by - February 19, 2001 12:00 am
Nite Lite Outdoors planned to close its Springdale retail store on Feb. 17. The Little Rock-based mail-order, wholesale and retail hunting supply business has one other store, in Clarksville.
by - February 19, 2001 12:00 am
Packing 1,200 seats in the Walton Arts Center concert hall with every performance, the North Arkansas Symphony hums through its 46th season of music.
by - February 19, 2001 12:00 am
Bill and Walter Mathews, franchise owners of 17 McDonald?s restaurants in Northwest Arkansas, have three more that are expected to open by May.
by - February 19, 2001 12:00 am
The ordinance review committee of the Fayetteville City Council will meet Feb. 21 to consider a proposal to extend the city?s 2 percent hotel/motel/restaurant (HMR) tax to convenience stores, carry-out pizza businesses and grocery store delicatessens.
by - February 19, 2001 12:00 am
Mary Hinton, former owner of George?s Majestic Lounge on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street, died Feb. 12 after struggling with cancer.
by - February 19, 2001 12:00 am
During a recent lunch excursion to Lenny?s Sub Shop, the folks from our office were … well … unimpressed.
by - February 12, 2001 12:00 am
One of four possible east-west corridors penciled in north of Springdale will be chosen for the $200 million U.S. Highway 412 bypass.
by - February 7, 2001 11:29 am
Tyson sets a fourth deadline on its IBP purchase and says it remains committed to the deal.
by - February 7, 2001 9:05 am
Jim Walton, chairman of Arvest Bank Group Inc., appoints H. Dennis Smiley the new president and CEO of Arvest Springdale Bank & Trust.
by - February 6, 2001 2:14 pm
Southwestern Energy Co. says it will move its headquarters to Houston, Texas, but the company’s gas utility will remain in Fayetteville.
by - February 5, 2001 10:53 am
Poultry giant Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale says it is selling its North Carolina hog operations.
by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
The city?s primary east-west artery is clogged by dense traffic, but a bypass could bring relief before 2010.
by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
Springdale voters will decide on March 13 whether to approve a 3-mill property tax increase to help accommodate students in the fastest-growing school district in Arkansas.
by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
It?s bound to happen. Someday, a university is going to sue a wayward athletic booster and win.
by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
Springdale’s Silk Road Restaurant offers quick service.
by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
Vlasic Foods International Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Jan. 29 and agreed to sell its core pickle business and its line of Open Pit barbecue sauce to H.J. Heinz Co. for $195 million.
by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
The owners of a new Fayetteville restaurant plan to open an oyster bar by April in a 900-SF space underneath the eatery.
by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
Jose?s Mexican Restaurant recently entered the retail market by packaging its salsa and margarita mix to sell as to-go items at the entrance of the Fayetteville restaurant.
by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
Two new stores, both owned by Gap Inc., are scheduled to open in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall by early summer.
by - February 5, 2001 12:00 am
Scott Crook, the owner of the Pack Rat Outdoor Center in Fayetteville, plans to begin construction on a 15,000-SF building by May to serve as the new home of his business. The building should be completed by November, he said.
