by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Rock climbing is becoming more popular in the Ozark Mountains. Climbers come from across the country to scale bluffs at Horseshoe Canyon or boulder at “Witness the Fitness,” one of the most difficult bouldering routes in America.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Barry Hester’s Beaver Lake Quail Preserve in Gateway offers hunting for upland birds such as quail, pheasant and chucker partridge, in addition to turkey and whitetail deer packages.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Corporate teams of road cyclists are becoming a more common site in Northwest Arkansas. The sport is becoming more popular because it’s healthy and because of the popularity of Lance Armstrong.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
The White Buffalo Resort near Mountain Home offers bass fishing on the Buffalo River and trout fishing on the White River.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Las Margaritas in Springdale gets a three-star lunch review.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Fishing guides lure corporate clients to Beaver Lake. The striper bass segment in Arkansas brings in more than $16 million a year in tourism dollars.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
May Construction Co. buys a $12.1 million building permit to build a 136,000-SF Lowe’s home improvement store in Bentonville.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
On Sept. 12, the Benton County Daily Record refused to publish a full-page ad from WakeUpWalMart.com on the grounds that it could be “defamatory to Wal-Mart.”
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Mike Olmstead, former sports anchor of KNWA, rejoined his team in Fayetteville as a reporter and anchor for about six weeks before leaving the station again.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Madison County Record reports of gunfire over goats.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Classic Car Caskets of Rogers airs cheesy cable commercial.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Brian Vaughn, former president and chief financial officer of Fayetteville?s Garrison Financial Corp., has filed suit against the company over breach of contract.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Malco Theatres of Memphis has closed on a 12.9-acre lot in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park with plans to open a 12-screen stadium-seating theater.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
J.B Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell still hasn?t moved into its new building, which was supposed to be completed by now.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
David Swain has left May Construction Co. to be president of Dixie Construction, which is owned by Dixie Development.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has apparently left Springdale native Levon Helm out of ?No Direction Home,? Scorsese?s new documentary about Bob Dylan. Helm played drums for Dylan and The Band.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Vegrandis LLC and SFC Fluidics LLC of Fayetteville have joined to develop a laboratory-on-a-chip device that can be used in a doctor?s office to diagnose and monitor a variety of diseases.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
We recently spotted David Glass, former CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., shopping at the Target store in Fayetteville.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
One of the best places to pick up a good horse is from the Razorback Roundup, an annual auction that supports the University of Arkansas? Dorothy E. King Equine Program. This year?s roundup is set for Nov. 19.
by - September 26, 2005 12:00 am
Pinnacle Country Club of Rogers tops the list of the region’s largest golf courses.
