Regions

Fletcher Opens Daewoo Lot

Frank Fletcher Daewoo opens in Rogers, next door to Frank Fletcher Chrysler Dodge on U.S. Highway 71.

Northwest Arkansas Podiatry Center

Dr. Peter Xaysanasy opens his new business, Northwest Arkansas Podiatry Center, in Fayetteville to offer a family practice for foot problems.

KFSM Sells Tapes to Benefit Weather Victims

Proceeds from “Ice Storm 2000,” a video to be released next Monday, will go to victims of the ice storm and snowstorm over the holidays. The video costs $10, plus $4 for shipping.

Dateline Confusion Dominates Dailies

Most datelines are written to show where the reporters who wrote them were physically at the time, but the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette begs to differ.

Lightheart, Kohl’s Get More Press

In the same issue, the Fayetteville Free Weekly runs a photo of its “person of the year,” Mary Lightheart, and an ad for the soon-to-open Kohl’s department store. Lightheart had perched at the proposed Kohl’s site to save a grove of trees.

Nabholz Begins Work on New Rogers Church

The new, 60,000-SF St. Vincent De Paul Church should be open in the summer of 2002.

Loan Secured for New Hotel Coming to Rogers

The all-suites hotel, AmeriSuites, will be at 4610 W. Walnut Ave.

Sunbridge Center To Get More Commercial Space

Three commercial buildings are being added at Sunbridge Center.

Financing for Fazoli?s in Fayetteville Obtained

Fazoli?s Italian Restaurant is opening soon in Fayetteville.

Auto Dealer Building Large Bentonville Home

Bentonville auto dealer Ron Blackwell is building a large, upscale home in the Heathrow subdivision.

Eureka Springs Resort Adding Two Cabins

Cinnamon Valley Resort gets a $505,000 loan to add two cabins.

Businesses Moving to Wood Wise Location

Two businesses will take over the former Wood Wise location in Springdale.

Battle, District Lines to be Tightly Drawn

A northwest Arkansas contingent wants more representation.

Chamber Directors Lobby for Research Funds

A group of Northwest Arkansas Chamber of Commerce directors is trying to talk legislators into sponsoring a bill to provide $20 million in matching funds for research.