Tag: NWABJ

Sparks Bonds Downgraded by Moody?s

Moody’s Investors Service recently downgraded the rating on about $7 million worth of bonds issued by Sparks Regional Medical Center from Aa3 to A2. That’s a two-notch drop for the…

Queen of ?The Hill? Focuses on Big Picture

Katie Hill is a Renaissance woman. The most powerful female on the University of Arkansas campus has been an abstract expressionist painter, a science teacher, a personnel director, a factory…

Female Executive Excels in Agriculture Business

Carl Johnson was looking for someone to replace himself as Tyson Foods Inc.’s vice president of asset and risk management, he wanted to hire an equally capable executive. Johnson says…

The Original Coney Island

Owner: Debbie Lamborn Address: 1003 S.E. 14th St., Bentonville, 72712 Phone: 501-254-0232 Hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday- Friday; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Start-up date: Dec. 13…

Storybook Cottage

Owner: Jennifer Fielding Address: 209 W. Elm St., Rogers, 72756 Phone: 501-246-0747 Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday- Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday Start-up date: Nov. 26…

Las Fajitas

Owner: Luis Avelar and Meliton Montes Address: 5266 N. Thompson St., Springdale, 72765 Phone: 501-872-1346 Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday Start-up date:…

KFSM, KHOG Split Nielsen Honors

Northwest Arkansas’ two leading television stations have both claimed a victory in the latest Neilsen ratings. KFSM-TV, Channel 5, still leads in all three weekday news time slots (5 p.m.,…

Business Matters Hires Editor

Business Matters, the weekly business section of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, has hired a new editor to oversee the section. Chris Sheffield started his new job Jan. 10. Sheffield received a…

An Auspicious Beginning for Business Ink

The Northwest Arkansas Times announced the launch of its new business section, Business Ink, in the Jan. 9 issue of the paper with a display advertisement that said the section…

Now, is That Really Front-page News?

In its effort to be a statewide newspaper and a Northwest Arkansas newspaper, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has lumped some unlikely stories on Page 1. On Jan. 19, a story about…

Region?s Largest Law Firms Are in Washington County

The largest law firms in Northwest Arkansas tend to be in Washington County, according to the latest rankings compiled by the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. The Bassett Law Firm, with…

Tyson Foods Introduces Incentive Pay

An eight-foot sculpted ice rooster, a high-tech video presentation and the announcement of CEO Wayne Britt’s new incentive pay plan marked Tyson Foods Inc.’s 37th annual shareholders meeting Jan. 14…

Two Northwest Arkansas Business Leaders Die

In January, Northwest Arkansas lost two prominent businessmen, each a pioneer in his own industry. Thomas Alan Jacoway, 53, CEO of Artran Inc., died Jan. 9, following a long illness….

Lakeside Offices Will Look Like Millsap

Two 25,200-SF office buildings on Moberly Lane, just south of Arkansas 102 in Bentonville, will be identical to two office buildings on Millsap Road in Fayetteville. That’s because Lindsey Green…

Charltons Charge on With Bentonville Addition

John and Mike Charlton, co-owners of Charlton Development Co. in Bentonville, have started construction on their $3.9 million Brightwood Subdivision on Arkansas Highway 12, west of Bentonville. First Security Bank…

Fayetteville Bank Building Changes Hands, Again

Bank of America’s 75,887-SF building on the east side of the downtown Fay-etteville square was bought Jan. 15 by the Arkansas Teachers Retirement System. The $3.5 million deal included 60…

Hunt Builds More Offices

Douglas Sperber, operating manager for NWA #1 LLC, got a $2.4 million loan Dec. 15 from Arkansas National Bank in Bentonville. The capital is being used to build a second…

Oral Surgeon Builds Fayetteville Subdivision

J.B. Hays, a dentist and oral surgeon with offices at Village on the Creeks in Rogers, is building a $3.5 million, 52-lot upscale subdivision with Mark Foster just east of…

Kohl?s to Build Fayetteville Store

Retailer will open in new CMN Business Park II Kohl’s Corp. plans to build an 80,000-SF department store in Fay-etteville’s CMN Business Park II, across the Fulbright Expressway from the…

Dunn to Close Clothing Store

Bruce Dunn is closing his upscale clothing store in downtown Fayetteville and may reopen it a month later as another entity. Mister Guy has been located off the downtown square…

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson