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River Grille

River Grille 1003 McClain Road Bentonville For months now, we’ve been hearing about the River Grille, the most popular new upscale restaurant in Northwest Arkansas. So we had to try…

Cooper Communities Praised by Magazine

Bella Vista-based Cooper Communities had all five of its planned retirement communities listed among Where to Retire magazine’s America’s 100 Best Master-Planned Communities. Cooper owns Bella Vista and Hot Springs…

Possible Sale Includes Northwest

Despite strong performance from its Northwest Arkansas business units, publicly traded Quorum Health Group Inc. is considering selling out. A combination of deflated profits and a seven-year-old federal fraud case…

FAC Becomes National Champs

The Fayetteville Athletic Club topped about 200 similar facilities in a nationwide competition of Biometrics programs. The contest ran from April 1 through June 30. Biometrics is a national program…

Bank of Fayetteville Becomes ISP

The Bank of Fayetteville recently began providing at-home Internet access for its customers. The cost is $17 per month. Bank President John Lewis said the bank previously provided Internet access…

UA Donors Give Until It Hurts

Private gifts of $83.2 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30 marked the University of Arkansas’ second strongest year of fund raising. More than $48 million went to…

JBU Hands-On Learning Valuable

John Brown University made simulating a corporate ladder climb more real by expanding its hands-on ropes courses at the Soderquist Learning Center. Teaching teamwork, workplace ethics and problem solving has…

Arkansas Companies Mentor Students Abroad

Both Baldor Electric Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. stretched beyond continental boundaries to shape the future this summer when executives from each company met with Sam M. Walton College of…

Extreme Design

Owners: Isaac Hunter, Stacey Rubin, David Hudson, Matt Hudson Address: 2367-1 Green Acres Road, PMB 120, Fayetteville 72703 Phone: 501-531-2183 Hours: 24 hours a day Start-up date: July 1 Email…

Professional Sales Academy

Owner: Will Holt Address: 115 N. Dixieland Road, Rogers 72758 Phone: 501-621-8654 Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday- Friday and by appointment Start-up date: June 1 Email address: [email protected]…

Eweb 1st

Owner: Tammie Harp Address: 703 N. Thompson St., Suite 315, Springdale 72764 Phone: 501-872-7400 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday Start-up date: May 1 Internet address: www.eweb1st.com Email address:…

Morning News Hires Business Editors

The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas has hired Wesley Brown as business editor and Kristal Kuykendall as assistant business editor. Both began work at the Springdale office in mid-August. Brown,…

KREB Moves Sports, Plans Return of Rome

Stephen Butler, owner and operator of Butler Broadcasting Co., recently moved his 24-hour sports format from 99.5 and 96.7 FM to 1190 AM, now known as KREB “The Fan.” The…

KHOG/KHBS Detangles Hair Myths

We knew the premiere of a new television station in the area would heighten competition, but we couldn’t believe it when KHOG/KHBS, Channels 40/29, ran a segment Aug. 7 (and…

UA Business Success Stories Span Decades

Every year the University of Arkansas releases a mass of fresh minds to join the swirl of the business world. Each face in the pool of black pointed caps ventures…

Maximize Return On Your Software (Ray Parsons Commentary)

With the rapidly changing business software environment today, business people are faced with the following three fundamental questions: 1) How can I maximizing the return on the software that I…

Tiered Plans Attack Rocketing Drug Costs

A 70 percent vault in pharmaceutical costs from 1995 to 1998 made the University of Arkansas woozy. So it swallowed a three-tiered pharmacy co-payment plan, and in just one year…

Unique Development Gets Mortgage Note

The Harvey and Bernice Jones Charitable Trust of $11.5 million was formally organized July 19 in a mortgage note for the Har-Ber Meadows Development in west Springdale. The 425-acre, 677-lot…

Another Office Building Going Up At Pinnacle Point

Bill Schwyhart and Collins Haynes of Hart and Haynes LLC on June 1 secured a loan of $1.3 million from Community Bank of North Arkansas in Fayetteville for a new…

All is Well and Fine with Rogers Complex

Ken Ewing recently purchased a building permit valued at $1.1 million to add 36 new apartments to Wellington Place Apartments in Rogers. Ewing is completing work on a 44-unit addition…

Construction starts on 7th Highlands Oncology Center

Connections: UA engineer receives $550,000 career award

Nine Riceland facilities temporarily close

Tonnage up almost 11% on the Arkansas River through May