by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
The Bank of Fayetteville N.A. named David McClinton as chairman of the board of directors on July 18. McClinton replaced the bank?s founder and former president and CEO, John Lewis, who retired in April.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
The Bank of Fayetteville N.A. named David McClinton as chairman of the board of directors on July 18. McClinton replaced the bank?s founder and former president and CEO, John Lewis, who retired in April.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
The Arkansas office of the U.S. Small Business Administration has seen a 38 percent increase in the number of loans it has processed from its third quarter 2004 to it?s third quarter in 2005.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
Arvest Asset Management, the financial services arm of Arvest Bank Group Inc., has been holding its second AAM University since April.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
More than 30 vendors to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. raised $15,000 at the ninth annual Vendors FORE Education Golf Tournament on July 15.
by - August 1, 2005 12:00 am
A group of Rogers Rotarians sang ?Happy Birthday? to their guest speaker, State Bank Commissioner Robert ?Bunny? Adcock, before he took the podium on July 19.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
Peter R. Morris, president of PRM Realty Group LLC of Chicago, now is suing Formation Capital of Alpharetta, Ga., for fraud and breach of contract, saying he was misled about his $10 million investment in Beverly Enterprises of Fort Smith.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
Fort Smith city leaders plan to study how to maintain the city?s traditional manufacturing base while increasing service-industry jobs.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
Fort Smith officials are using history and entertainment to attract visitors downtown.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
John Alford of Wally Properties LLC and partner Charles Palmer have developed or redeveloped more than 1 million SF of space in former Wal-Mart stores, or in what?s called ?shadow? buildings near new Wal-Mart Supercenters.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
A friendly competition is brewing among Fort Smith coffee shops, and Starbucks will open a store there in the fall.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
Although gasoline prices have increased a great deal, they have not kept pace with rent, postage, meat, medical costs, college tuition or even the overall rate of inflation.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
The U.S. Senate, in one of the closest votes in recent memory on a trade issue, has approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
Shirlie and David Romans quit doing human cremations for funeral homes in 2004 and switched to pets, opening River Valley Pet Crematory and Cemetery in Dora.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
The number of public companies in the Fort Smith area had dwindled from six to four since 2000, reflecting a national trend of public companies going private.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
Nabholz Construction Corp. of Conway buys a building permit valued at $4 million to build a 52,000-SF shopping center off Sixth Street in Fayetteville.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
Wendell ?R.W.? Ross founded the Cornerstone Clinic in Van Buren in 1988. In 1996, he sold it to publicly traded Health Management Associates Inc. of Naples, Fla., which takes care of running the business while he cares for the patients.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
ABC?s television show, ?Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,? which did a home remodel for Alma resident Colleen Nick and her family, has been rescheduled but no air date has been set.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
Take 2 Video?s latest TV ad encourages viewers to come in and get a new poster featuring local spokesmodel/waitress Jessica. We wonder just how racy Take 2?s commercials can get.
by - July 18, 2005 12:00 am
Washington Regional Medical Center?s new print advertising campaign makes fun of Northwest Arkansas? infrastructure, and the distance to competing hospitals, in a humorous way.
