by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
The high price of real estate in Northwest Arkansas is turning blueberry farms into subdivisions. Blueberry acreage in Arkansas is down as a result, even though it is increasing nationwide.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
Simmons Foods Inc. of Siloam Springs has invented Pro-Cal, which allows the poultry to convert a byproduct of poultry processing into a feed for chickens and cows. Its new $10 million, 125,000-SF plant in Missouri will manufacture Pro-Cal.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas begins distributing $4.5 million in patronage refund checks to its members for 2005.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
A year-long drought affecting Texas, Oklahoma and western Arkansas has caused a shortage of hay to feed cattle through the winter. Hay supplies are down 50 to 60 percent as farmers shift to alternative feeds and feel the financial pinch.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
The Oklahoma Attorney General?s office says heavy rains, combined with the likelihood farmers will clean out their chicken houses, will provide the best chance for them to test the Illinois River watershed area for pollution.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
Crossroads Junction Caf? gets 2.5 stars in our business lunch review.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
Bennie Westphal, CEO of The Westphal Group in Fort Smith, sells 10 acres along the Arkansas River in Fort Smith to the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma to build a $135-million riverfront casino.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
In the third quarter of 2005, Arkansas banks collectively had a return on their average assets (ROA) of 1.18 percent, ranking as No. 4 of the seven states in the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank?s Eighth District.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service launches the Arkansas Hay Producers Database.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
Key & Associates Realtors in Hiwasse signs a Century 21 franchise agreement. The firm hopes to convert officially into a Century 21 operation by July.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
The New Design School, a nonprofit school in Fayetteville, is starting the state?s first certificate program in digital design.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
The Arkansas Governor?s Conference on Tourism will be coming to Rogers in March 2008. The conference should bring in 500 to 800 people. It?s the first time the area has hosted the event.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
Planners are considering a transit-oriented development to deal with road congestion as Northwest Arkansas continues to grow.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
A look at important real estate transactions in Northwest Arkansas.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
NanoMech LLC is given the 2005 Award for Excellence in Technology by global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan of San Antonio, Texas.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
Fayetteville software firm, DB Squared is ?continuing to do well? since launching its Job Evaluation and Salary Administration Program (JESAP) in June.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
After shifting its focus from the 11-county dominant market area to Washington and Benton counties in 2004, KNWA takes the lead during the 10 p.m. television newscast for those two counties.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
Susan Rogers, who had been the chief public relations person at the University of Arkansas since 2003, resigns for ?personal reasons.?
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
The Morning News of Springdale has been airing a series of television commercials that bring a whole new meaning to the word contrived.
by - March 13, 2006 12:00 am
Jeff Collins, executive director of the University of Arkansas? Center for Business and Economic Research, apparently accepted, then turned down an offer to be on the Bank of Fayetteville board of directors.
