayetteville resident Melissa King’s first book, “She’s Got Next,” hit bookstores nationwide on June. 9.
by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
After ceasing publication of The Sound in March, publisher Betsy Finocchi said she will begin publishing Back By Popular Demand: The All About Town Calendar in July.
by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
Jennifer Clary started out in the food service business making gourmet gift baskets from her home. Now she serves businesses, wedding parties, concert attendees and more.
by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
For people who want to go to meet their maker in style, Roland Poertner is there to make that happen. In early May, Poertner opened Classic Car Caskets, a retail establishment supported by his manufacturing and customizing business.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Trouble swirls at AHEC as audit report reveals alleged misuse of funds.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Gary Head’s Signature Bank of Arkansas signs Raymond James and considers yet another stock offer.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren is coming off its best year ever in 2004 and a record first quarter in 2005.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Nomad Development LLC buys 120 acres off Arkansas Highway 12 in Benton County from Kingdom Investments LLC for $4 million.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Republican gubernatorial candidates Asa Hutchinson and Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller face a formidable foe in the Democrat’s Mike Beebe.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Traffic congestion in Northwest Arkansas could cost an estimated $173 per person per year and cause total delays amounting to 1,976 hours.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Dancor Transit Inc. of Van Buren grew from one truck and trailer in 1983 to 158 trucks and 850 trailers in 2005.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Pat Reed, COO of FedEx Freight, is optimistic about the company’s freight segment.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
If work begins soon, a light-rail transit system could be financially feasible for Northwest Arkansas. Ron Goforth, president of Beta Rubicon Inc., said such a railway system to be between $550 million and $1.24 billion.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
When Jim Crowell arrived at the University of Arkansas in 2001, the Walton College’s Supply Chain Management Research Center had nine companies and had not broken even. Now, it has 22 companies and has operated in the black for three years.
