Regions

Delta Asks for Move to Fayetteville

Delta Trust & Bank filed an application on April 15 with the Arkansas State Bank Department to relocate an office from Gravette to Fayetteville.

All-Star Sports Arena Still for Sale

The All-Star Sports Arena in Springdale is still on the market, now at a heavy discount.rnBack in 2007, we reported that the asking price for the ASSA was $6.26 million.

Intrust Acquisition Confirmed

Remember the Home BancShares Inc. charter being sold to Intrust Bank NA of Wichita, Kan., for use in Northwest Arkansas that we mentioned in this space in the last issue?

NWA Restaurants Try, Try Again

For every place that shuts down for lack of business (or for not paying its taxes), there are usually plenty of restaurateurs waiting in line to give it their best shot.

Cosmopolitan Owners Called to Court for Past Due Taxes

John Nock and Richard Alexander, the owners of the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Fayetteville, are facing a criminal summons for failing to remit HMR and supplemental beverages taxes.

Pizza Double Hog Tied

A couple issues back, we had to run a correction after mistakenly reporting that Hogwild Pizzeria had closed when it was actually Hog Town Pizza that shuttered its doors.

A few years ago, the Fort Smith Board of Directors rejected a feasible, responsible and appropriate commercial development adjacent to the corporate headquarters complex of Arkansas Best Corporation. Why? Because…

Stunned

Employee embezzlement is the most cited type of fraud, and it’s on the rise.

New scholarship announced at ATU-Ozark

Gary Briley of Ozark (right) presented $3,500 Jo Alice Blondin, chancellor at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus, this week for student scholarships at the Ozark Campus. The money provides a new…

It was a mix of pig, chocolate and salsa

Helping thousands of children lead productive lives was the goal of the Kistler “A Night in the Caribbean” fundraiser.

Baldor shareholders updated on ‘tough’ year

Fort Smith-based Baldor Electric Co. held its annual shareholders’ meeting Saturday (May 2), just days after the company reported another quarter of declining sales and income. With that, one might…

Bad incentives?

A new Edmunds report suggests auto incentives may not be in the best interests of the automakers.

Sebastian County air quality gets good grade

Sebastian county residents can breathe easier than many other people throughout the nation. The American Lung Association has released its “State of the Air” report for 2009, which gives Sebastian…

New construction planned for Lake Fort Smith State Park

Bids for a new lodge and dining hall at Lake Fort Smith Park could go out this summer, with construction taking about one year after bid acceptance, according to Greg…

Bill’s Rib Room rocks

Opening night of the long-awaited new and improved Rib Room comes complete with a shower of rose petals.

Natural gas prices not likely to soon push production

Six years of first-quarter growth in U.S. natural gas drilling activity came to an end during the first quarter of 2009, according to The Natural Gas Summary from the American…

Bankruptcy and consumer opinion

Almost half of Americans would not buy a vehicle from an automaker in or considering bankruptcy.

Fitch issues Whirlpool rating report

A ratings report by Fitch Ratings places a negative outlook on $850 million in new corporate debt being issued by Benton Harbor, Mich.-based Whirlpool Corp. The negative outlook, according to…

New Fort Smith chamber president to begin May 26

Paul Harvel will begin May 26 his new job as president of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce. The chamber announced April 16 it had hired the Arkansas chamber…