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Springdale, Huntsville Banks Merge

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis recently gave its approval to Springdale Bank & Trust to merge with The First National Bank of Huntsville. Springdale Bank & Trust, of…

Shogun Plans Expansion

John Pak, the owner of Shogun Steak House of Japan in Fayetteville’s Spring Creek Centre, is eyeing space next door to his restaurant for expansion. But he may not be…

Loafin? Joe?s to Open in Rogers

Loafin’ Joe’s fifth restaurant should open by May 1 in Rogers, says Rob McCain, the franchisee. The restaurant will be at 1313 W. Walnut St. in a building that previously…

Blimpie?s Store for Sale

The Blimpie’s Subs and Salads franchise in Fayetteville’s Oak Plaza Shopping Center is for sale. Advertisements have been running in local newspapers for several weeks now. We couldn’t get any…

Madame Wu?s

1818 N. Crossover Road Fayetteville You could say we were wooed by Madame Wu’s. It’s not your average Chinese restaurant. The elegant interior at Crossover Village is decorated with Chinese…

Phone, Cable Companies Line Up to Court Customers

Utilities want to provide Internet service, disagree over which medium is better, faster The number of people wired to Internet access has grown dramatically in recent years and expectations are…

Lois Puts Law Within Easy Reach

Litigation fuels need for research Arkansas’ newest publicly traded company, Loislaw.com Inc., wants more customers to do that Yellow Pages thing: Let their fingers do the walking. In this case,…

Owner: Perry Butcher Jr. Address: 205 W. Elm St., Rogers, 72756 Phone: 501-633-9230 or 501-531-3420 Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday Start-up date: Jan. 1 Internet Address: www.business-listing.com Perry…

Jump-Crazy

Owners: Jarrett and Kelley Mifflin Address: 1724 S. 42nd St., Rogers, 72758 Phone: 501-621-0247 Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Start-up date: Jan. 1 Hot air sparked the idea for…

Glass Renovators

Owner: Chris Miesner Address: P.O. Box 1227, Fayetteville, 72702 Phone: 501-251-0100 or 501-464-4085 Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday- Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday Start-up date: Oct….

TV Pioneer Hernreich Dies at Age 97

George Hernreich, who founded two of the television stations that now serve Northwest Arkansas, died Feb. 13 at his home in Fort Smith. During World War II, Hernreich raised money…

Mangan Holcomb Changes Name

Arkansas’ fifth-largest advertising, marketing and public relations agency is changing its name. Mangan Holcomb & Partners became Mangan Holcomb Rainwater Culpepper on Feb. 14. The 28-year-old agency added principles David…

D-G Drops Ball on Stadium Story

After being scooped by the Northwest Arkansas Times, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette misinformed readers about state law as it pertains to convention centers and state turnback funds, then buried its “correction”…

What?s the Big Deal? Wal-Mart and Asda

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s $10.7 billion buyout of Asda Group PLC of England last June wasn’t just the biggest deal struck in Northwest Arkansas in 1999. It was the biggest deal…

Let the Local Phone Wars Begin

Competition among providers of local telephone service is among the latest telecommunications developments in Northwest Arkansas. Southwestern Bell, one of the so-called “Baby Bells” that resulted when a federal judge…

Picking Politicians

Watching Bill Bradley and Al Gore on “Meet The Press” recently, skirmishing like a couple of alley cats, was amusing, yet disturbing. Instead of knowing more about them as potential…

Lindsey, Stanley Head Eastwood

Jim Lindsey and Roy Stanley, through their Eastwood Apartments LP, got a $7.4 million loan Dec. 3 from First National Bank of Springdale to build a 216-unit apartment complex. Eastwood…

Super D-eal Gets Done in Rogers

Stephen LaFrance Pharmacy Inc. of Pine Bluff is putting in a $5.3 million USA Drug Store at the corner of South 15th Street in Rogers and Walnut Street Amresco Commercial…

River Valley Widens Operations in Area

River Valley Homes of Springdale is building 68 homes at various residential developments around Northwest Arkansas. Bank of Arkansas is providing more than $4.7 million in financing for the work….

?Bhakta? Square One With Hotel Refinancing

Hansaben T. Bhakta and Terry Dill, through their company, Major Investments Inc. of Springdale, used a $1.6 million loan Dec. 22 to refinance their Best Western Windsor Suites at 1122…

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