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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 —…

Morning News Offers ?Valuable Gifts?

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…

KFSM: Please Give Us The Arkansas Open

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…

Newspaper Reporter Changes

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…

MEDIAWEEK Reports On Area Newspaper War

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…

Popularity of Private Schools On The Rise

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…

Advanced Environmental

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,…

Springdale Largest District, More Money in Fayetteville

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…

Razorback Ticket Sales Increase to Highest Level in a Decade

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…

Storage Freezer Gets New Owner and Name

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,…

Home Depot Buys Building From National Home Centers

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….

Warehouse Planned For Industrial Park

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…

Kingston Center Ownership Changes

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…

Rogers Shopping Center Sells in $795,000 Deal

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…

Searcy Bank Plans Fayetteville Branch

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…

Springdale Company Plans New Building

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…

Ozark Guidance Center Building New Facility

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…

Skyboxes Full For Football Season

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…

Local Computer Company Offers Y2K Tests

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…

UA Provides Training For Arkansas Workers

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…

Beechwood Hospitality starts operating Fayetteville hotel

Crystal Bridges names 3 to executive leadership jobs

Lawrence Healthcare hires Anthony Knighton as president

UAMS to begin operating Bryant hospital