by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
For Xmas, Buba?s Got a Brand New Bag
Shopping for the person who has everything? Here are a few unique, high-end items available in Northwest Arkansas for last-minute Christmas gifts.
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by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Justice Leaves KNWA For Joplin Station
Rhonda Justice, who has worked for seven years at what is now KNWA, left the television station on Dec. 1 to be an anchor at KOAM-TV, the CBS affiliate that covers Joplin, Mo., and Pittsburg, Kan.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Charge Expected In KFSM Battery
Sgt. Shannon Gabbard said the Fayetteville Police Department has requested that a warrant be issued for the arrest of a 10th grader who threw a bottle that struck a local TV reporter in the head during an rally at Fayetteville High School.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Morning News Markets With Cups
The Morning News has provided about 2,000 coffee cups to 15 restaurants in Northwest Arkansas over the past year.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
D-G Ad Fudges on History (Outtakes Opinion)
Before a documentary about Wal-Mart Stores Inc. aired Nov. 16 on PBS?s Frontline, an advertisement for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette said the paper has been ?reporting state, national and international news for 177 years.?
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Morning News Headline Writers Fazed by Facts
On Nov. 19, The Morning News published a front-page headline that stated ?Crowd Unfazed By Rain? above a story about the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock a day earlier.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Logan?s Roadhouse a 3-Star Down-home Joint (Business Lunch)
Logan?s Roadhouse gets three stars.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Ink & Toner Exchange Inc. Opens in Rogers
A new business has opened in Rogers offering professional remanufacturing of ink and toner cartridges for all sorts of printers.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Bill Eddy?s Motorsports LLC Opens In Rogers
Bill Eddy?s Kawasaki of Fayetteville expanded a few years ago to include Yamaha and Suzuki. Now Eddy is renaming his Fayetteville store and has opened a Yamaha store on Hudson Road in Rogers.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Gary Head, Investors Find Bank Charter to Buy
Gary Head, former president of Arvest Bank at Fayetteville, and other investors in the newly formed White River Bancshares Co. have found a friendly banker willing to sell them an existing charter.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Seattle Firm Buys Pleasant Property
Seattle-based John Goodman and Goodman Real Estate Inc., along with others, recently spent $8 million to buy 100 acres at the northeast corner of the Pleasant Grove Road and I-540 interchange from Diane Huffman.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Kizer Leaves U of A, Starts Seminars
Tim Kizer left the University of Arkansas on Dec. 2 to head Doing Business in Bentonville, a series of seminars aimed at vendors to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Eddy Has Plans For Hanks
When Bill Eddy, local motorcycle kingpin, heard that Hank?s Fine Furniture is moving from its store on Wedington Drive in Fayetteville to CMN Business Park, he knew he?d found a new home.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Area Bars Receive ABC Violations
The Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has been cracking down on several Fayetteville restaurants and bars lately for a variety of violations.
by - December 6, 2004 12:00 am
Beall Barclay No. 1 on Accounting Firms List
Beall Barclay & Co. of Fort Smith is the region’s largest accounting firm.
by - November 22, 2004 12:00 am
Headline: Market Sees Agents Sales Volume Increase
Northwest Arkansas has a total of 3,753 real estate agents registered with the Arkansas Realtors Association. That?s up 10 percent from 3,400 agents in 2003 and 17 percent from 3,199 in 2002.
by - November 22, 2004 12:00 am
Land Costs Spike Home Prices
The price of the average starter home goes up as land becomes more expensive. In a few months, area developers won?t even build new homes that cost less than $140,000.
by - November 22, 2004 12:00 am
Apartment Market Sees Upscale Shift
Washington County continues to lead the multifamily market in new permits issued in 2004, although numbers are still down 30 percent from 2003.
by - November 22, 2004 12:00 am
Area Builders Tune Into Granite
The Tunes invested more than $500,000 in equipment to cut granite slabs from Italy and Brazil into countertops for their Northwest Arkansas customers.
by - November 22, 2004 12:00 am
Mortgage Mania Keeps Marching
Interest rates may be on the rise and the home refinancing boom over, but loan origination offices have been popping up in Northwest Arkansas, and the industry shows no sign of slowing.