by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
2000 Employees an e-mail away from expert health care advice for non-emergency care A program that allows e-mail correspondence with a doctor is proving “overwhelmingly” successful for one Arkansas company…
by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
DiCarlo Construction Co. of Kansas City, Mo., won the special contract for preliminary site work on the expansion of Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville. Its low bid of $850,000 includes drill…
by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
Skyranch Aviation Inc. has made skydiving such a popular sport in Northwest Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma that a recent jump with tandem expert Hoyt Perry, owner of Perry’s Jewelry in…
by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
We hear the threat of a lawsuit is what made Rita Allured paint over her white-lettered sign about 1.2 miles past the Arkansas Highway 12 bridge near the B&E Grocery…
by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
Talks are underway with McDonald’s to include chain restaurants in two of three convenience stores Stephen Griffin and Tommy Mardis plan to build in Northwest Arkansas. The projects will total…
by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
An anonymous donor has given the Bentonville-Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce 4,682 shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., worth about $206,000, to keep as seed money for a new building. The…
by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
The revitalization of Fayetteville’s Dickson Street is spreading south along School Avenue. Tim Klinger, a Fayetteville lawyer, is having a two-story, 8,000-SF building constructed on a lot he owns on…
by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
The reason Frank Smith and his namesake Rogers real estate company is suing Bert Bennett and his Cupit Street LLC of Fayetteville is because the Century 21-affiliate is three months…
by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
Tom Tam, the owner of three Panda Restaurants, plans to begin construction soon on a new one in Springdale. The Chinese restaurant, planned for a 2.5-acre lot north of the…
by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
The word is Aladdin Realtors’ success has it busting at the seams with 25 agents, and the Rogers company is now interested in expanding to Fayetteville. Gary Clay owns the…
by - September 6, 1999 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas restaurants stock up on wine, offer bargain prices, by-glass servings Budding enophiles in Northwest Arkansas have plenty of places to go to sample wines, and, compared to the…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Inc.’s lawsuit against ConAgra Inc., filed Aug. 5, is not the first time the food industry giants have butted heads. ConAgra drove up the bidding for Holly Farms…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
It has already set industry standards with its motors, and now Baldor Electric Co. is aiming for an equal share of the drive market. The company has converted an old…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
In 1950, University of Arkansas students started visiting Maxine’s Tap Room to drink cold beer, play dominoes and plug change into the arcade bowling machine known as “Ding Ding.” Nearly…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
The city of Fayetteville has yet to book a single convention or trade show for its much-awaited town center planned for the south side of the downtown square. We’re told…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Talk around town is that Jim Blair, retired general counsel for Tyson Foods, is building a fortress. Turns out it’s more like a sand castle. Blair’s flamboyant new office at…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
It seems that something’s always going on at Arvest Bank Group, and here’s the latest: The Jim Walton-led holding company is among a growing line of banks that made brief…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Lost in Arkansas Capital Corp. Group’s creation of Diamond State Ventures is another new division of Little Rock-based ACC, Capital Resource Corp. Capital Resource will focus on finding sources of…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
You may have heard about the Aug. 6 explosion at the new Embassy Suites hotel in Grapevine, Texas, but did you know there’s a Northwest Arkansas connection? The hotel is…
by - August 23, 1999 12:00 am
Gary Gulley just missed the recent shakeup at Superior Federal Bank of Springdale. He resigned as a loan originator there on July 30 both because his father became ill and…
