by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
The sales tax on industrial utility usage accounts for an estimated $54 million in annual state revenue. That represents about 2 percent of the total sales and use tax collected by the state in fiscal year 2005.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Liquefied natural gas terminals are emerging as a gas companies can increase supply, which helps keep prices low.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Orlo Stitt sees green in everything he does, drives and lives in. From his house to his hybrid car, Stitt believes there are a multitude of things that can be done to use energy wisely.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Rural Arkansas telephone companies may be facing a cut to revenue due to the Federal Communications Commission possible reductions in interstate access charges to foster competition among carriers.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority?s estimated $40 million wastewater facility might be fully operational by 2009, which will help with supply demands for the growing region.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Area banks are jumping on the gift card bandwagon, hoping to snag customers looking for Christmas gifts.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
CDI Contractors LLC of Little Rock will begin construction on Dillard?s store in Rogers, and Elder Construction Co. of Springdale begins construction on a 46-unit condo project in Springdale.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Cumulus Broadcasting Inc.?s KYNF-FM, 94.9 the ?Y? switched to an all Christmas music format on Nov. 19.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
A CD filled with 15 songs by 15 local bands and musicians has raised slightly less than $5,000 for Fayetteville-based LifeSource International since it went on sale this fall.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Jed Clampit, former Fayetteville resident released a Christmas CD in late November, titled ?Jed Clampit: Christmas Favorites.?
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Hoyt Purvis, a professor of journalism at the University of Arkansas, recalls run in with Johnny Cash.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Toothpicks Chop House gets 3.5 stars in our lunch review.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Despite warnings of becoming overbuilt, there were more than 1,000 lots delivered in Benton County during the first half of 2005, which could be another record year for single-family housing in the county.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
George Babb is installing free wireless Internet in all five of his Village Inn Restaurants.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Panera Bread Co. was the first restaurant in the area to provide free wireless Internet service. The Panera locations in Fayetteville, Bentonville and Fort Smith all went wireless in the summer of 2004.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Three McDonald?s restaurants in Northwest Arkansas have wireless Internet service for a fee: the stores on Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville, Hudson Road in Rogers and Arkansas Highway 102 in Bentonville.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
Fayetteville-chartered Signature Bank of Arkansas has received approval to open a full-service office in Siloam Springs.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
First State Bank of Lonoke and Rhino Investment Co. filed separate lawsuits against AEB Investments LLC of Springdale in Washington County Circuit Court in October and November.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
OmniPak LLC, a Fayetteville client of Virtual Incubation Corp., has received a $100,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Science Foundation.
by - December 5, 2005 12:00 am
VeriSource Inc. of Rogers and Advanced Control Solutions Inc. of Bentonville ?revenue sharing arrangement? has apparently fallen through.
