by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Riggins Construction Inc. of Springdale recently bought 55 building permits valued at a combined $6.3 million to build duplexes in The Plantation subdivision off Old Wire Road in Rogers.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
T.G.I. Friday?s gets 2.5 stars in our business lunch review.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Your most effective networking asset may be sitting at the desk next to you.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas is planning to launch an intensive advertising and marketing campaign to help beef up minority enrollment.
A deal between the UA and Advantage Communications Inc. of Little Rock is still in the works, according to the univers
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
In the May issue of Men?s Journal magazine, writer Roy Wallack tells ?Adventure? section readers to ?hit Arkansas? epic new Syllamo Trails [near Mountain View] before the rest of the mountain-bike nation catches up.”
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
We were alternately amused and alarmed by the national television appearances of two Arkansas ?ambassadors? within a week of each other: Gov. Mike Huckabee on Comedy Central?s ?The Colbert Report? and golfer John Daly on CBS?s ?60 Minutes.?
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
On May 11, the home and garden section of The New York Times online edition featured an article on Northwest Arkansas resident Ezra Idlet?s treehouse.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Since National Recreational Properties Inc. of Irvine, Calif., began snatching up Bella Vista real estate last year, we hear a land flipping bonanza has ensued in the village. Some lots that were selling for $500 in January 2005 now fetch $15,000.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Bill Putman, a former in-house attorney for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has left the world?s largest retailer and opened his own firm in downtown Fayetteville.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
The Arkansas Stars, a National Indoor Football League team based in Springdale, are getting new owners.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
The owners of All Star Sports Arena in Springdale are adding to their lineup. Scott Harris, his wife Connie and his father Richard plan to open an arena in Memphis next year.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Former Huntsville native and rockabilly star Ronnie Hawkins has been looking for land to buy in Madison County, where he grew up.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Dixie Development of Fayetteville has installed digital cameras at two of its major construction projects to monitor the progress.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Linda Smirnoff, former wife of Yakov Smirnoff, the Russian comedian, has opened Royal Children?s Academy in Springdale.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Advertising Plus Inc. and You Name It, both of Fort Smith, will move their offices downtown to 21 N. 4th St. Ad Plus is an advertising agency, and You Name It is a promotional products company.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
The Hiram Walker plant in Fort Smith will increase production and staff next year. Production will go from bottling 4.8 million cases of liquor per year to 7 million cases.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Academy Sports & Outdoors will open its 90th store in Fort Smith in August. Construction on the 74,000-SF store began in January and will cost about $3.84 million.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
Walker Brothers Insurance Inc. and First Arkansas Insurance/Springdale Inc. merged on May 1.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
In April, Private Gallery, based in Fair Hope, Ala., opened a store on Dickson Street in Fayetteville to provide 100 percent of its profit to Quality Life Association Inc.
by - May 22, 2006 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas? supply chain management and logistics specialty ranked 19th in the U.S. News & World Report?s ?America?s Best Graduate Schools 2007.?
