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Leaving a Legacy

McIlroy family helped stabilize Fayetteville.

Target Gets Permit for Fayetteville Store

Incoming national retailer tops list of recent real estate deals.

Equity Hopes TV Games Lure Fans to Alltel Arena

Equity Broadcasting Corp. of Little Rock has a simple plan for reversing declining attendance at Arkansas RiverBlades and Arkansas Twisters games: Give them more exposure.

Budgetext Web Site Given 3.5 Mice

Budgetext Corp. makes a lot of noise in education’s vendor sector, but it?s a fairly well-kept secret when it comes to receiving local notoriety.

Arvest Settles with Fine

Arvest McIlroy Bank & Trust in Fayetteville has agreed to pay the National Flood Insurance Program a $10,500 penalty to settle a dispute with the Federal Reserve System.

Virtual Satellite Celebrates Victory

Virtual Satellite Corp. has successfully tested its product thanks to a little help from Space Systems Loral and a couple of Tel-Star satellites that are 23,000 miles above the earth.

Fayetteville?s Fortune Apparent

The fact that Virtual Satellite apparently will work is big-time news for Fayetteville.

Virtual Security Promises Money

A number of Northwest Arkansas firms should be excited about the recent Wall Street Journal article that predicted a rush of federal spending during the coming year on technology for homeland security.

Wal-Mart Finds Big-Easy Resistance

Residents of New Orleans have been in an uproar about the prospect of a Wal-Mart Supercenter coming to town.

Agracat on the Prowl

Agracat Inc. of Farmington, the North American headquarters for the Chinese tractor manufacturer, in October received a Golden Web Award from the International Association of Web Masters and Designers.

Riley Clubs ATRS With $11.5 Million Default

If Arkansas Teachers Retirement System had any doubt about how rough-and-tumble real estate lending can be, Pat Riley Sr. has helped school them otherwise.

First Charter School Failed, but Two More Have High Hopes

Gateway Charter School in Ponca knew it was in financial trouble the first day of school in September 2000.

NWACC Fills Vital Niche

NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville and its Workforce Development Institute are the most crucial pieces of Northwest Arkansas’ puzzling future.

Trio?s Looks for Fayetteville Location

Two employees of Trio?s, an upscale Little Rock restaurant, have been scouting for a location in Fayetteville.

Tokyo, Springdale: What?s the Difference?

Jimmy Chen opened Tokyo Sushi & Grill on Oct. 12 at 1210 W. Sunset Ave. in Springdale.

Blue Parrot too Crowded?

A proposal to turn The Blue Parrot from a nightclub into a dance hall was withdrawn during an Oct. 22 meeting of the Fayetteville Planning Commission after Commissioner Lee Ward said he was going to vote against the change.

No-Name Club Leased by Gaylord

The No-Name Club, which opened at 9 S. School Ave. in Fayetteville on July 8, closed on Sept. 19, according to a sign in the window.

Colton?s Worth More Than Peanuts

Just follow the trail of peanut hulls through the maze of restaurants and retail stores at Scottsdale Center in Rogers to reach Colton?s.

Benchmark Exam Shows Small Schools Compete

The release of the 2000-01 Arkansas Benchmark Exam results showed that some of the most advanced fourth- and eighth-grade students in Arkansas are enrolled in some of the smallest school districts.

So Long Usury; Who Needs ya?

Arkansas? financial institutions are in a better position to compete following the appeals court ruling that finally rids us of the archaic bank usury law.

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report