by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Gibbs Leaves NBC for Sterne, Agee
Steve Gibbs left his job as the main weatherman at NBC 24/51, KPOM/KFAA, on June 27.
Author: Talk Business & Politics
by - July 7, 2003 12:00 am
Morning News Promotes Sissom
The Morning News announced on July 1 that Thomas Sissom will become the newspaper?s new editorial-page editor.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Lovelace Dreams Big for Costa Rica
Ariel Lovelace?s plan for $430 million worth of projects in Costa Rica include a charter commercial jet service, casino boats, a gasification plant, a synthetic fuel refinery and the rebuilding of the Costa Rican railroad.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
CEI Ranks Among Top U.S. Engineering Firms
CEI Engineering Associates Inc. has been around Northwest Arkansas for 30 years, but during that time the firm has also worked hard to gain a national reputation.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
XNA Wins With Architects
The best commercial architecture project in Northwest Arkansas within the past 10 years is Alice Walton Terminal at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill.rnThat?s the result of a poll conducted by the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Picture This
We hear the site for a new 20-screen stadium-seating movie theater in Fayetteville will likely be CMN Business Park or the intersection of Interstate 540 and Wedington Drive.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Hausam This Sound?
David Hausam, the former Republican state representative from Bentonville, is joining solid-waste disposal firm Waste Management Inc. of Tontitown as a governmental relations consultant.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Rogers Hotel Exceeds Expectations As Rooms Fill
The 248-suite Embassy Suites hotel in Rogers has already exceeded expectations since opening in May.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Same Prescription
Two area hospitals are using the same consultant for reorganization ? the Murphy Leadership Institute of Washington, D.C.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
ZZ Top?s ?Eliminated
Apparently ZZ Top won?t be the headliner for this year?s Bikes Blues & BBQ event in Fayetteville on Oct. 3.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Riley Loan Trouble
Pat Riley Sr., the Little Rock businessman who defaulted on an $11.5 million loan with Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, is back in the news. He’s been dragged into a lawsuit over his son, Jesse, allegedly defaulting on $190,000 worth of loans.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
RE/MAXed out
Barry Cooksey and Marcella Hagan, co-owners of Hagan Co. LLC, might have already outgrown their $1.8 million 8,000-SF building under construction on Moberly Lane in Rogers.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Eureka Bank Provides Page-Turner (Gwen Moritz commentary)
Looking for a page-turner to take to the lake this weekend? Something with a rapidly unfolding plot, a building sense of horror and surprisingly complex characters set in a small town so familiar you?d swear you?d been there before?
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Count On Kids Disheartening (Editorial)
The 14th annual Kids Count Data Book was recently released, and, to the surprise of no one, Arkansas? child-poverty level remains among the nation?s highest.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Pinnacle Point Balloons, Baldwin & Shell Busy At WRMC
A look at important real estate transactions.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
West Corp. To Close Office, Lay Off 350 in Fayetteville
West Corp. will close its outbound telemarketing office in Fayetteville on Aug. 1.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Vratsinases Donate $100K For Engineering College
Gus and Irene Vratsinas of Little Rock have donated $100,000 to endow two new engineering scholarships at the University of Arkansas.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Fund-raiser Showcases Builder and Designers
An innovative approach to fund raising is pairing St. Mary?s Hospital Foundation with a local developer and area designers.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Safety Still Priority at FedEx Freight
FedEx Freight East took home the first place award for the third consecutive year in the American Trucking Association?s National Fleet Safety Contest.
by - June 23, 2003 12:00 am
Sand Creek Grows, Trades Preschool for Prominence
Four years ago, the principals of Sand Creek Engineering & Landscape Architecture Inc. got more chances to play ?Duck, Duck, Goose? than to go duck hunting.