by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
D-G Style
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette recently bumped two of its veteran columnists from prime spots on the daily feature section front. As of Aug. 2, Richard Allin’s Our Town and Charles Allbright’s…
Regions
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Seinfeldian Shrinkage
We had some typographical errors in a graphic in the July 26 edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, so we’re running the graphic again (with the correct numbers this…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Morning News Tracks Loretts Lynn, Distant Relative Of X-ray Man
The obituary page of The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas (Page 4A) has become a hiding spot lately for some of the newspaper’s more unusual staff-written stories. On Aug. 3,…
by - August 9, 1999 12:00 am
Everyone Out of the Water!
We cued up the theme from “Jaws” after seeing the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Aug. 5 photograph of what it claimed to be a piranha caught in Lake Ann at Bella Vista….
by - August 2, 1999 12:00 am
Paintball ‘Brass’ Targets Market, Gaming Safety
A dip in guns sales and a flurry of lawsuits following a three-year string of coast-to-coast high school shootings have put the firearms industry in a jam. The spinoff paintball…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Utica Buyout Spears Aarow
Acquisition of publishing company could help waste manager clean up After three years of losing money, Aarow Environmental Group Inc. of Springdale may finally be on target with the planned…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
BAV Links People and Products
New software cuts carrying costs of out-of-stock retail items A new Fayetteville company believes it’s got the answer to one of retailing’s biggest problems: out-of-stock items. BAV Software Inc. has…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Real Estate Riviera
Cooper Communities Inc., with five successful master-planned communities in its stable, is exploring the possibility of expanding to Florida. Randy Brucker, president and CEO of Cooper’s land development subsidiary, says…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Selig the Deal
Speaking of Cooper, its commercial property division is on the acquisition trail again, this time with a $15.2 million deal. Cooper Realty Investments has returned to Hot Springs to buy…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
A Win-ing Tribute
Although John White didn’t seem too happy with the Legislature after its session that ended this past spring, Win Thompson, president of the University of Central Arkansas seems to be…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Too Many Scholars?
We hear White’s awarding of more than 400 Chancellor’s Scholarhips at the University of Arkansas is what prompted the state Legislature to enact an “anti-stacking law” in the last legislative…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Copyright or Wrong?
Mike Rodman, who worked for about a year on contract as a freelance reporter for the Northwest Arkansas Times, has billed the Fayetteville newspaper $9,000 for providing stories he wrote…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
North by Northwest
The North Forty Bed & Breakfast inn and reception center is for sale. The property, on Crossover Road in Fayetteville, was advertised in the July/August issue of Catering Magazine. The…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Litter-ally
In light of a recent Arkansans for Responsible Agriculture report that accuses Tyson Foods Inc. of violating Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality standards, we hear the Springdale poultry giant’s contribution…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Fairpark Apartments Coming to Fayetville
Jim Lindsey is building an $8 million apartment complex at 1165 Joyce Blvd. in Fayetteville that will include a leased area by Arkansas Athletes Outreach. Through his company, Fairgrounds Apartments…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Women’s Hospital Purchases Land
Interstate 540 LLC, a holding company comprised of a group of local physicians and developers Jim Knight and David Pruitt of Russellville, spent $2 million to acquire 40 acres just…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Millsap Centers Will Be Symmetrical
Millsap Center LLC, managed by Lindsey-Green Commercial Properties LP, got a $5 million loan May 21 from First Security Bank to build a 51,200-SF office center in Fayetteville. The two…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Terminella Builds Storage Units, Homes
Springdale developer Tom Terminella has two projects in the works that will total close to $4.5 million each. The first of which, a 7.5-acre storage facility at 1654 E. Robinson…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Walker Construction is Centerton of Activity
In addition to the 80 homes Ralph O. and Elizabeth Walker of Rogers are building in Bentonville’s Centerpoint Subdivision, the couple is building a grocery store and a new office…
by - July 26, 1999 12:00 am
Rogers Company ‘Loves’ Warehouse
Sterling Anders is building a $2 million office building and warehouse at 800 S. 40th St. in Springdale near U.S. Highway 412. The owner of BudgeText Corp. of Fayetteville, Anders…