Regions

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Tallchamps LLC Not Short on Lots

Tallchamps LLC, the development company for Pinnacle Golf & Country Club in Rogers, is spending $682,395 to develop Phase I of its Pinnacle Subdivision. Thomas E. and Gloria W. Hopper,…

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Ace Is the Place for Recycled Pallets

Ace Pallet Co. of Bentonville, owned and operated by Gary D. and Cynthia Youree, bought the 38,000-SF warehouse at 11675 Mt. Heabron Road in Lowell. The building and three-acre lot…

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Construction Begins at Evelyn Hills

The demolition of the old 55,000-SF Montgomery Ward store in Fay-etteville’s Evelyn Hills Shopping Center is complete, and construction has begun on a 25,000-SF area that will house Ozark Natural…

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Wal-Mart Dishes Out the Sacagawea

Shoppers at Wal-Mart Supercenters in Northwest Arkansas (and Sam’s Club in Springdale) have been getting weighed down with change. The store checkouts have been doling out the new Sacagawea dollar…

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Revamped MBA Program Turning Heads

UA redesigns, beefs up program; corporate America takes notice Doyle Williams says he wanted to make the Walton College of Business Administration’s MBA program more like the real business world….

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Airport Spawns Water Wars

Two-Ton too late as Bentonville taps the boonies A battle over water in Benton County has resulted in a deluge of lawsuits and a dispute over land around the Northwest…

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Bell Tolls for Hogs

We caught wind that the University of Arkansas athletic department was on the verge of a major announcement Feb. 17 but couldn’t get the Razorbacks administration to confirm the info…

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There Goes the Judge

We hear Washington County is about to have a shake-up of chancery court judges. Both of the county’s chancellors are considering retirement. Division II Judge John Lineberger plans to retire…

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UA no SAP

Tyson Foods Inc. plans to partner next year with the UA’s Walton College of Business by donating SAP software that will be used by the school’s MBA program. The software…

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Buffalo Bill McFetridge

Bill McFetridge, owner of Ozark Film and Video Productions Inc. of Springdale, is working on a deal to produce a 50-minute IMAX film of the Buffalo National River. McFetridge says…

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Banking More Bucks

The city of Fayetteville expects to make an extra $500,000 this year simply by investing its money more prudently. Fayetteville is apparently one of the first Arkansas cities to take…

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Frozen Assets

Speaking of Garner Asset Management Co., it’s not every investment manager who also gives out recipes. Recent visitors to the Fayetteville company’s web site (www.garnerasset.com) may have noticed the top…

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Benson Hedges Out

Meriam Benson, an area field representative for Southwestern Bell for 18 years, is hanging up her office telephone on March 31. After 30 years with Southwestern Bell, first in the…

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Charger Runs Out of Diesel

J.B. Hunt spinoff fails, claims still being filed Charger Inc. had the business and the customers. It just couldn’t keep the wheels turning. A privately held spinoff of J.B. Hunt…