by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas’ television advertising market has more than doubled since 1992 to $34 million. With the growth comes change, particularly for NBC affiliate KNWA, which is abandoning the Nielsen ratings.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
As more skilled laborers enter Arkansas’ workforce, state funding for those education programs has dwindled from $326 per person in 1999 to $205.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
The impact of new Department of Labor rules concerning overtime is difficult to predict.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Arvest and others are building many new offices in Northwest Arkansas and are building them based on standardized plans.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Developers Greg House and Beverly Block have redone Fayetteville’s Gardland Gardens apartment complex and created The Vineyards on Garland with a a Mediterranean theme.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
On Sept. 1, OSHA will begin random inspections of residential construction sites in Arkansas.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Land developer Tom Terminella has turned his attention to Benton County, where he currently has more than 600 lots under development in four subdivisions.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
The Morning News’ new TV ad seems a tad flashy for the town that Sam Walton built.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
A look at real estate transactions in Northwest Arkansas.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
J.B. Hunt and Tim Graham have purchased Block USA?s concrete block plants in Springdale, Fort Smith and Russellville and merged those plants with ABC Block of Arkansas to form a new company called ABC Central Block.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Don Culbertson of Sunway Hotel Group in Overland Park, Kan., has joined forces with Mike Horn of Dallas to develop the 2.5-acre hotel site in the Polo Park project off Southwest Airport Boulevard in Bentonville.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Liberty Bancshares of Jonesboro and Russellville Bancshares of Russellville recently received regulatory approval to purchase Arkansas State Bancshares, which operates the $170 million Arkansas State Bank of Siloam Springs.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
A couple of financial industry A-listers were in Fayetteville for the Razorbacks game against Texas on Sept. 11.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
We understand Danny Dotson has joined Don Gibson and Patrick Swope in Gary George et al?s yet-to-be named banking venture.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Fayetteville CPA John Ervin is one of a handful of Arkansas pilots certified to fly the new all-digital 2004 Cessna 182 Skylane, which just got clearance to fly from the FAA this summer.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
A television commercial airing nationally for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. former Diamond Doll Carrie Jo DeBriyn, 24, the daughter of former longtime UA baseball coach Norm DeBriyn.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
The local market manager for Clear Channel Communications says the corporation?s plan to limit advertising on its 1,200 stations will only reduce commercial loads by 10 percent on the nine stations he manages.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
We’d like to say thanks to KNWA’s morning anchor and meteorologist for giving the newspaper reporters credit for their stories.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Hoffbrau Steaks, a landmark Fayetteville restaurant, will reopen Oct. 11 after closing June 20 for renovation and reorganization.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Jim Lavender is spending about $1 million to buy and convert a 106-year-old church in Bentonville into a unique upscale restaurant called The Sanctuary.
