by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Michael Whiteley, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s senior reporter in Northwest Arkansas, has taken a pay cut to join the staff of the Northwest Arkansas Times. Whiteley, who reported for the D-G’s…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
When Northwest Arkansas residents awoke July 12 to the debut of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s zoned Northwest Arkansas edition, many of them couldn’t tell anything had changed. Responses from media observers…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
1997 was a great year for top executives of many of Northwest Arkansas’ publicly held companies and, in particular, for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s upper management. In past years, the salary…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
The fate of a school to teach aircraft maintenance and related skills at the new regional airport will be determined by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission within the next few…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
LaBarge Inc.’s new Laser Lancet has received broad clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company announced July 14. LaBarge makes the Laser Lancet, a portable medical laser,…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
NationsBank announced the donation of a modular building to Ozark Guidance Center, a private, non-profit corporation that provides comprehensive mental health care services in Northwest Arkansas. The building, located on…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Construction of new facilities for Head & Engquist Equipment LLC of Baton Rouge, La., is being financed with a $1 million loan from Bank One of Louisiana. The mortgage was…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
The building that houses the Rogers office of the Century 21 Cupit Street real estate office was mortgaged June 3 for $750,000. Birdie Properties LLC of Fayetteville received the mortgage…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
The Tontitown Liquors store at 895 E. Henri de Tonti Boulevard in Tontitown was sold June 15 for $750,000. O & S Inc. sold the property to JKJ Inc. The…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Schmieding Enterprises Inc. sold 9.6 acres adjacent to Signature Square in Springdale for $590,000 on June 22. Schmieding sold the land to Ben Israel, who bought Signature Square earlier this…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
The building that houses the Outback Steakhouse at 4802 S. Thompson St. in Springdale was mortgaged June 19 for $400,000. The Country Club Center LLC received the mortgage from Community…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Dixieland Electronics of Bentonville was mortgaged May 29 for $350,000. The mortgage was issued to Dixieland Inc. by the Bank of Bentonville. It is secured with the electronic store’s property…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
A 10-acre mobile home and recreational vehicle park in south Fayetteville was mortgaged June 15 for $300,000. Jerry and Sherlyn Patton received the mortgage from the Bank of Elkins. The…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Construction of the Spring Valley Apartments in Siloam Springs is being financed with a mortgage from One National Bank in Little Rock. Jim Lindsey received the$271,066 loan as president of…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
The buildings that once housed Sutter Supply Inc. in Springdale were sold June 5 in a $590,000 deal. Sutter Supply, a wholesale and retail carpet sales company started in 1993,…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Fayetteville zoning laws continue to stir debate among developers, planners When Cracker Barrel Old County Store decided in July not to build a restaurant and store in Fayetteville, critics were…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Village on the Creeks to top 500,000 SF Village on the Creeks, that eclectic commercial development along U.S. Highway 71 in Rogers, is nearing the vision its developer had for…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Some top executives with J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell have sold more than $20 million of the company’s stock since the first of the year. Much of the…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Hope that another restaurant would replace the former Plaza Restaurant and Club on First Street in downtown Rogers seems to be fading. First National Bank of Rogers, which foreclosed on…
by - July 27, 1998 12:00 am
Five employees of Blackwood Martin/CJRW were laid off during the middle two weeks of June, says Mark Blackwood, executive vice president of the Fayetteville advertising agency that merged last March…
