by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
The Springdale School District on Dec. 3 purchased a building permit valued at $9.59 million to build a new junior high school that is scheduled to be open for the fall semester of 2004.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Community Development Corp. and Northwest Health System are developing a senior health center and outpatient physical/occupational therapy center at the Highlands Crossing Senior Housing Campus in Bella Vista.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Steve Melody, who owns two gift shops in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall, said on Dec. 11 that his sales for the month were down about 4 percent when compared with the same 11 days of 2001.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation has a new community trust fund under its wing totaling $2.3 million.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
On Jan. 6, The Bank of Fayetteville plans to fully implement a new system that scans canceled checks from customers and stores those images on a computer at the bank.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Unused vacation, personal days and sick days can be converted into a contribution to a favorite charity under a special rule established by the Internal Revenue Service after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Despite its recent arrival locally, the Junior Achievement organization is making an impact on economic and business education in schools throughout Benton and Washington counties.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Tuesday is not the best day of the week for retail. Salesmen at the Dillard?s Department Store in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall sold only two suits on Tuesday, Oct. 15. But if it had been a Saturday, they say, it would be a different story.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
A Monday holiday and weekend business made Oct. 15 a busier one than normal for banks.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Since it left the University of Arkansas Genesis Technology Incubator in the mid-1990s, EarthCare Technologies Inc. has continued to struggle locally to prove it can compost darn near anything in rapid time.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
When Dan Coody became mayor in a town as diverse as Fayetteville, it came as no surprise to him that he would hear from some of its more interesting citizens.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas weathered the economic turmoil better than the rest of the nation this year. We’ve critiqued some of the best and worst events that transpired during 2002.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
On Dec. 10, America?s Car-Mart Inc. of Bentonville reported a 57 percent jump in earnings from continuing operations in the second quarter, which ended Oct. 31. Higher gross margins and a rise in revenue contributed to the increase.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Several poultry companies with operations in Northwest Arkansas have been named in a lawsuit alleging the dust from chicken litter is to blame for some local medical problems, including cancer.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has filed suit against the Puerto Rican justice department to prevent it from blocking the company?s acquisition of a local supermarket chain.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Since her ?soft opening? in August, Terri Falconer said her shop Mayfair has really taken shape.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
Darren Layman, Jack Kackley and Mark Hayes have brought the cars to the customers, opening Redline Motorsports in downtown Fayetteville.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
NBC 24/51, KPOM/KFAA, has recently hired a new meteorologist and is searching for another one.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
It?s been months since Golf Entertainment Inc., the much-maligned Springdale penny stock, threatened in a Morning News story that it would file a lawsuit against the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal.
by - December 23, 2002 12:00 am
We recently noted one of the best news photos we?ve ever seen in The Morning News, but it should have been the lead art on Page 1.
