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Crandall Builds New Apartments

A 20-unit apartment complex is being built at 911 Hughes St. near the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. The facility will consist of one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging from…

Commercial Center Comes to Bentonville

The Shearin-Hathaway Group closed a $520,000 deal between Airport Road Commercial Center Inc. and North Pro LLC. The commercial center company, led by Ron Buckman and Bob Harlow, bought an…

C& B Expands Heritage Village

C&B Land and Cattle has started construction on the first eight of 43 homes in Phase II of its Heritage Village on Arkansas Highway 16 west of Fayetteville. The company…

Kelly Farms Double Size

Darrell and Linda Kelly of Gentry have expanded their farm operations. The couple, who contract with Tyson Foods Inc. to raise pullet chickens, used a $442,000 mortgage from Farm Credit…

Infrastructure Improvements Keep Bentonville Up to Speed

Anyone who’s ever driven through the intersection of Walton Boulevard and Arkansas Highway 102 in 5 p.m. traffic knows Bentonville’s infrastructure is overburdened. But thanks to $20 million in funding…

Bentonville’s Industrial Parks Showing Signs of New Promise

Bentonville may be the place the world’s largest retailer calls home, but the once-quiet seat of Benton County is not content to leave things as they are. Harvey Ricketts, past…

Village Inn Ranks First Among City Resturants

The Village Inn Restaurant brought in $1.7 million in revenue for 1998, making it Bentonville’s top restaurant in gross sales for 1998. The Village Inn, at 2300 SE Walton Blvd.,…

Cooper Homes Launches New Designs for Prospective Buyers

Dan Cooper says he wasn’t initially thrilled to hear plans from his cousin, John Cooper Jr., for restructuring Cooper Communities Inc. At the time, Dan Cooper was president of Tellico,…

Morning News, KFSM Lead Region’s Media Lists

Blackwood Martin/CJRW tops ad agency list; Gulfstar stations dominate area radio market The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas leads the two-county area in newspaper circulation with 36,443 on Sundays. But…

$4 Million Walton Gift Endows JBU Center for Ethics

Seventeen years after their first introduction, Sam Walton finally convinced Don Soderquist to join his company of retail stores. A couple of years later, in 1982, with Walton’s blessing, Soderquist…

Wal-Mart Goes Upscale with Coffee Shops

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., whose stores appeal largely to cost-conscious shoppers, is testing a new concept – in-store coffee shops called Cafe Tostino. The coffee will be about 30 percent cheaper…

Any Room for an Inn?

George Babb of Springdale, who has the Arkansas franchise rights to Village Inn Restaurants, says he’s looking for a location to build a restaurant in either Springdale or Bella Vista….

Laundry Building Lands Tenants

Greg House’ latest Dickson Street area project is nearing completion and has attracted two restaurants as tenants. Last year, House purchased the 72-year-old, 10,000-SF Superior Linen building at 326 N….

Plans Brewing for Addition

John Gilliam, owner of Ozark Brewing Co. at 430 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville, says he’s crunching the numbers to see if he can expand the building at that location…

House Looking for Restaurant Tenant

If Ozark Baking & Catering vacates the space in The Bakery Building, Greg House will have two spaces for rent there. On April 29, HomeWorks Etc., an upscale home decor…

Elenita’s Mexican Cafe

As far as food goes, this may be the best Mexican restaurant in Northwest Arkansas. In addition to the Lindell Avenue location, Elenita’s has two other Mexican restaurants in Fayetteville…

University Hopes Fans ‘Baum-bar’ Regionals

On May 17, the NCAA Baseball Tournament selection committee will announce where the 16 sites will be for its opening round of regionals May 28-30. The University of Arkansas’ Baum…

Sallisaw Racetrack Eyes Area Turf Fans

Blue Ribbon Downs is marketing itself to Northwest Arkansas racing fans. The track, about 20 minutes west of Fort Smith on U.S. Highway 40 in Sallisaw, Okla., has a capacity…

J.B. Hunt Tansport Services Inc.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., the transportation logistics company, announced the addition of two new executives to its J.B. Hunt Logistics unit, a non-asset based engineered logistics management services company….

Wal-Mart Earnings Soar 39 Percent, Food Sales Climb 36 Percent

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s net income passed the $1 billion mark for the fourth-straight quarter and its net income was the highest-ever in a non-Christmas quarter for the Bentonville-based retailer. The…

Sebastian County Judge, Fort Smith Director not broadly supportive of NDAs

The Supply Side: ReturnPro in Bentonville processes returns for retailers, suppliers

Tiny Fins to open first Arkansas location

Arkansas jobless rate at 4.2% in May, up from 4% in May 2025