Tag: NWABJ

Decision Still Forthcoming in Terminella-MNB Case

Timeline unknown in Terminella, Metropolitan National Bank lawsuit

Paint the Town Red In The Black

Paint the Town Red exceeded its 2008 total by 26.6 percent.

Plenty of Restaurants on the Menu in NWA

Fifteen area restaurants are up for sale.

No Suds Come E-Z in Fayetteville

E-Z Mart continues to apply for retail beer permits.

Booze Booming in Benton County

According to Arkansas excise tax records, mixed drink collections exploded in Benton County during October compared to 2007.

Brandon Belongs on Builders List

Gary Brandon Enterprises LLC of Fayetteville belonged on our annual list of Largest Commercial Contractors.

EquityNet Turns Corner, Names Hollas as CEO

EquityNet of Fayetteville looks to 2009 as a growth year because investors will want its services.

AT&T Opens New Front in Arkansas Cable Wars

The battle for television service subscribers continues to ramp up as a AT&T recently introduced its U-verse system to Northwest Arkansas.

Parkway Bank Gets De-Saddled

Jerry Sadler, chairman and CEO of Parkway Bank, is no longer with the bank in Rogers.

More Malco Money Made

The Fayetteville movie experience got a lot better in the fall of 2007 when the new, 12-screen Malco Razorback Cinema finally opened after multiple delays.

Fayetteville Fud?s now Poppin’ Patr?n

A new Mexican restaurant, Patr?n, has taken over the Fuddrucker?s space and remodeling work is under way.

Lou Lou?s Suffers Bill Blahs

Just when one restaurant gets up and running, another one bites the dust.

Wal-Mart Gets Boss Box

Following the lead of Garth Brooks, The Eagles, Journey and AC/DC, “The Boss” Bruce Springsteen will release a greatest hits collection exclusively through Wal-Mart on Jan. 13.

Bad News for the Stephens News

Stephens Media Group of Las Vegas, which owns the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas, is having to trim costs at its flagship newspaper.

Razorbacks Ranked No. 1 in Spending

The University of Arkansas spends more money on athletics as a proportion of its total instructional expenditures than any other Division 1-A school in America.

Lawyer Employment Down Despite Higher Demand

The law industry is one sector that’s consistently landing new clientele with little effort, but even so, employment at the area’s top firms was down slightly in 2009.

Legal Experts Expect Bankruptcy Rise in ’09

A full count of bankruptcies in the state for calendar 2008 isn’t yet available from the U.S. Bankruptcy Clerk Office, but indications are that filings are on the rise.

Groom Named Acting U.S. Attorney for District

Career prosecutor Deborah Groom, as first assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, has been elevated to acting U.S. Attorney, filing the role vacated Jan. 4 by Robert C. Balfe.

Legislators to Consider Change to Mayors’ Pensions Law

Northwest Arkansas legislators plan to address a state law that requires some cities to continue to pay their mayors 50 percent of their salaries at the time of retirement.

AH Law Group Builds Regionally, Serves Global Clientele

Asa Hutchison and his son, Asa Hutchison III have opened an office in Rogers near the World Trade Center.

Arkansas ends fiscal year with $655 million revenue surplus

Carl Vogelpohl named executive director of Arkansas Medical Society

Report: Arkansas hospitals pump $19.73 billion into state economy

Choctaw Nation to invest $140 million to expand, upgrade Pocola casino