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Buildings Inc.Refinances Loan

Buildings Inc. of Springdale received a $600,000 mortgage from Springdale Bank & Trust on May 27 to refinance the debt on the company’s truss shop at 235 S. 40th St.rThe…

Office Building Secures Mortgage

Two office buildings at 9 Township Road in Fayetteville are being used to secure a $360,000 mortgage from the Bank of Fayetteville.rDonald E. and Barbara Wilson received the loan May…

Circuit City Will Open in July; New Shops for NWA Mall

A 21,000-SF Circuit City store will be open by mid-July in Fayetteville’s Spring Creek Centre, says Morgan Stewart, a spokesman for the Richmond, Va.-based company. On June 12, Circuit City,…

New Stores Opening in Northwest Arkansas Mall

Warren’s Shoes, a chain based in Paris, Ark., plans to open a store in Fayetteville’s Northwest Arkansas Mall by Aug. 1. The 3,407-SF store will be Warren’s ninth. The company…

Singletree Plaza Opens in CMN Business Park

Fayetteville’s newest shopping center, Singletree Plaza, opened June 11 with two businesses: Walker Brothers Dry Goods and Morgan Scott Interiors. The Toggery, a children’s clothing store, is expected to open…

Wealthiest Profiles

Walton Family $51.5 billion, Bentonville Country’s wealthiest family, owns 38 percent of world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Phenomenal growth of nearly 880 million shares of stock (mostly held in…

Wealthiest of Northwest Arkansas

Wal-Mart Rally, J.B. Hunt Rebound Lead to Big Gain Bank merger fever. Soaring Wal-Mart Stores Inc. stock prices. A sharp rise in the values of private companies. These are a…

Scholars Snub

With more than 450 Chancellor’s Scholarships being tossed at the best high school graduates in the state, University of Arkansas administrators thought enrollment in the UA’s College of Arts and…

Plugging the Brain Drain

One of the main objectives of John A. White, who took over a year ago as UA chancellor, is to lure the state’s best students by offering Chancellor’s Scholarships —…

Neffer Nefferland

Kent Neff, a former Rogers resident who now lives in Miami, and Dr. Jeff Erickson of Rogers plan to begin construction by the end of July on a 300-acre residential…

Yachta, Yachta, Yachta

If you are on Beaver Lake during the Fourth of July weekend, you might want to cruise by Prairie Creek Marina and see some of the boats that will be…

1,000 Buyers

This seems to be a banner year for Harris McHaney Shearin Realtors in Rogers. The state’s largest real estate agency has already reached the 1,000th buyer for the year, a…

Found Home

The University of Arkansas Foundation, the fundraising arm for academics at the university, will have new quarters before year’s end. We hear the foundation expects to leave its cramped but…

AERT Patent

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. finally has its key patent. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notified the Springdale-based company last February that its application had been approved, but the…

Black Gold, Arkansas Tea

A Canadian oil company will begin drilling soon on a well in western Arkansas in the famed Arkoma Basin. The company, Hegco Canada Inc., recently received the funding necessary to…

Lenders Win Temporary Victory in Federal Student Loan Dispute

The massive highway bill passed by Congress last month contained more than funding allocations for various states and their roadways. It also contained a provision designed to save the student…

New State Bar President Promotes Professionlism

Political Interference in Judiciary Concerns LR’s Robert Cearley Professionalism is the banner unfurled over the 4,200-member Arkansas Bar Association by its new president, Robert M. Cearley Jr. “The issue of…

Springdale Chamber Prepares for Annual Business Expo

The Northwest Arkansas Business Expo, sponsored by the Springdale Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for Aug. 18-19 at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center. Billed as the area’s largest trade show,…

Mercy Health Publications Earn Recognition

Three publications from Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas were recognized recently in the 15th annual Healthcare Marketing Awards. Progress Notes, a weekly newsletter, earned a bronze rating in the…

First National Ad Wins Award for Blackwood Martin/CJRW

A television advertising campaign created for First National Bank of Rogers by Blackwood Martin/CJRW recently took first-place honors from the Arkansas Bank Marketing Association. The campaign, “Life is Wide Open,”…

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson