by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Anderson ImageWorks
Owner: Bethany Anderson Address: 121 1/2 Boles St., Fayetteville Phone: 571-1245 Hours: By appointment Start-Up Date: June 1 Bethany Anderson has a heavy background in music writing, which makes her…
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by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Port Arrowhead Boat Dealership
General Manager: Larry Smith Address: 2414 Highway 71 South Phone: 936-8855 Hours: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday- Saturday; 1-5 p.m., Sunday Start-Up Date: July 4 One signal that Northwest…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Daily Papers Prepare For War
Democrat-Gazette invasion cuts ad, subscription prices The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s launch of its daily Northwest Arkansas edition on July 13 had local newspapers slashing advertising and circulation prices in preparation for…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
OK Industries Grows From Feed Mill to Major Processor
Fort Smith company built during Depression now generates $768 million in annual sales On the fourth floor of OK Industries Inc.’s new headquarters in Fort Smith, Collier Wenderoth Jr. reflects…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
AP Covers Trial Highlights, Times Editor Miffed
The Associated Press admits it “dropped the ball” on coverage of the trial in Washington, D.C., of Archie Schaffer and Jack Williams, leaving the Northwest Arkansas Times and other state…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Morning News Editor Turns Down
D-G job, paper hires Arnold At a time when the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette seems to be able to hire away any reporter or editor it wants, it appears that money doesn’t…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Morning News Scoops Itself, Gives Story to Competitor
We hear there was some grumbling around the Benton County Daily Record’s newsroom recently after a competitor took credit for breaking a story that the Daily Record claimed to have…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Customers Own Ozarks Electric Cooperative
When several rural residents banded together and signed a local petition in favor of electricity, they sparked the beginnings of what is today one of Northwest Arkansas’ largest private companies….
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
American Freightways
Operating revenue for 1997 was $870,319,000, up 19.4 percent from 1996. The growth in operating revenue was primarily the result of increased revenue per hundred weight and increased tonnage from…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Alltel
ALLTEL and 360 Communications Co. have completed their $6 billion merger, creating a dominant, full-service communications provider primarily located in the Southeast and Midwest United States. Under terms of the…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
First Commercial Bank
First Commercial Bank announced July 1 that its wholly owned subsidiary, First Commercial Mortgage Co., completed the purchase of residential mortgage loan servicing rights from Simmons First National Bank located…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Hampton Inn Secures $1.5 Million Mortgage
The Hampton Inn at 735 S. Shiloh Drive in Fayetteville was mortgaged June 8 for $1.5 million. Nirvam Inc. of Springdale received the mortgage from First National Bank of Springdale….
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Clary Development Begins Improvements on Property
A $735,000 mortgage from the Bank of Arkansas is being used to begin development of about 26 acres of land near the intersection of Arkansas Highway 16 and U.S. Highway…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Downtown Building Being Renovated
A 53-year-old building adjacent to the Fayetteville square is being renovated with a $280,000 mortgage from McIlroy Bank & Trust of Fayetteville. Lewis D. Jones, a Fayetteville lawyer, received the…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Superior Linen Building Bought
The former Superior Linen Service building at 326 N. West Ave. in Fayetteville was purchased June 11 with a $280,000 mortgage from McIlroy Bank & Trust. The mortgage was issued…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Perfecting Poultry Products Propels Simmons Foods
Simmons Foods Inc., which will mark its 50th anniversary in 1999, is, in 1998, Northwest Arkansas’ largest privately owned company. As the nation’s 16th-largest poultry producer, Simmons Foods did an…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Regional Airport Nears Completion; Mergers Popular With Truckers
Preparations continue for the opening of the new Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport later this year. The airport has signed a contract with Wackenhut Services Inc. of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Glut Guts Land Deal
A $1.1 million land deal between a real estate developer in Texas and the city of Fayetteville collapsed last month because of a glut of apartments in the market. “Their…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
No Guts, NO Glory
Maybe real estate developers in Georgia are a bit braver than the Texans. A company from Atlanta is going ahead with plans to build about 300,000 SF of retail space…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Frost Busted
The granite bust of H.G. “Jack” Frost Jr., which disappeared unceremoniously last spring from the front garden of the Harvey and Bernice Jones Center for Families in Springdale, is apparently…