Regions

Wheelin? and Dealin?

He doesn’t want to discuss it yet, but Jim Ray is buying another automobile dealership – this time in Fort Smith. All he’ll tell us is that Breeden Nissan at…

No Bailout For A-1

Remember that cover story in our last issue about the folks from Georgia who were going to bail out A-1 Mortgage Co., the troubled Rogers lender? Well, forget all that….

David Vandewater, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.’s president and chief operating officer, reiterated last week in Little Rock what other Columbia officials have said in past weeks: There likely will be something…

Limited Opportunities for Columbia

Vandewater, Corley and Michael Arvin, executive vice president for the region, say that buying opportunities for Columbia are limited in Northwest Arkansas. Washington Regional Medical System has said “thanks, but…

Flying the Coop

Cooper Communities Inc. continues to streamline its corporate staff, but, for some people at least, that’s creating opportunities. Among the next destined to leave the Bella Vista-based developer are Charlie…

Radio Deal Completed

GulfStar Communications Inc. was swallowed up last week by Capstar Broadcasting Partners Inc. in a deal that created a $1 billion company and made Capstar the nation’s biggest radio broadcasting…

OKC Bombing Memorial

You may have heard about the memorial planned for the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. The winning design, featuring 168 empty chairs, was selected last week from more than…

Baseball Dreams

Those university people get to do the darndest things. For David Pincus, a University of Arkansas business professor, spring means a trip to Cooperstown, N.Y., for an annual seminar on…

Buds of Buddy

Lewis “Buddy” Nordan, a former Fayetteville resident and creative writing professor at the University of Arkansas, now has his own fan club with about 600 members, including Eudora Welty of…

Outside Again

Sportsmen may recall the writings of Bryan Hendricks, who traded his job covering outdoors for daily newspapers a couple of years ago for an indoor job in Atlanta with Game…

A-1 Mortgage Company Gets New Management

A contract management company is taking over the operations of A-1 Mortgage Co. of Rogers. Managers from First Colonial Bank Services Inc. of Atlanta and A-1 signed a memorandum of…

Blackboards Cafe

12 Cunningham Corner Bella Vista 4 stars Drive time: 5 minutes from Bentonville, 25 minutes from Springdale Turnaround time: 10 minutes for appetizers, 20 minutes for entrees Blackboards Cafe may…

Commentary

Higher education in Arkansas entered a new era April 4 when Gov. Huckabee signed into law Act 1114 of 1997 creating the new Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The new…

NORTHWEST PUBLIC COMPANY PROFILE

National Home Centers, Springdale OUTSTANDING SHARES: (as of April 7, 1997): 7,142,251 COMPANY MARKET VALUE (based on June 13 closing stock price of $1.75 ): $12,498,939 OFFICERS & DIRECTORS Name…

Moore Rexall Drugstore

From an early age, David McKinney knew he was going to be a pharmacist in Springdale. David’s father, Springdale Mayor Charles McKinney, bought the Moore Rexall drugstore in the late…

Uncovering Wealth Brings Mixed Bag

We know our ears will be burning over this week’s lists of the “Wealthiest Arkansans.” I’m bracing for the calls. We’ve snooped around and pored through hundreds of pages of…

Arkansas Health Partners

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Washington Regional Medical Center and Sisters of Mercy began working on a joint effort last year, modeling their plan after one already in place…

Northwest Dialysis

Northwest Dialysis Inc. has moved into new quarters at 708 Quandt Ave. in Springdale. The dialysis operation had been in operation since December at Northwest Medical Center but the new…

Company Streamlines Claims Process for Workers? Comp, Group-Health Insurance

Company streamlines claims process for workers’ comp, group-health insurance One-stop shopping for health-insurance claims? It seemed like a good idea to a couple of Arkansas businessmen who have formed a…

Walton Fires Fund Manager; Partners Upset, Then Quiet

Alice Walton has fired Bernard Carrico as manager of the $52 million Heartland Capital Appreciation Fund L.P., initially angering at least one of the fund’s 25 limited partners. Immediately after…

UAMS, Helena Hospital announced co-management agreement

Citizens Bank names Alan Jessup COO

Survey: 35% of American workers do some or all work from home

Crenlo moves HQ to Bentonville from Minneapolis