by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Center Cranks Up Workforce Support
NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s Shewmaker Center for Workforce Technologies in Bentonville has a new dean and new $4.6 million facility.
Author: Talk Business & Politics
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Company Team-building Efforts Can Be Productive
Team-building is essential for a healthy company, but things like forced sumo wrestling might be carrying it a bit too far.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Haynes Family Buys 17.5 Acres in Johnson
The Haynes family of Rogers, whose properties include upscale, mixed-use developments, pay $2.02 million for 17.5 acres on the north side of Johnson Road in Johnson.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Kaffka Joins Barber Group
Seth Kaffka, a former loan officer at Community Bank of North Arkansas, just joined forces with Brandon Barber to become president of The Barber Group.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Securities Commission Gets Info From Business Journal
Securities Commission calls Business Journal after reading about Valentin Guaranteed Home Mortgage, which the commission discovered was under the umbrella of Guaranteed Home Mortgage of New York.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
L.A.’s Richest Not as Rich as Northwest Arkansas’
A recent Los Angeles Business Journal feature on its wealthiest citizens made us think ? there’s probably still more money in Northwest Arkansas than Beverly Hills.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Infrastructure at Waterford to Cost $6.5 Million
Developers Ronnie Hissom and Gary Combs said infrastructure, including a stepped water treatment plant, will cost at least $6.5 million at their 200-home development Waterford Estates near Goshen.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Benton County Hotels Lure Hog Fans
Fans of the Arkansas Razorbacks football team have been finding bargains in Benton County’s new hotels, which cater to Wal-Mart vendors and are usually empty on the weekends.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
UA Departments Spend Down Reserve Accounts
University of Arkansas department chairpeople were busy in late June trying to spend down their reserve accounts before the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Former Rose Firm Lawyer Faces Civil Suit
Allen W. Bird lll, a former Rose Law Firm attorney, now faces a civil lawsuit of more than $6 million generated from his alleged mishandling of a bankruptcy case that started nearly two decades ago.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Pinnacle Hills Starts Project (Real Deals)
Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. of Rogers has started site work on a 167,000-SF building project for the Church at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
McIntosh Group Opens In Bentonville
The McIntosh Group Inc., a brand development company in Fort Smith, opened an office on the downtown Bentonville square on June 1. It is the first satellite office for the 13-year-old-company.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
SPJ Names Officers, Resurrects Gridiron
Katherine Shurlds, a University of Arkansas journalism instructor, has been named president of the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Daily Record: A Doughnut Company?s Dream (Outtakes Opinion)
Benton County Daily Record publishes four front-page stories about a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop opening in Bentonville. We thought they were caking it on a bit thick.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
D-G, Morning News Count Some Circ Outside State (Outtakes Opinion)
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and The Morning News counted some circulation outside Northwest Arkansas in the totals provided to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Mr. Sam Would Be Real Proud (Jeffrey Wood Commentary)
Wal-Mart employee goes above the call of duty to make sure editor keeps grilling from year to year.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Insurers Win Supreme Court Ruling (Editorial)
The nation?s health insurers won a huge victory when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act requires patients to sue their insurers over malpractice in federal courts.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Lacuna Modern Interiors Sells Classic Modern Furniture
Jesse Smyers is working hard to build a reputation for quality modern furniture and make his new furniture store a success.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Chocol’ Art Combines Love of Art and Chocolate
Louwauna Obert and her husband opened Chocol’ Art in April to make chocolate-covered strawberries and chocolate-themed “Survival Kits.”
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Sodie?s Scoops Up Old Post Office
Flippin couple leases Fayetteville’s historic Old Post Office building to be used as a restaurant and soda shop. Garfield’s to open restaurant in Fayetteville’s Northwest Arkansas Mall.