by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Supermarket closes
Barry Cooksey, owner of Barry’s IGA at 1408 S.W. “A” St. in Bentonville, plans to close the store this month after operating it since 1985. Cooksey says a grocery store…
Regions
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
University helps develop alternative food source
Chinese bighead carp may sound like the name of an alternative rock band, but for the U.S. Department of Agricultural Research Service, it’s a business experiment. A highly preferred product…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Tyson all ears
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale has not officially placed its pork and seafood divisions on the sale block, but the company is exploring the option of divesting itself of everything…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Donrey shakeup
You may have heard about the top-management changes at Donrey Media Group in Fort Smith. Three of the top executives on the newspaper side announced they were retiring while another…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Size does matter
Work on Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s latest distribution center has barely begun and already the new facility has been supersized. It was originally supposed to be a 600,000-SF structure, but recently…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Sooner or Slater
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater flew into Fayetteville’s Drake Field for the Jan. 8 dedication of U.S. Interstate 540 instead of using the new Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Furr flies
With commercial airlines deserting Drake Field like rats from a sinking ship, Fayetteville city officials have decided to ax Rudy Furr, the marketing manager they hired two years ago to…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
CARMLS hot again
The Rogers Board of Realtors officially had Financial Business Systems equipment reinstalled at its offices Jan. 20 after voting to offer both FBS and CARMLS to its members. About 90…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Chouri-o
The Holiday Inn of Northwest Arkansas’s new general manager has arrived. Mike Chouri, who most recently was director of operations for another John Q. Hammons hotel, Chateau on the Lake…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Tobacco settlement alert
Looking for some of that $1.62 billion tobacco settlement money the state has coming for your own pet pork-barrel project? Forget it, buddy, unless you’re planning to do something useful…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Macerich buyout of mall complete
Macerich of Fayetteville’s $94 million buyout of the Northwest Arkansas Mall was finalized Dec. 14 A subsidiary of The Macerich Co. of Santa Monica, Calif., the local limited partnership purchased…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Braums melts loan for stores into one pot
A $44 million refinancing of 195 Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Stores across five Midwestern states included the company’s 13 eateries in Northwest Arkansas. The Dec. 16 transaction included both…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Lazenby refinances rental plexes en masse
Lazenby Properties of Fayetteville refinanced 408 rental units with a $12.6 million loan through Arkansas National Bank of Bentonville on Dec. 12. The low ratio loan was for around 68…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Rogers company busier than ever
Charlton Development Co. LLC of Rogers is working on a series of projects totaling $2.4 million that includes several developments that will service Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Mike Charlton, son of…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Publisher hunts for dream property
Steve Trolinger bought 119 wooded acres in rural Benton County Dec. 11 from Rachel T. Coler for $750,000. The land is full of turkeys and deer and Trolinger, publisher of…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Rebel’s cause is lower rates
Mike Hill, through his parent company Rebel Enterprises Inc., refinanced Dec. 21 the property occupied by Custom Embroidering Inc. and Vicenza’s Restaurant in Fayetteville. Vicenza’s, which occupies lots 15 and…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Su casa is now Casa Americana’s
Casa Americana’s Linda Parnell, president of Casa Americana of Fayetteville, bought the Maple Terrace Apartments on Dec. 14 from Frank Kerr, president of Kerr Investments, for $304,000. The complex includes…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Trucking company borrows money
Tri-City Transport Inc. of 110 W. Olrich St. in Rogers recently obtained a $200,000 mortgage from Arkansas National Bank of Rogers. Company president Kyle D. Castor Sr. and secretary Judith…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Voice of Razorbacks retires from TV
Mike Nail is retiring from television. After 35 years in broadcasting, the sports director for KHBS/KHOG, Channels 40/29 says he is ready for a break. Nail plans to leave the…
by - January 25, 1999 12:00 am
Morning News D-G has personnel changes
Ben Pollock was scheduled to take over as night metro editor at The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas on Jan. 25. Pollock and his wife had been managing a bed…