by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Best Buy to Open Fayetteville Store
The 45,000-SF store, which is expected to open by spring, will be Best Buy’s first in Northwest Arkansas.
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by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Restaurateur Plans New Fazoli?s
Geoffrey Brown is preparing to build the 3,300-SF eatery ? the second Fazoli’s Italian Restaurant in Northwest Arkansas ? on N. College Avenue in Fayetteville.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
New CEO Promoted at St. Edward Mercy
Dr. John Hoffman, COO of the health network for three years, says he will stay the course set by his predecessor, Michael Morgan, by building “on what has been started.”
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
UA Board Approves Westark Merger
The Fort Smith community college would become the ninth campus in the University of Arkansas system.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
NWACC Foundation Doing Something Right
The executive vice president of the Rogers foundation says 2000 has been the best fund-raising year ever, with $2.5 million in donations and pledges totaling $580,000.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Arkansas Business Launches Daily Product
Arkansas Business Publishing Group, which owns the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal and 20 specialty print publications, unveils www.arkansasbusiness.com.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
NBC 24/51 Settles Anchor Positions
KPOM/KFAA NBC 24/51, back on the air this year after an eight-year absence, teams Rhonda Justice with Don Elkins at 5 p.m. and Darlee Chaloupek with Elkins at 6 and 10 p.m.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Neither Rain Nor Sleet Nor …
Sure, the weather was bad, but what good is a newspaper if it can?t be delivered to you?
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Southwestern Energy Still Looking for Utility Buyer
After six months on the market, the company’s remaining natural gas utility has not drawn any reasonable offers, Southwestern Energy CEO Harold Korell says.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Loislaw.com Accepts Dutch Acquisition Offer
The Van Buren online legal information provider, which posted a $3.7 million net loss in the third quarter, is taking Wolters Kluwer NV up on its $95 million bid.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Edgewater to Sell ClinForce, Buy Back Shares
The plan will allow Edgewater Technology Inc., which has divested itself of five divisions since June, to focus on its one remaining division, its e-solutions business in Massachusetts.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Executives Make Stock Trades
With 2000 drawing to a close, executives in Wal-Mart and other Northwest Arkansas companies have made transactions.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Kohl?s Gets Permit for Fayetteville Store
The company will build a 93,872-SF department store at CMN Business Park II.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Oakdale Junior High to Get 10 New Classrooms
Plans are also in store for other schools in Rogers.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Rogers Drugstore to Change Name, Site
USA Drug will build a USA Drug Store four blocks away from its Super D Drugs site on West Walnut Street.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Welborn Homes Building Three Rogers Homes
The houses will be on Creekview Drive and will range from 3,469-2,875 SF.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
McDonald?s Coming to North Fayetteville
A building permit valued at $476,120 has been purchased for the restaurant, which will be on East Joyce Boulevard south of the Northwest Arkansas Mall.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Developers Turning to Benton County Towns
Fayetteville may be on the bottom looking up at the development boom enjoyed in Northwest Arkansas.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Grinch May Steal Retail Christmas
Retail sales lag nationally during November, but Wal-Mart Stores Inc. weathers the storm with a modest 4.4 increase in same-store sales.
by - December 25, 2000 12:00 am
Small Businesses Pen Plans for 2001
New and existing small businesses in Northwest Arkansas face classic hurdles and fresh obstacles for operating in 2001. Budgeting wisely can help prepare for the new year.