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Village Epicureans Closes After Eight Years

The Village Epicureans, a restaurant specializing in vegetarian food, closed June 2 after eight years in business in Fayetteville.

O?Charley?s Plans Rogers Restaurant

O?Charley?s Inc. plans to open a 6,923-SF restaurant in Rogers? Scottsdale Center in the spring of 2002.

Powerhouse Begins Catering Operation

Powerhouse Seafood & Grill in Fayetteville recently began catering events.

Cool Water Offers Lunch Oasis

Cool Water in Fayetteville recently impressed our lunch party.

Co-mingling Expected to Grow ONSC Fund

Huntsville?s Ozark Natural Science Center on May 24 became the first nonprofit agency to have a co-mingled endowment with the Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation?s family of funds.

Northwest Arkansas MSA Shrinks Unemployment

In April, the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan statistical area continued to sport the lowest unemployment rate of metros in Arkansas.

Slashing on Dickson Appears to be Gang Related

Billy Arthur Jordan, 19, was arrested for allegedly slashing the throat of Charles Condra on May 10 at a pay phone outside the Campus Book Store on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street.

Fayetteville Jewelers Hit by Recent Robberies

Two jewelry stores in the Northwest Arkansas Mall were robbed at about 4 a.m. on May 27.

Hight-Jackson Scores Big Regional Contract

Hight-Jackson Associates of Rogers recently landed a $24 million account with the Pittsburg, Kan., school district for construction and renovation of the district?s schools through 2006.

Ozark Shopper Invites Businesses to Sell Online

Father-and-son team Garry and Kelly Prophet created Ozark Shopper to offer online classified ads to individuals and companies in Northwest Arkansas.

Fayetteville Designer Goes Digital with New Venture

For less than $4,000, a graphic designer opened a new business to create videos similar to those on television music channels.

Arkansas Portable Toilet Rentals

Proclaiming himself the ?Toilet Tycoon? of Northwest Arkansas, Larry Palmer recently opened a local division of Arkansas Portable Toilet Rentals.

Cox Line Up To Be Uniform For Area

Cox Communications is currently working on about 25 of Fayetteville?s 60 ?nodes? as part of the $25 million renovation of the city?s cable television system.

Douglas Suffers Second Stroke

Bob Douglas, 76, former managing editor of the Arkansas Gazette and chairman of the University of Arkansas? journalism department, suffered a stroke on May 27.

Big Stories: Mail Boxes Smashed, Pig Attacks

Recent local media stories made Northwest Arkansas seem like the boondocks.

Commercial Boom Shifts From Offices to Retail

The influx of new office buildings, particularly in Benton County, has increased the demand for other commercial properties.

ABF Freight Set Heads for Television

ABF Freight System Inc., the largest subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corp. in Fort Smith, will be featured later this month on several major television networks.

Springdale Touts Tyson de Mexico

Tyson Foods Inc. announced June 7 several international moves that the Springdale company feels will help it continue growing its chicken business.

Wal-Mart Shareholders Choose New Board Member

At its annual meeting June 1 in Fayetteville, 97 percent of Wal-Mart shareholders voted to add J. Paul Reason, president and chief operating officer of Metro Machine Corp., to Wal-Mart?s now 13-member board of directors.

Dillard?s Same-Store Sales Dropped in May

Dillard’s Inc., the Little Rock-based department store chain, said its May sales at its stores open at least a year fell 5 percent from a year ago.

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ACME input now online, UAFS students receive SURF grants

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

The Supply Side: Boomer generation concedes spending power to young consumers

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville