by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
John Schmuecker, who owns Tiny Tim’s Pizza on the downtown Fayetteville square, says he plans to open West Mountain Brewery next door to his pizzeria by Thanksgiving. Schmuecker has leased…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
The Tulsa-based Mazzio’s Corp. will open a restaurant at 2769 E. Mission Blvd. in Fayetteville by Sept. 21, says Greg Lippert, a spokesman for Mazzio’s Corp. Mazzio’s closed its only…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
The owner of Fayetteville’s highest-grossing restaurant says he’s considering an employee stock option purchase plan but it may be several years down the road. “I’ve got a lot of people…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Bentonville’s new McDonald’s restaurant, one of the first in Arkansas to use the company’s “Made for You” food preparation system, is scheduled to open Aug. 26. The restaurant will be…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
642 E. Millsap Road Fayetteville Rio Bravo took Fayetteville by storm when it opened last fall, setting the city’s all-time sales record in its first month of operation. Things have…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
The Year 2000 is upon us — likewise the year 2000 problem. Year 2000, or Y2K as it has become known through frequent cultural references, is not only a global-scale…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Concordia Care Center in Bella Vista has opened a 16-bed unit designed for patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Byron Hooppaw, admin-istrator for the nursing home,…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Tommy Holland has expanded his nursing home holdings by purchasing one and building another. Holland, who already owned and operated four nursing facilities in Arkansas, including three in Northwest Arkansas,…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas raised $28.1 million in private gifts in fiscal 1998, a 37 percent increase over the $20.4 million raised the previous year. The UA also had its…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
This is a story about the firing of an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sportswriter here in Northwest Arkansas. Normally I would have no interest in rehashing a personnel decision by the statewide…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Before 1993, most of the money donated to the Razorback Foundation was earmarked for the University of Arkansas football program. Since that year, though, when Bud Walton Arena opened for…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Manager: Sheila Berkley Address: 312 SW “A” St., Bentonville Phone: 501-464-9400 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Start-Up Date: July 15 Although this non-profit thrift store actually opened eight months ago,…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Owner: Mason Hiba Address: Northwest Arkansas Mall Phone: 501-582-3322 Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sunday, noon-6 p.m. Start-Up Date: June 19 Capitalizing on the increase in travel to and from…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Dickson, Tenn., is a community that’s seen the monetary benefit of selling its hospital to a for-profit entity. With a population of about 12,000 (in a county where the total…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Quorum Bails Out Struggling System Northwest Health System’s 14-member board of directors knew more than a month before its public announcement Aug. 8 that the community-owned, not-for-profit entity would have…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
For the past few months, we’ve grown accustomed to reviewing the Northwest Arkansas media in this column. But we recently found ourselves on the other end of a review —…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
We recently received a flier from the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas offering free “valuable gifts” to “current subscribers only.” The gifts consisted of $400 worth of coupons and a…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
It was a classic opening teaser: Three people dead in a shooting rampage and a 15-year-old is in custody. But before giving additional details, KFSM TV-5 made us wait through…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
We don’t usually write about reporters changing jobs in this column (since there are so many reporters in Northwest Arkansas), but because three veteran reporters have moved within the last…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Although editors at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette say there’s no newspaper war going on in Northwest Arkansas, MEDIAWEEK, a national news magazine of the media, wrote about the “war” in the…
