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Rogers Shopping Center Sells in $795,000 Deal

he New Town Square at 115 N. Dixieland Road in Rogers was sold July 8 for $795,000. B.O.W. Inc. sold the shopping center to Richard and Tina Fischer. The deed…

Searcy Bank Plans Fayetteville Branch

First Security Bank of Searcy bought two acres along Joyce Boulevard for $520,000 on July 7 and plans to build a branch of the bank on the property. The bank…

Springdale Company Plans New Building

Advanced Information Management LLC of Springdale plans to build new offices and a storage facility at 1720 Arkansas Highway 264 with a $516,000 loan from Springdale Bank & Trust. The…

Ozark Guidance Center Building New Facility

Ozark Guidance Center Inc. of Springdale is using a $420,000 loan from Arkansas State Bank of Siloam Springs to build a new facility in that town. The construction loan was…

Skyboxes Full For Football Season

The 36 luxury skyboxes in Razorback Stadium are leased annually by the University of Arkansas athletic department. All the skyboxes are occupied for the current football season. The price of…

Local Computer Company Offers Y2K Tests

A lot has been written about the havoc that the Y2K problem is expected to wreak on computer systems worldwide, but less time and space has been devoted to discussing…

UA Provides Training For Arkansas Workers

For the past 12 years, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has been leading the effort to help companies in the state educate and train their workers. Through the Division…

Papa Re-Deux

By April, residents of Rogers will be able to enjoy the spring weather on the outdoor patio of a new Creole-style seafood restaurant. Construction is scheduled to begin in October…

Webb Site

The University of Arkansas has a way of attracting all kinds of people from all parts of the country. On Aug. 16, we saw Webster Hubble, the Little Rock lawyer…

Delta Gambit

A group of local investors already involved in restoring downtown property in Fayetteville is trying to expand its holdings onto the campus of the University of Arkansas. Greg House, John…

Carnall Contractors

The former sorority house isn’t the only property on campus that Greg House and his partners are interested in. The investors were one of nine contractors submitting information to the…

Arvest in OK

Expect an announcement soon concerning the ownership of The Oklahoma National Bank of Duncan and Security National Bank & Trust Co. of Norman, Okla. Those are the banks in which…

Ghazi Issa Sued

The owners of Ghazi’s Pesto Cafe have been sued for $477,500 after opening a restaurant in a Fayetteville building at 3075 Market Ave. owned by Ben Israel, then abandoning it…

Andrea Kay Cornered

There’s no new sign yet but the apartment complex at the corner of Cleveland Street and Garland Avenue in Fayetteville has new owners and a new name. The Andrea Kay…

Arvest to Pay $38 Million For Two Oklahoma Banks

Arvest Bank Group Inc. has agreed to pay nearly $38 million in cash for the two new Oklahoma banks it plans to acquire, according to documents filed with the Federal…

Asset Growth Key For Many Area Banks

Several area banks, particularly those in Benton County, reported first-quarter assets that were substantially higher than a year earlier. Leading the way, with a 147 percent increase, was First Commercial…

Robot Design Contest Stimulates Student Interest in Science

Local Businesses, Scientists Combine Forces in BEST Program Building a robot from scratch may sound like a project for scientists or a multi-million dollar corporation. But this fall, local high…

Friday?s Focuses on Fayetteville, Swanson Reconfigures Plant

T.G.I. Friday’s, America’s first casual dining chain, plans to open a restaurant in Fayetteville. Darin Gardner, who owns VNE Inc., the Friday’s franchise group in Fort Smith, says he’s ready…

American Freightways struggles on Wall Street

Investors spurn trucking company stocks amid concerns over slowing economy Stock in American Freightways Corp. of Harrison has lost more than 60 percent of its value since the first of…

Beverly, Fairfield Experience Stock Value Declines

American Freightways Corp. isn’t the only Arkansas company struggling on Wall Street. Beverly Enterprises Inc. of Fort Smith and Fairfield Communities Inc. of Little Rock both have experienced dramatic declines…

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic