by - October 16, 2000 12:00 am
Up Close – Transplace.com Marks First Quarter
The logistics business formed by six top transportation companies has completed its first quarter of operations.
Author: Michael Tilley
by - October 16, 2000 12:00 am
New Businesses – SCA Promotions Inc.
Catering to businesses, this Rogers satellite of a Dallas operation is handling contests and promotional games.
by - October 2, 2000 12:00 am
Susan Barrett/Health Care Rainmaker
In the biggest landslide of our Rogers Rainmaker picks, Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas President and CEO Susan Barrett was named by her peers the Rogers Health Care Rainmaker….
by - October 2, 2000 12:00 am
Morning News Zones Out, Goes Regional … Temporarily
For several days in late September, the zoned editions of The Morning News started looking like … well, the old, regional Morning News of Northwest Arkansas. rInstead of having zoned…
by - September 18, 2000 12:00 am
Sheraton Hotel land purchased by group
Pinnacle Hospitality Group LLC on Aug. 11 got a $1 million loan from Arvest Bank of Rogers to purchase the seven acres of land where the new 200-room Pinnacle Hills…
by - September 6, 2000 12:00 am
KMCK Kicks KKIX
Radio station KMCK—Power 105.7, locked in a three-way tie for third place among the region’s stations last fall, climbed into first place during the spring ratings period, according to the…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
As Predicted Here, Herrod is no King
Two things were interesting about the D-G’s lead sports story on Aug. 27, which scooped the area’s other dailies by detailing NCAA sanctions that are being self-imposed by the UA…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Dickson Street Gets Something Urban
Something Urban, a women’s fashion store in Fayetteville, is relocating to Dickson Street after a $24,000 renovation of the former Texaco gas station by building owner Lamar Pettus. Something Urban,…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Local Wine Connoisseurs Have Choices
To fully wine and dine someone in Northwest Arkansas may require some home-cooked cuisine and a knowledge of which wine to select for the occasion. Aside from James at the…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
?Dashboard? Coming From Lowell Carrier
Emplifi Inc., a provider of enterprise Web integration solutions, and eJiva Inc., a business-to-business e-services consultant, were recently hired by J.B. Hunt to design and develop its new Call Center…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Aviation Grads Ready for Takeoff
Arkansas Aviation Tech Center in Fayetteville will graduate its first class of aviation maintenance technicians on Aug. 31. The AMTs have been trained in 43 different technologies ranging from avionics…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
TV Biz Speered
Had enough of “helmet hair and perfect teeth?” So has Richard Speer. The former news anchor for KFSM, Channel 5, in Fort Smith, has penned a scathing column about the…
by - August 21, 2000 12:00 am
Hairy Revelation
Bur Edson, the Fort Smith news director for KFSM, had no comment concerning the column by Richard Speer. But one of Speer’s former peers in Arkansas said Speer wasn’t the…
by - August 7, 2000 12:00 am
Molly Maguires, Two Other Restaurants Close
Molly Maguires, billed originally as a cross between an early American restaurant/tavern and an Irish pub, closed July 29. The restaurant had been open at 3607 Magellan Blvd. in Bentonville…
by - July 3, 2000 12:00 am
Program’s Success Spawns More Funding
Lowell Medical Center’s drug-free workplace program recently got an increase and an extension on its U.S. Small Business Administration funding. Last year, the center received $184,000 to help businesses set…
by - March 6, 2000 12:00 am
Challenges Await Flynn in All Saints Job
Patrick Flynn’s new job won’t be a cakewalk. Flynn, who recently left Fayetteville’s Washington Regional Medical Center, where he had been CEO for the past six years, was to assume…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Let the Local Phone Wars Begin
Competition among providers of local telephone service is among the latest telecommunications developments in Northwest Arkansas. Southwestern Bell, one of the so-called “Baby Bells” that resulted when a federal judge…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
?Bhakta? Square One With Hotel Refinancing
Hansaben T. Bhakta and Terry Dill, through their company, Major Investments Inc. of Springdale, used a $1.6 million loan Dec. 22 to refinance their Best Western Windsor Suites at 1122…
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Demaree ?Hashes? Out Cave Springs Project
Demaree, Hash & Associates LLC of Cave Springs, the holding company owned by Pat Demaree and Brett Hash, is spending $1 million to develop a golf community in Cave Springs….
by - February 21, 2000 12:00 am
Tallchamps LLC Not Short on Lots
Tallchamps LLC, the development company for Pinnacle Golf & Country Club in Rogers, is spending $682,395 to develop Phase I of its Pinnacle Subdivision. Thomas E. and Gloria W. Hopper,…