by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
When Northwest Arkansas residents awoke July 12 to the debut of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s zoned Northwest Arkansas edition, many of them couldn’t tell anything had changed. Responses from media observers…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
1997 was a great year for top executives of many of Northwest Arkansas’ publicly held companies and, in particular, for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s upper management. In past years, the salary…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
The fate of a school to teach aircraft maintenance and related skills at the new regional airport will be determined by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission within the next few…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
NationsBank announced the donation of a modular building to Ozark Guidance Center, a private, non-profit corporation that provides comprehensive mental health care services in Northwest Arkansas. The building, located on…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Ann Kemp is the new vice president for finance and administration for the University of Arkansas system in Little Rock. B. Alan Sugg, president of the UA system, made the…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
Roberta, Gene Bates have sold thousands of bars of homemade soap since last summer Like many entrepreneurs these days, Roberta Bates got the idea for her new business from the…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
A Springdale produce store and two Fayetteville restaurants have recently closed. n Roots & Fruits, a 4,576-SF specialty grocery store in Springdale’s Signature Square shopping center, closed in early June….
by - June 15, 1998 12:00 am
A new four-story, 17,000-SF office building in downtown Rogers is being used to secure a $1.1 million mortgage from First National Bank & Trust of Rogers. The mortgage was signed…
by - June 15, 1998 12:00 am
First National Bank of Springdale has sued Herbert G. “Jack” Frost Jr. and his company, Jack Frost Management Consulting Inc., in Pulaski County Circuit Court for allegedly defaulting on a…
by - June 1, 1998 12:00 am
Arkansas Capital Corp. received the “Best Advertising Campaign” award during the annual meeting of the National Association of Development Companies held recently in Clearwater, Fla. The association represents 400 certified…
by - June 1, 1998 12:00 am
The May 28 trial of Alice Walton, founder of the Llama Co. of Fayetteville, caused problems for some Northwest Arkansas media outlets. Walton was arrested Jan. 28 and cited for…
by - June 1, 1998 12:00 am
St. Mary’s Hospital in Rogers is the first in Arkansas and one of the first in the nation to develop a program for fighting a new strain of bacteria that…
by - June 1, 1998 12:00 am
The fancy new multiplex theater isn’t the only development planned for that piece of property. Two acres of it will be used to bring another bank to the area. First…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
In 1997, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. increased the amount of business it does with Arkansas vendors and suppliers by 56 percent over the previous year — from $2.8 billion to $4.38…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Prestige Properties Construction and Development Inc. of Fayetteville paid $2.5 million for 203.5 acres along Mount Comfort Road that the company plans to develop into a housing subdivision. Prestige Properties…
by - May 24, 1998 12:00 am
Con-Wal Inc. of Rogers received two mortgages totaling more than $871,500 in March. The company, doing business as Southwestern Sales Co., received a $638,378 mortgage on March 11 and a…
by - May 18, 1998 12:00 am
A unique restaurant is scheduled to open June 1 at Terra Studios, a pottery and glass studio in Durham, 16 miles east of Fayetteville on Arkansas Highway 16. Local artists…
by - May 18, 1998 12:00 am
Ghazi Issa, co-owner with Steve Glenn of Ghazi’s Pesto Cafe in Fayetteville, opened a second restaurant May 15 in the Fayetteville building at 3075 Market Ave. that, until that day,…
by - May 18, 1998 12:00 am
The annual stockholders meetings for the state’s largest trucking companies have been jubilant events this year following the strongest first quarter the industry has seen in at least four years….
