by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
As the location for electricity generation becomes a matter of choice, fierce financial competition waits to erupt. Arkansas and other states have elected to deregulate electricity generation, making room for…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
The Brick Room Owner: Betsy McNeil and Chandi Owen Address: 105 W. Poplar St., Suite B, Rogers 72756 Phone: 501-936-9979 Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday- Friday and 9…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Uptown Downtown Dress Shop Owner: Geneva Nanson Address: 121 S. 2nd St., Rogers 72756 Phone: 501-636-7005 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday Start-up date: July 17 After 30 years…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Paper & Ink Owner: Lori Top Address: 1852 Crossover Road, Suite 1, Fayetteville 72701 Phone: 501-973-2770 Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday Start-up date: June 1 Email address:…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Donrey Media Group’s expansion was among the factors that prompted an “alliance” announced Aug. 19 between Community Publishers Inc. and Wehco Media Inc.’s northwest edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Wehco…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Bentonville’s Benton County Daily Record, hometown paper of Community Publishers Inc., published its first redesigned edition Aug. 29. The new look — which features front-page story descriptions, larger headline type…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Although it’s still not clear exactly what the working agreement is for editorial copy between the Northwest Arkansas Times and the Arkansas Democrat Gazette (see story Page 10), it is…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Two things were interesting about the D-G’s lead sports story on Aug. 27, which scooped the area’s other dailies by detailing NCAA sanctions that are being self-imposed by the UA…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
National Home Centers Inc. announced that, for the second quarter ended July 31, net income was $312,000, or four cents per share, compared with net income of $449,000, or six…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
J.B. Speed, chairman of USA Truck, has announced he will retire from his position at the Van Buren-based company at the quarterly board meeting Oct. 18. Robert M. Powell, president…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Oklahoma City-based AARO Broadband Wireless Communications Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aarow Environmental Group Inc., showed growth in its first quarterly report since the parent company left Northwest Arkansas….
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Construction began in late August on the planned 200-room Pinnacle Hills Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center in Rogers. Pinnacle Hospitality Group LLC, the financial partners of Pinnacle Hills, consists of…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Butterfield Trail Village, a life-care retirement facility in Fayetteville, has begun construction on 72 new three-bedroom cottages. The total cost of the project will be about $18 million. The additional…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
WB Hotels LLC purchased a building permit worth $3.34 million for the new Residence Inn going up in Springdale. Construction has begun on the hotel, which is shooting for an…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Upscale condominiums are planned for the new nine holes at Springdale Country Club. Gary Brandon Enterprises on Aug. 8 secured a loan of $1.28 million from Springdale Bank & Trust…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Red Rock Development Inc. on Aug. 1 got 21 separate loans totaling $1.26 million from J.B. Hunt LLC to build more houses in the Southfork subdivision in Lowell. Tim Graham,…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Phillip Taldo and Gary Griffin of One Springdale Inc. on Aug. 8 got a loan of $874,000 from Springdale Bank & Trust to begin construction on a retail office building…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Something Urban, a women’s fashion store in Fayetteville, is relocating to Dickson Street after a $24,000 renovation of the former Texaco gas station by building owner Lamar Pettus. Something Urban,…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Arkansas’ slow-to-crank technology sector is on the verge of a multi-billion dollar jump start. Internationally renowned satellite communications engineer Bob Friedman, who operates two companies at the University of Arkansas’…
by - September 4, 2000 12:00 am
Advanced Cabling Systems, the Little Rock firm that opened a Springdale office June 1, got the local contract to install high-speed voice and data cable infrastructure in five of John…
