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Buildings Inc. Refinances Loan

Buildings Inc. of Springdale received a $600,000 mortgage from Springdale Bank & Trust on May 27 to refinance the debt on the company’s truss shop at 235 S. 40th St….

Wal-Mart visitor?s Center Secures $410,000 Loan

Sam Walton’s first store in Bentonville, which now is a museum and visitors’ center, and an adjacent office building on the Bentonville square were mortgaged May 14 for $410,000. G…

National Home Center sells Rogers store, Eyes Contractors

Retail Trends, Developments National Home Centers Inc. of Springdale has agreed to sell its 200,000-SF Rogers store to Lowe’s Cos. Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The move effectively gets National…

Students Work With NWS, Help Alert Areas in Danger

The first Emergency Manager’s Weather Information Network in the state of Arkansas was recently installed in Fayetteville. The system was purchased by the Amateur Radio Club of the University of…

Regional Doctors Help Medical Science

Medical history is being helped along by some cardiologists and their patients at Washington Regional Medical Center. Drs. James Cooper, David Churchill, Ted Fish and Harrison Butler are among the…

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is apparently hiring staffers for a zoned edition of the newspaper for Northwest Arkansas. Although officials at the paper didn’t return our telephone calls, the D-G has…

NAT LC Appeals

A lengthy appeal over ownership of the Northwest Arkansas Times of Fayetteville kept the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette from aggressively pursuing its goals in Northwest Arkansas, D-G Publisher Walter E. Hussman Jr….

New Flicks for Fayetteville

There’s a new multi-screen theater coming to Fayetteville. Details are sketchy but we were able to get a few. “It’s unbelievable,” says Kirk Elsass, the broker with Lindsey & Associates…

And a New Bank, II

Speaking of banks, there’s another one headed for Fayetteville. Simmons First Bank of Northwest Arkansas is building a 3,100-SF facility valued at $1.6 million along Joyce Boulevard, near the new…

Ford Leaves

Former Razorback football head coach Danny Ford sold his home in Northwest Arkansas on May 1 and moved back to his ranch in South Carolina. Ford sold the home at…

Kettle Stirring in Rogers

Another new restaurant is coming to Northwest Arkansas. Two Little Rock businessmen are remodeling the former Pizza Hut building at 1900 W. Walnut St. in Rogers to accommodate a Kettle…

Freestanding Cancer Units Double Across the Nation

The number of freestanding radiation oncology centers more than doubled in the United States between 1986 and 1994, according to the American College of Radiology in Philadelphia. ASTRO, as the…

Value of New Commercial Construction Permits Fluctuate

The amount of commercial construction in the region varies widely from year to year but it typically represents a large percentage of the total construction activity. Figures compiled by the…

Nabholz, McClinton-Anchor Top List of Largest Contractors

Nabholz Construction Corp. tops the list of commercial contractors in the region with $48 million in revenue in 1997. Among the projects Nabholz completed last year were StaffMark’s new corporate…

Mary Maeestri’s Changes Menu, Marks 75th Birthday This Year

For the first time since the early 1980s, Daniel Maestri is redesigning the menu at Mary Maestri’s, one of Northwest Arkansas’ favorite restaurants for three-quarters of a century. The Italian…

Ozark Harvest Recycles Leftovers

Ozark Harvest, an organization that takes excess food from institutions and restaurants and delivers it to the needy, is looking for food donors in Washington and Benton counties. “We’ve got…

Harps Renovates Stores in Springdale, Fayetteville

Harps Food Stores finished renovation of its 34-year-old store in Springdale’s Plaza Shopping Center on April 15 and began renovations of its store in Fayetteville’s Fiesta Square shopping center the…

Stephens, Crowne To Plan Events

Suzi Stephens, chef at Nibbles Gourmet Catering of Fayetteville, and Brian Crowne, a musician and former manager of George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, have combined talents to form Event Contractors…

Democrats for Senate

I was somewhat eager to participate in a U.S. Senate debate sponsored by the Young Democrats of Arkansas recently in Hot Springs. My cynical fear of hearing a bunch of…

Local Investors Building Shopping Center in Rogers

By the end of September, Rogers will have another 43,000 SF of retail space with as many as 25 new businesses. Work began on The Kingston Center II in March….

Entergy Arkansas unveils ‘Next Generation’ plan; will seek to extend nuclear licenses

Fort Smith business leader John Taylor has died

Car-Mart completes $161.3 million securities transaction

Officials ask public to be on the lookout for bird flu in flocks