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Tangos’ Review

31 E. Center St. Fayetteville Tangos is one of the more upscale restaurants serving lunch in downtown Fayetteville, and it shows from the moment one enters the door. We don’t…

NWA Holiday Inn To Open Business Center For Guests

The Northwest Arkansas Holiday Inn in Springdale is building a business center designed to cater to the needs of the business traveler. It should be open later this month. “We…

Distance Education Program Sends Videos All Over The World

Just because you don’t live in Northwest Arkansas does not mean you can’t get a degree from the University of Arkansas College of Engineering. Now an engineer may obtain a…

New Hires

~ Jennifer Apoloskis has joined the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks as a field representative. She was previously events manager for the Walton Arts Center. ~ Jim Dean has…

Promotions

~Bob Mader of Rogers was recently promoted to vice president of Arkansas National Bank’s mortgage lending division. He has been with the bank since 1995 and has 23 years of…

Announcments

Announcements ~ Dennis E. Turner of the Army Corps of Engineers has been named a Federal Employee of the Year by the Federal Executive Association of Northwest Arkansas. Turner is…

Chamber to Miss Carroll

The Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce is losing one of its most ardent and energetic employees. Melissa Carroll, assistant to the chamber president for the past eight years, says she’ll leave…

Field and Screen

The University of Arkansas’ $3 million indoor football facility, which was completed this summer, will be named the Willard and Pat Walker Pavilion during a ceremony Sept. 26, the day…

Will He Bring A Date?

You’ve probably heard that President Bill Clinton has been invited to attend the November grand opening at the new Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. He hasn’t given an answer yet, but…

Tyson Jumps Fleet First

Speaking of the new airport, we hear that the Airport Authority will meet this week and expects to have a signed lease agreement with Tyson Foods Inc. for its new…

McGoverning the UA

George McGovern, the South Dakota senator who received the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 1972, will speak Oct. 23 or 24 at the dedication of the J. William Fulbright…

All In The Company

Ten new houses are being added to the Champions Estates housing development along the south border of the exclusive Pinnacle subdivision in Rogers. John David Lindsey, son of the founder…

Several Northwest Arkansas entities received awards from the Economic Development of Arkansas Fund in mid-September. The University of Arkansas’ Genesis Technology Incubator got $500,000 of its $1.3 million request while…

Tony C Snookered

Nobody wants to talk about it, but Tony Catroppa, better known locally as Tony C, is suing the former owners of New Town Square in Rogers for breach of contract….

Money-back guarantee?

It is a mistake that surprised us a little, considering the legendary frugality of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville. It seems that Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, paid one of…

Uptodate – Cabin Available for Big Johnboats

For all the folks who think of johnboats as a low-class boat designed to get around Arkansas’ muddy lakes and bayous, it’s time to think again. rSeaArk Boats Inc. of…

CEO Departs Bank of Arkansas, Dunn Named Interim President

Wayne Stone, president and CEO of Bank of Arkansas, has left that institution. Bank officials would say only that Stone left to pursue other interests, but his departure on Aug….

Simmons, Arvest Announce Acquisitions

Simmons First National Corp. will nearly double its market share in Northwest Arkansas with the purchase of Lincoln Bancshares Inc. The deal, announced Aug. 26, will add assets of $73…

Another Missouri Bank to Join Arvest

Arvest Bank Group also has a purchase in the works. The Bentonville-based company has signed a contract to acquire the Bank of Noel, an $11.1 million asset bank in Missouri….

Catering Increases Profits

Restaurants Deliver, Save 20 Percent In Northwest Arkansas’ viciously competitive restaurant climate, restaurant owners have had to diversify to remain profitable. For many of them, that means catering. The reason,…

Fort Smith airport traffic numbers up in May, TSA precheck event planned

Arkansas GDP up 0.8% in the first quarter, ranks 5th in the nation

Fort Smith officials surprised by drop in May sales tax revenue

First-quarter 2025 GDP down more than initial estimate