by - February 2, 2004 12:00 am
A Call for Marker Control
According to the medical journal Pediatrics, the number of eye injuries treated in emergency rooms caused by paintball accidents more than doubled from 545 in 1998 to 1,200 in 2000.
Author: Talk Business & Politics
by - February 2, 2004 12:00 am
The Wal-Martian Secret
Jay Leno pokes fun at Wal-Mart during his weekly “Headlines” segment.
by - February 2, 2004 12:00 am
Discount Date
Local resident uses Wal-Mart buletin board to try to find a date.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Passion Plays on U.S. Economy
Joe Gies, CEO of the nonprofit Elna M. Smith Foundation Inc., said the Great Passion Play is considered the second-largest tourist attraction in the natural state ranked only behind Magic Mountain in Hot Springs.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Play Spreads Passion With Marketing Plan Savvy
Joe Gies, CEO of the foundation that runs The Great Passion Play, is helping implement a new marketing strategy designed to keep crowds coming.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Tourism Shifts With Business: Benton County Booms With 70 Percent Wal-Mart Travelers
Over the past decade, according to the numbers at least, tourism has taken off in the northwest corner of Arkansas, while traditional tourist meccas like Eureka Springs and Hot Springs have shown little improvement.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Air Travel Takes Off in Stable Economy: XNA Thrives Because of Business Travelers
In Northwest Arkansas? insular economy, the travel business is flying high.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Beaver Fish Tournaments Attract Weekend Guests
Beaver Lake is a 28,000-acre tool the city of Rogers uses to lure leisure travelers.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Eureka Finds Bath Houses In-Spa-rational to Business
There are 2,500 licensed massage therapists in all of Arkansas. In Eureka Springs alone, a town of 2,278 people, there are 45. Plus, the list of day spas and resorts.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Lowell Treds Slowly Toward Splish-Splash Attraction
Plans for a $12 million water park on 17 acres in Lowell are on hold awaiting financing, but the city of Lowell hopes all will go well and the park gets under way soon.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Wood Works a Plus in Centerton
Wood Works Plus Inc. of Lowell recently bought 18 building permits valued at a combined $1.8 million to build homes in Centerton?s Sienna subdivision and Site work continues on Phase II of the 325-lot Prairie Meadows subdivision in Prairie Grove.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Bentonville Eatery Serves Sandwiches Right
Bentonville Butcher & Deli receives four-star lunch review.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
The Simple Lie (Commentary)
The first commercial I saw about the Fox Television show filmed in Altus featured Paris Hilton pretending she had never heard of Wal-Mart.rn?What do they sell there, things for your walls?? asked the Hilton hotel heiress.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Who is National Commerce?
National Commerce Financial Corp. of Memphis is a regional bank holding company with about 5,500 employees, according to the firm?s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart?s Name Will Adorn Banks
Wal-Mart?s partnership with a Memphis bank is making some community bankers nervous.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Build It, They Will Come (Editorial)
Northwest Arkansas? storied entrepreneurs and developers seem to have thought of everything ? except for a major tourist attraction.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Restaurants Land With a Fudd at CMN
Besides Smokey Bones, O?Charley?s and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Fuddruckers is planning a 7,073-SF restaurant in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park, and Logan?s Roadhouse is eyeing a spot along the same stretch of Van Asche Drive.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Restaurants Land With a Fudd at CMN
Besides Smokey Bones, O?Charley?s and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Fuddruckers is planning a 7,073-SF restaurant in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park, and Logan?s Roadhouse is eyeing a spot along the same stretch of Van Asche Drive.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Logan?s Looking At CMN Spot
Julie Davis, a spokesperson for Logan?s Roadhouse confirmed that the company is looking for a location in Fayetteville.
by - January 19, 2004 12:00 am
Restaurant Planned for UARK Bowl
Rob Merry-Ship, one of the developers of the UARK Bowl renovation on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street, said the owners are thinking about opening a restaurant and club in the building.