Regions

Club Z! In-home Tutoring Comes to NWA

James and Kathy Dinwoodie recently expanded the nation?s largest in-home tutoring company to service Northwest Arkansas.

Springdale Eyes Minor League Baseball Team

Springdale is close to landing a minor league baseball franchise and new stadium.

DVD Factory Planned For Fayetteville

Eric Parkinson plans to buy at least eight acres of land in the Fayetteville Industrial Park and build a DVD factory that will make 50 million disks a year.

Hotel Planned For the Peaks

Gary Combs said it looks like a 150-room hotel will be coming to his $220 million Rogers project, The Peaks.

Huntsville-charted First State Bank of Northwest Arkansas applies to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Arkansas State Bank Department to operate a branch in Fayetteville at 300 N. College Ave.

Siloam Sees New Arvest

Siloam Springs will soon see a third Arvest Bank location on U.S. Highway 412 across from the Wal-Mart Supercenter.

Pizza Inn Planned for CMN

The Steel Crossing retail center at Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park is getting a 3,500-SF Pizza Inn.

Agracat Digs for Sale

We couldn?t help but notice recently that the headquarters for Agracat Inc., the Chinese tractor distributor in Farmington, were recently listed for sale with Lindsey & Associates Inc.

Law Firm Grows Quietly

Keisling Pieper & Scott PLC, a Fayetteville law firm, has quietly grown into a regional practice during the last year.

Adversity Made Area?s Centennial Club Stronger in Toughest Times

Twenty-six for-profit companies in Northwest Arkansas have had continuous operations for at least 100 years.

Benham Banks On Air Base

The Lowell office of Oklahoma City-based The Benham Companies Inc. will provide the architecture and landscape architecture services for the new 26,000-SF Arkansas National Guard facility at the Ebbing Air National Guard base outside of Fort Smith.

NCR Joins UA?s ITRC

NCR, the company founded as the National Cash Register Co. in Dayton, Ohio, has joined the Information Research Technology Center within the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.

Goshen Hires Building Inspector

For the first time in its history, the city of Goshen has hired a building inspector, James Royal.

Buffalo Back At Market

Diners looking for something different might be interested in the meat being reintroduced to the Berryville farmers market this summer.

Realtor Award Changes Formats

The Arkansas Realtors Association has created new guidelines and a new awards system for agent achievement for 2003 transactions.

JBU Students Worked on Economics in Guatemala

Nine students from John Brown University in Siloam Springs spent their spring break helping develop economic projects in Guatemala.

11 Employees Left as OAS Closure Nears

Ozark Aircraft Systems, which announced on Dec. 30 that it would close its business at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill in 30 to 45 days, has only 11 employees left, primarily doing inventory.

Train Depot Museum Shifts to Nonprofit

Plans to build a $12 million museum/theater/restaurant project next to the Fayetteville train depot have shifted from a commercial to a nonprofit project.

Meza Harris No. 1 Among Region’s Real Estate Agents

Lists of the region’s top-grossing real estate agents and top real estate firms.

NWACC Fund-raiser Gala to Benefit College, Community

NWACC to host its first fund-raiser gala, ?An Evening With the Stars.?

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