by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Liberty Bancshares of Jonesboro and Russellville Bancshares of Russellville recently received regulatory approval to purchase Arkansas State Bancshares, which operates the $170 million Arkansas State Bank of Siloam Springs.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
A couple of financial industry A-listers were in Fayetteville for the Razorbacks game against Texas on Sept. 11.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
We understand Danny Dotson has joined Don Gibson and Patrick Swope in Gary George et al?s yet-to-be named banking venture.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Fayetteville CPA John Ervin is one of a handful of Arkansas pilots certified to fly the new all-digital 2004 Cessna 182 Skylane, which just got clearance to fly from the FAA this summer.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
A television commercial airing nationally for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. former Diamond Doll Carrie Jo DeBriyn, 24, the daughter of former longtime UA baseball coach Norm DeBriyn.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
The local market manager for Clear Channel Communications says the corporation?s plan to limit advertising on its 1,200 stations will only reduce commercial loads by 10 percent on the nine stations he manages.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
We’d like to say thanks to KNWA’s morning anchor and meteorologist for giving the newspaper reporters credit for their stories.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Hoffbrau Steaks, a landmark Fayetteville restaurant, will reopen Oct. 11 after closing June 20 for renovation and reorganization.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Jim Lavender is spending about $1 million to buy and convert a 106-year-old church in Bentonville into a unique upscale restaurant called The Sanctuary.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
SmitCo Eateries Inc. of Pine Bluff opened its second Northwest Arkansas Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits restaurant on Aug. 9 at 2325 W. Walnut St. in Rogers.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Hurricane Charley and a 35-car pileup in Wyoming caused shipping woes for Willis Shaw Express of Elm Springs.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
United Airlines will soon begin three daily nonstop flights between Chicago and the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill. The airline also said it will also add one new daily nonstop flight to Denver.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Regions Bank is working on creating an automatic teller network in Washington County with six new ATMs in the planning stage.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
In the first quarter of 2004, Arkansas fell 4.1 percent behind the U.S. average in percent change in housing permits. Arkansas showed 9.5 percent change for the quarter.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Seven contractor violations from Washington and Benton counties are slated for Oct. 20 hearings.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
About 4,000 people attended the ninth annual Northwest Arkansas Business Expo on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 in Springdale.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Former TV and Tyson Foods man James Spencer has launched Active Voicing, an audio/video and multimedia production company.
by - September 13, 2004 12:00 am
Kent and Melissa Sorrells of Little Rock have brought their cognitive learning center Learning Rx to Northwest Arkansas. They’ve hired Jerry F. RunnerSmith away from the Clear Springs School in Eureka Springs to operate a local center.
by - August 30, 2004 12:00 am
The siren song of a new Wal-Mart Supercenter proves irresistible.
by - August 30, 2004 12:00 am
One of the state?s oldest companies, Eads Bros. Furniture Co. of Fort Smith, has withstood fire, flood, high winds and the Arkansas River Valley economy for 103 years.
