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Computer Renaissance

Owner: Don Whitman Address: 360 Joyce Blvd., Fayetteville 72701 Phone: 443-2000 Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Mon.-Sat. Start-Up Date: May 21 For people who just need to write a few letters,…

Telemax Communications

Owner: Travis Pinkerton & Clint Howle Address: 915 E. Mimosa St., Rogers 72758 Phone: 986-0519 Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Mon.-Fri.; 24- hour emergency service Start-Up Date: April 7 After working…

The Golf Factory

Owner: Noel & Donna Moore Address: 2838 Bella Vista Way, Bella Vista Phone: 876-6393 Hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Mon.-Sat. Start-Up Date: March 3 The Golf Factory is Noel & Donna…

Northwest Health Plans $72 Million in Improvements

$14 million will be used to revamp hospital computer system Northwest Health System is planning $72 million in improvements over the next five years, including $14 million to revamp the…

Fund Established for Blake Michael Thompson

Mike Thompson got a promotion of his own recently to new father. Thompson, a founding partner of Thompson Earnhart & Associates Inc. in Fayetteville, and his wife, Melinda, are the…

Garrett Named Business Editor at Northwest Arkansas Times

Rusty Garrett, who has been employed by the Northwest Arkansas Times for the past 20 years, took over May 28 as editor of the Fayetteville newspaper’s business section. Garrett replaced…

Business Matters Hires Associate Editor

Richard Bedard took over April 10 as associate editor of Northwest Arkansas Business Matters, the weekly zoned business section of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Bedard replaced Sheri Venema, who is now…

Walton DWI Trial Causes Media Dilemma

The May 28 trial of Alice Walton, founder of the Llama Co. of Fayetteville, caused problems for some Northwest Arkansas media outlets. Walton was arrested Jan. 28 and cited for…

The National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations

The National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations announced in May that it has received a $50,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation in support of breast cancer awareness. This is the…

Kmart & Walmart in Price War?

Arch-rival retailers Kmart Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. denied on May 21 that they are enmeshed in a Viagra price war but admitted they were offering the impotence pill at…

Truck Company Mortgaged to Buy Out Partner?s Interest

Northwest Arkansas Truck & Equipment Inc. at 2675 W. Sunset Ave. in Springdale was mortgaged June 1 for $676,608. The mortgage was signed by Darrel James as president of the…

Buildings Inc. Refinances Loan

Buildings Inc. of Springdale received a $600,000 mortgage from Springdale Bank & Trust on May 27 to refinance the debt on the company’s truss shop at 235 S. 40th St….

Wal-Mart visitor?s Center Secures $410,000 Loan

Sam Walton’s first store in Bentonville, which now is a museum and visitors’ center, and an adjacent office building on the Bentonville square were mortgaged May 14 for $410,000. G…

National Home Center sells Rogers store, Eyes Contractors

Retail Trends, Developments National Home Centers Inc. of Springdale has agreed to sell its 200,000-SF Rogers store to Lowe’s Cos. Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The move effectively gets National…

St. Mary?s Hospital Leads State In Controlling Superbug Infection

St. Mary’s Hospital in Rogers is the first in Arkansas and one of the first in the nation to develop a program for fighting a new strain of bacteria that…

Students Work With NWS, Help Alert Areas in Danger

The first Emergency Manager’s Weather Information Network in the state of Arkansas was recently installed in Fayetteville. The system was purchased by the Amateur Radio Club of the University of…

Regional Doctors Help Medical Science

Medical history is being helped along by some cardiologists and their patients at Washington Regional Medical Center. Drs. James Cooper, David Churchill, Ted Fish and Harrison Butler are among the…

D-G Hiring for NW Paper

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is apparently hiring staffers for a zoned edition of the newspaper for Northwest Arkansas. Although officials at the paper didn’t return our telephone calls, the D-G has…

NAT LC Appeals

A lengthy appeal over ownership of the Northwest Arkansas Times of Fayetteville kept the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette from aggressively pursuing its goals in Northwest Arkansas, D-G Publisher Walter E. Hussman Jr….

New Flicks for Fayetteville

There’s a new multi-screen theater coming to Fayetteville. Details are sketchy but we were able to get a few. “It’s unbelievable,” says Kirk Elsass, the broker with Lindsey & Associates…

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