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Wal-Mart Dishes Out the Sacagawea

Shoppers at Wal-Mart Supercenters in Northwest Arkansas (and Sam’s Club in Springdale) have been getting weighed down with change. The store checkouts have been doling out the new Sacagawea dollar…

Revamped MBA Program Turning Heads

UA redesigns, beefs up program; corporate America takes notice Doyle Williams says he wanted to make the Walton College of Business Administration’s MBA program more like the real business world….

Airport Spawns Water Wars

Two-Ton too late as Bentonville taps the boonies A battle over water in Benton County has resulted in a deluge of lawsuits and a dispute over land around the Northwest…

Bell Tolls for Hogs

We caught wind that the University of Arkansas athletic department was on the verge of a major announcement Feb. 17 but couldn’t get the Razorbacks administration to confirm the info…

There Goes the Judge

We hear Washington County is about to have a shake-up of chancery court judges. Both of the county’s chancellors are considering retirement. Division II Judge John Lineberger plans to retire…

UA no SAP

Tyson Foods Inc. plans to partner next year with the UA’s Walton College of Business by donating SAP software that will be used by the school’s MBA program. The software…

Buffalo Bill McFetridge

Bill McFetridge, owner of Ozark Film and Video Productions Inc. of Springdale, is working on a deal to produce a 50-minute IMAX film of the Buffalo National River. McFetridge says…

Banking More Bucks

The city of Fayetteville expects to make an extra $500,000 this year simply by investing its money more prudently. Fayetteville is apparently one of the first Arkansas cities to take…

Speaking of Garner Asset Management Co., it’s not every investment manager who also gives out recipes. Recent visitors to the Fayetteville company’s web site (www.garnerasset.com) may have noticed the top…

Benson Hedges Out

Meriam Benson, an area field representative for Southwestern Bell for 18 years, is hanging up her office telephone on March 31. After 30 years with Southwestern Bell, first in the…

Charger Runs Out of Diesel

J.B. Hunt spinoff fails, claims still being filed Charger Inc. had the business and the customers. It just couldn’t keep the wheels turning. A privately held spinoff of J.B. Hunt…

Antonio?s Closes After 25 Years in Johnson

Antonio’s Italian Restaurant in Johnson closed on New Year’s Day after serving free meals to everyone who showed up that day. “It kept me from having to feed it to…

No joke: It?s Cool Water

The building at 2217 College Ave. that previously housed Jokers Comedy Zone will soon be an upscale restaurant with a lounge, cigar room and billiards room. The renovation is expected…

New Pea Ridge IGA Under Construction

Construction is expected to be completed around May 1 on a new 21,000-SF Montgomery’s IGA supermarket in Pea Ridge. Work on the $1 million project began last November, says Dave…

Acambaro Mexican Restaurant

301 S. Walton Boulevard, Bentonville For anyone doing business at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Acambaro Mexican Restaurant is the perfect pit stop for lunch. Only a couple hundred yards…

High-tech Revolution

Y2K has now been relegated to a historical footnote, except perhaps for some of the legions who were working on the bug and for whom its passing had the consequence…

UA Leads Region With Campus Construction

Several construction projects are currently underway on the University of Arkansas’ campus in Fayetteville. The main UA projects include: • Renovation of Reynolds Razorback Stadium is the largest construction project…