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Bentonville Church Builds Large Family Life Center

Bentonville Church of the Nazarene on July 11 got a $1.57 million loan from Bank of Bentonville to add a new family life center. rLocated at 107 NW 3rd St.,…

Moberly Professional Park Begins Second Building

Mike Beard and Doy Gillihan of Moberly Professional Park LLC on Aug. 21 got a loan of $1.43 million from Great Southern Bank of Springfield, Mo., to add the second…

George?s Secretive about Expansion

George’s Inc., the Springdale-based poultry company, on Sept. 8 purchased a building permit valued at $1.03 million for expansion on one of its plants. rWhile no one at George’s would…

Terminella Adds Houses to Candlewood Subdivision

Tom Terminella of Birddog Development LLC and owner of Terminella & Associates Inc. Realtors, on Aug. 25 got a loan of $850,000 from Community Bank of Fayetteville to build more…

Marks Electric Bolts to New Location

Andrew Marks of Marks Electric & Plumbing Supply purchased a building permit valued at $517,636 from the City of Springdale to build a new store just across the Benton County…

Arkansas to Get New Edge from Old Technology

New Edge Networks of Vancouver, Wash., is using $77 million in venture capital funding to bring high-speed Internet access to Arkansas and other states via an old fashioned medium —…

Arkansas to Get New Edge from Old Technology – Inter-Tax Interface Cuts Trucking Costs

Trucking industry interstate tax wiz Inter-Tax Inc. of Wayzata, Minn., enlisted the help of Bentonville’s Strategic Concepts Inc. in August. rSCI designed the Strategy 5 interface for the third-party administrator’s…

Small Cap Firm Making In-Roads

Since opening its Fayetteville location in early September, publicly traded Cole Computer Corp. has secured three local commercial accounts. The company doesn’t identify its clients, but Cole comptroller Eddy Littlejohn…

Dick Trammel – The Rainmaker

If Dick Trammel were cloned it would only mean two of him would work tirelessly toward improving Rogers. It’s not as if he wants to alleviate any of his extracurricular…

Walnut Street Widening Complete

After snarling traffic for two years, the widening of West Walnut Street in Rogers was officially completed Sept. 29, and all five lanes of the business thoroughfare were opened to…

Web Review – ABC Tool Inc., Rogers

www.abctoolinc.com rrWe’re not sure what the horse photo at the top of ABC Tool Inc.’s home page has to do with carbide milling tools, but it’s a nice looking animal….

Whispers – Siloam Civic Center?

So, what can you do with an old Wal-Mart building? rThe city of Siloam Springs is considering turning one into a civic center. rWal-Mart Stores Inc. is currently constructing a…

Whispers – Chancellor Hobbles Along

We hear John White, chancellor of the University of Arkansas’ Fayetteville campus, won’t need surgery on his leg after a fall Sept. 17 outside a friend’s home. rWhite apparently tore…

Pauline Whitaker – Philanthropy and Fundraising rainmaker

While almost all of our Rogers contacts agreed their town flourishes on the strength of everyone pulling together, it doesn’t hurt having a Pauline Whitaker in your corner. rWhitaker, tabbed…

Broader bar exam may not improve pass rates

The pass rate on the Arkansas Bar Examination continues to deteriorate, and the Board of Law Examiners is about to join the Arkansas Bar Association in asking for significant changes…

ONF supermarket to open in November

Ozark Natural Foods, a consumer-owned cooperative since 1971, plans to move on Nov. 6 from its Dickson Street location to a section of Fayetteville’s Evelyn Hills Shopping Center, which is…

Shanghai Chinese Restaurant review

Shanghai Chinese Restaurant 1998 N. College Ave. Fayetteville We recently took our entire staff to Shanghai Chinese Restaurant for lunch to celebrate our favorite co-worker’s birthday. Several people were impressed…

Heisman campaigns cost more than cash

UA has tentative plans for Cobbs’ promotion The University of Arkansas athletic department has plans to set aside money for the possible future promotion of Cedric Cobbs for the Heisman…

Cobbs has time to mature

Cedric Cobbs running to pass the Heisman Trophy test, or is he just passing on running for it? University of Wisconsin sports information director Steve Malchow said a serious Heisman…

Friday, Eldredge & Clark comes to Fayetteville

The state’s largest law firm has opened a Northwest Arkansas office. Friday, Eldredge & Clark of Little Rock has dispatched three attorneys to its new location at 235 E. Millsap…

Black River Technical finishes renovations to welding lab on its Pocahontas campus

Fairfield Bay launches strategic growth plan

Fort Smith parks director seeks ‘park warriors,’ touts amenities

NRF: Retail sales rose 3.54% in December from year ago