by - May 17, 1999 12:00 am
Any Room for an Inn?
George Babb of Springdale, who has the Arkansas franchise rights to Village Inn Restaurants, says he’s looking for a location to build a restaurant in either Springdale or Bella Vista….
Author: Michael Tilley
by - May 17, 1999 12:00 am
University Hopes Fans ‘Baum-bar’ Regionals
On May 17, the NCAA Baseball Tournament selection committee will announce where the 16 sites will be for its opening round of regionals May 28-30. The University of Arkansas’ Baum…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
Huge Home Nears Completion
Rogers lawyer David R. Matthews and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Matthews, received a $560,000 mortgage March 4 from First National Bank & Trust. The note is for their 6,075-SF home…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
First Security Plans Rogers Branch for 2000
First Security Bank, the Searcy-based bank that expects to open its new 14,000-SF building in Fayetteville in early June, is planning to build a similar facility in Rogers. Jim Taylor,…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas Banks Should be ‘A-OK’ Despite Y2K
Jan. 3, 2000, should be business as usual, officials from most area banks and savings institutions say. As the first weekday of the new year, that could be the day…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
Dykema Leads Charge into Internet Banking
Dan Dykema was first in line to get Arkansas National Bank of Bentonville online. The bank president says in 1996 he began to view the Internet as another potential delivery…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
$13.5 Million Gift to Fund Senior Health Care
A $13.5 million gift from the Schmieding Foundation will provide for the building and operating of a new senior health and education center in Springdale. The donation, announced April 5…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
Sears Renovatoin Nears Completion
Renovation of the Sears store in Fay-etteville’s Northwest Arkansas Mall should be completed around July 1, says Greg Day, who took over as the store’s manager in January. Day previously…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
Holy Cow Peas, Variety is a Success
Ted Morelock, a professor of horticulture at the University of Arkansas, developed a variety of southern peas in December 1995 that has become one of the most widely used by…
by - May 3, 1999 12:00 am
And the Ernie goes to . . .
The Ernie Deane Award committee was apparently at a loss for words when it recently honored Maylon Rice. The citation he received read simply: “To Maylon Rice of the Northwest…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Cracker Barrel sealed at Ozark Factory Outlet
Cracker Barrel restaurant bought 2.61 acres at the Ozark Factory Outlet Stores location at the northwest corner of U.S. Highways 71 and 412 in Springdale. The $672,000 purchase from Mathias…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Plexes undergoing renovations in Rogers
Jason R. Moore and Patricia W. Moore recently purchased 12 four-plexes for $300,000 in Rogers. The deal, financed through Arkansas National Bank in Bentonville, includes some refurbishing work that will…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Morning News ignores Reynolds Center dedication
We were perplexed when we examined the Feb. 9 issue of The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas and saw that it contained no coverage of the Feb. 8 dedication of…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Webster University opens in Fayetteville
Webster University, a private, non-profit liberal arts college based in St. Louis, opened a Fayetteville campus in January. The school, at 3444 N. College Ave., is in a building that…
by - February 22, 1999 12:00 am
Fuzzy’s Restaurant
1313 N. Garland Ave. Fayetteville Parking is scarce. The menus are tattered. The food is not the haute cuisine that’s over priced and over sold in other parts of town….
by - February 8, 1999 12:00 am
Newspaper sues Rogers ad firm
Community Publishers Inc., owner of the Benton County Daily Record, is suing Kirkpatrick Williams & Associates for $14,058. The suit, filed Jan. 8 in Benton County Circuit Court, claims the…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Consolidating in Springdale
National Hydraulics and Fabrication Inc. of Springdale plans to build a $250,000 building on Kawneer Drive in the Springdale Industrial Park to consolidate its business.Marc Crandall, the project developer, says…
by - September 21, 1998 12:00 am
Wasson Funeral Home Continues Traditions
Business Originated in 1889, Still Going Strong in Siloam Springs It is the relationships that are formed with clients and their families that make the Wasson family members love their…
by - September 21, 1998 12:00 am
?Stones? Tour Shocks Patients
Northwest Health System is billing its latest kidney stone treatment as “Stones on Tour,” a colorful description of treatment for what can be a very painful ailment. The treatment uses…
by - September 21, 1998 12:00 am
Newmark Foods Expands Area Restaurant Holdings
Newmark Foods Inc. of Corrales, N.M., bought an acre of land in the Times Square development in Rogers for $488,333 on July 31. The deed was signed by Luther Black…