by - July 4, 2005 12:00 am
For people who want to go to meet their maker in style, Roland Poertner is there to make that happen. In early May, Poertner opened Classic Car Caskets, a retail establishment supported by his manufacturing and customizing business.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Trouble swirls at AHEC as audit report reveals alleged misuse of funds.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Gary Head’s Signature Bank of Arkansas signs Raymond James and considers yet another stock offer.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
USA Truck Inc. of Van Buren is coming off its best year ever in 2004 and a record first quarter in 2005.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Nomad Development LLC buys 120 acres off Arkansas Highway 12 in Benton County from Kingdom Investments LLC for $4 million.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Republican gubernatorial candidates Asa Hutchinson and Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller face a formidable foe in the Democrat’s Mike Beebe.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Traffic congestion in Northwest Arkansas could cost an estimated $173 per person per year and cause total delays amounting to 1,976 hours.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Dancor Transit Inc. of Van Buren grew from one truck and trailer in 1983 to 158 trucks and 850 trailers in 2005.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Pat Reed, COO of FedEx Freight, is optimistic about the company’s freight segment.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
If work begins soon, a light-rail transit system could be financially feasible for Northwest Arkansas. Ron Goforth, president of Beta Rubicon Inc., said such a railway system to be between $550 million and $1.24 billion.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
When Jim Crowell arrived at the University of Arkansas in 2001, the Walton College’s Supply Chain Management Research Center had nine companies and had not broken even. Now, it has 22 companies and has operated in the black for three years.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
The 100,000-SF Parisian store planned for the Pleasant Crossing retail development in Rogers might be expanding by about 20,000 SF.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Sincerity Homes Inc. of Springdale has jumped ship on 48 homes it was in charge of building at The Peaks.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
If Ashley Judd’s boyfriend in the upcoming movie “Come Early Morning” looks familiar to you, it could be because he’s Fayetteville native Jason Davis.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
At least three banks could be operating out of Bentonville’s Fountain Plaza, with one more looking at the site as well.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Amid the flurry of bank and infrastructure announcements in the two-county area, the Bank of Arkansas N.A. has made some subtle changes to its location strategy.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Yet another Virtual Incubation Corp. client will be awarded a grant soon.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Gerald Johnston, the former chief financial officer at Tyson Foods Inc., suffered a mild heart attack in mid-May while on vacation in Destin, Fla.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Gene Kelley and developers Collins and Hunter Haynes plan to go before the Rogers Planning Commission to get a street name changed at The Peaks in Rogers.
by - June 20, 2005 12:00 am
Minister Billy Lehman operates the Roadside Wedding Chapel in Fayetteville where a couple can be married anywhere at anytime they choose.
