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1,000 Buyers

This seems to be a banner year for Harris McHaney Shearin Realtors in Rogers. The state’s largest real estate agency has already reached the 1,000th buyer for the year, a…

Found Home

The University of Arkansas Foundation, the fundraising arm for academics at the university, will have new quarters before year’s end. We hear the foundation expects to leave its cramped but…

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. finally has its key patent. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notified the Springdale-based company last February that its application had been approved, but the…

Black Gold, Arkansas Tea

A Canadian oil company will begin drilling soon on a well in western Arkansas in the famed Arkoma Basin. The company, Hegco Canada Inc., recently received the funding necessary to…

Lenders Win Temporary Victory in Federal Student Loan Dispute

The massive highway bill passed by Congress last month contained more than funding allocations for various states and their roadways. It also contained a provision designed to save the student…

New State Bar President Promotes Professionlism

Political Interference in Judiciary Concerns LR’s Robert Cearley Professionalism is the banner unfurled over the 4,200-member Arkansas Bar Association by its new president, Robert M. Cearley Jr. “The issue of…

Springdale Chamber Prepares for Annual Business Expo

The Northwest Arkansas Business Expo, sponsored by the Springdale Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for Aug. 18-19 at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center. Billed as the area’s largest trade show,…

Mercy Health Publications Earn Recognition

Three publications from Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas were recognized recently in the 15th annual Healthcare Marketing Awards. Progress Notes, a weekly newsletter, earned a bronze rating in the…

First National Ad Wins Award for Blackwood Martin/CJRW

A television advertising campaign created for First National Bank of Rogers by Blackwood Martin/CJRW recently took first-place honors from the Arkansas Bank Marketing Association. The campaign, “Life is Wide Open,”…

In Our Backyard Reaches First Goal

The Northwest Arkansas business coalition raising money to help Arkansans get access to clean, safe running water has passed its first goal. In Our Backyard recently donated to the Safe…

Cooper Clinches Deals Bella Vista Company Sells One, Buys One

In keeping with its strategy of seeking out commercial properties, Cooper Realty Investments is set to close on a couple of deals soon. Cooper Realty Investments is a wholly owned…

Cheeburger Cheeburger, Franchising Franchising

Charlie Anderson, owner of the Cheeburger Cheeburger franchise in Fayetteville plans to open a second location ? in Bentonville ? by fall. Anderson ? who has franchising rights in Arkansas,…

Nibbles Gets Stout

Morgan Stout, sous chef at James at the Mill in Johnson, is leaving that job to be executive managing chef at Nibbles Gourmet Catering in Fayetteville. Suzie Stephens, who owns…

Alferno?s Opens

Alferno’s, a Chicago-style Italian restaurant, opened in May at 660 S. Thompson Ave. in Springdale. The restaurant is owned by Jorge Flores, Salvador Lopez and Artunio Esqueda, all originally of…

Charlie?s Chicken Opens in Fayetteville

Two brothers, Jeff and Matt Parker, have opened a Charlie’s Chicken restaurant at 1542 W. Sixth St. in Fayetteville. The restaurant is the second in Arkansas for the Muskogee, Okla.-based…

Touche Closes

Touche Restaurant at 1733 N. Crossover Road in Fayetteville has closed. Tuyen Bui, the owner of the business, was unavailable for comment. Touche served “continental cuisine with an international flare,”…

Bringing Back Dickson Street Fayetteville Developer Focuses on City?s Entertainment District

If Greg House has his way, Fayetteville will look a lot more like New Orleans or San Francisco than it will Dallas or Los Angeles. House, a former surfer who…

Mergers Making News

Big mergers have dominated business news in Arkansas during the past six months. We should be thankful that, with the exception of banking, Arkansas’ public companies generally have been on…

Area Developers Launch Space Race

Office and Retail Space Abundent A survey of office, retail and warehouse space in Northwest Arkansas found an occupancy rate of 96 percent, an incredible level for any market, according…

Simple Pleasures Bath & Garden

Owner: Amy Wood Address: 5320 W. Sunset Ave., Suite 157, Springdale 72762 Phone: 756-3850 Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, Noon-6 Sunday Start-Up Date: April 13 Simple Pleasures Bath & Garden…

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

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