by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Madison Fights for FOI in State Senate
Sue Madison of Fayetteville, a state senator from the newly created District 7, is starting to look like a champion of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
Tag: Industries
by - March 3, 2003 12:00 am
Golf Associate Files Libel Suit Against Business Journal
Arkansas Business Publishing Group, one of its publications and three individuals associated with the publishing company were named as defendants in a $12 million libel suit filed Feb. 25 in Washington County Circuit Court.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Here?s Looking at Brownstone
The $1.5B Brownstone construction project will merge classic, futuristic motifs near XNA.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Developer Burned By $2.8M Fire
With five finished hotels, three under construction and two more planned, Gary Brandon of Springdale wasn?t prepared for what happened on the night of Feb. 3.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Mercado Mexicano
Mercado Mexicano, a 20,000-SF Mexican market, opens in Springdale.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Which Bird Is It?
Although ConAgra officials would not say whether its plant in El Dorado was for sale, the suspicion is that it is.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
One Liquor Per Millennium
Goshen Mayor Andy Bethell?s attempt to put a second liquor store near the Joyce Boulevard and Arkansas Highway 265 intersection, despite being originally approved by the Fayetteville City Council, is no longer a possibility.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Best Ready For Bentonville
Best Motor Co. will move into its $4.3 million Bentonville automobile facility in April and other real estate transactions in the area.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
First Bank Corp. Runs With Banking Big Boys
Two banking properties held by First Bank Corp. of Fort Smith ? First National Bank of Fort Smith and Citizens Bank & Trust Co. of Van Buren ? were among the 10 most profitable banks in Northwest Arkansas through the first three quarters of 2002.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Cargill To Sell Ozark Plant
Cargill Turkey Products, headquartered in Springdale, announced on Feb. 4 it would sell its integrated turkey production facility in Ozark to ConAgra Foods Inc. of Omaha, Neb.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
St. Mary?s Celebrates A Year Of Heart Care
St. Mary?s Hospital in Rogers will celebrate one year of heart care Feb. 19 by tripling the number of heart surgeries the hospital expected to perform its first year.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
XNA Up 17.9 Percent As Continental Adds Flights
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport will be back up to 45 flights per day in May when Continental Airlines adds two flights to New Jersey.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Court Privileges Taken From Bird
A Little Rock lawyer won?t be practicing law in the federal courts in the eastern and western districts of Arkansas, if a recent order from Chief U.S. District Judges Susan Webber Wright of Little Rock and Jimm Larry Hendren of Fort Smith stands.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Tyson Foods Donates Plane to UA
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale on Feb. 5 gave a nine-passenger turboprop airplane to the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Slinker worm Succeeds Where The Bubble Gum Slugo Blew It
Shawn Clark knew something had to change when he saw a five-pound bass swim around his bubble gum Slugo to ?slam? a tiny snake.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Project Managers Are Hired Guns For Big Jobs
Communication & organizational skills are essential for well-run construction project. (Also included, the list of northwest Arkansas commercial contractors and projects.)
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Reindl Warehouse Gets $2.5M Facelift
After quietly renovating the interior for the past four years, Brian Reindl recently began putting a new roof and brick facade on his 75,000-SF warehouse complex at 509 W. Spring St. in Fayetteville.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Razorback Riviera: Many Northwest Arkansas Residents Make Emerald Coast Their Second Home
A 100-mile stretch of Gulf Coast shoreline on the northeast Florida Panhandle is known as the Emerald Coast. Destin, one of its gems, is beginning to take on quite a flavor of the Ozarks.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Wireless Tech Aids Industry Bottom Line (Joy Wier Commentary)
It’s a $3.9 trillion-per-year industry, but construction ranks 87th globally among industries in the adoption of technology.
by - February 17, 2003 12:00 am
Schweik Buys Cool Water and Chili’s Increasas Sales
Richard Schweik took over as owner of Fayetteville?s Cool Water Village Cafe on Feb. 1 and Chili’s took the No. 2 position in gross sales for 2002.