by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Dog With A Nose For News
For the past few months, we’ve grown accustomed to reviewing the Northwest Arkansas media in this column. But we recently found ourselves on the other end of a review —…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
For the past few months, we’ve grown accustomed to reviewing the Northwest Arkansas media in this column. But we recently found ourselves on the other end of a review —…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
We recently received a flier from the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas offering free “valuable gifts” to “current subscribers only.” The gifts consisted of $400 worth of coupons and a…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
It was a classic opening teaser: Three people dead in a shooting rampage and a 15-year-old is in custody. But before giving additional details, KFSM TV-5 made us wait through…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
We don’t usually write about reporters changing jobs in this column (since there are so many reporters in Northwest Arkansas), but because three veteran reporters have moved within the last…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Although editors at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette say there’s no newspaper war going on in Northwest Arkansas, MEDIAWEEK, a national news magazine of the media, wrote about the “war” in the…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Area Schools Expanding To Accomodate Growth The only factor limiting the enrollment at private schools in Washington and Benton counties is the space available in the school buildings. “We see…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Recycling Technologies Inc. Delbert “Pete” Allen Jr., and his wife, Pat, now own 5 percent of the outstanding stock of Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. In an Aug. 12 announcement,…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
With 10,127 students, the Springdale Public School District is the largest in Northwest Arkansas. It is followed by the Rogers Public School District, which expects to have 10,000 students this…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Houston Nutt’s Arrival Leads to UA Economic Boom The enthusiam that Razorback fans have for Houston Nutt, the team’s new head football coach, is creating an economic boom for the…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
A 222,563-SF storage freezer in Springdale was sold June 30 as part of a $158 million purchase of CarMar Freezers Inc. of Carthage, Mo., by Vornado Realty Trust of Saddlebrook,…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
The building that once housed a National Home Centers Inc. store in the Spring Creek Centre in Fayetteville was sold July 15 for $5.9 million to Home Depot U.S.A. Inc….
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
An $800,000 mortgage from First National Bank of Fort Smith is being used to build a warehouse in the Northwest Arkansas Industrial Park in Tontitown. TMNG LLC of Fayetteville received…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
The Kingston Center at 911 NW 11th St. in Bentonville was used to secure a $989,988 mortgage from the Bank of Bentonville. The loan was issued to Wer-Pec Inc. of…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
he New Town Square at 115 N. Dixieland Road in Rogers was sold July 8 for $795,000. B.O.W. Inc. sold the shopping center to Richard and Tina Fischer. The deed…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
First Security Bank of Searcy bought two acres along Joyce Boulevard for $520,000 on July 7 and plans to build a branch of the bank on the property. The bank…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Advanced Information Management LLC of Springdale plans to build new offices and a storage facility at 1720 Arkansas Highway 264 with a $516,000 loan from Springdale Bank & Trust. The…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
Ozark Guidance Center Inc. of Springdale is using a $420,000 loan from Arkansas State Bank of Siloam Springs to build a new facility in that town. The construction loan was…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
The 36 luxury skyboxes in Razorback Stadium are leased annually by the University of Arkansas athletic department. All the skyboxes are occupied for the current football season. The price of…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
A lot has been written about the havoc that the Y2K problem is expected to wreak on computer systems worldwide, but less time and space has been devoted to discussing…
by - August 24, 1998 12:00 am
For the past 12 years, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has been leading the effort to help companies in the state educate and train their workers. Through the Division…