by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Fort Smith company built during Depression now generates $768 million in annual sales On the fourth floor of OK Industries Inc.’s new headquarters in Fort Smith, Collier Wenderoth Jr. reflects…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
The Associated Press admits it “dropped the ball” on coverage of the trial in Washington, D.C., of Archie Schaffer and Jack Williams, leaving the Northwest Arkansas Times and other state…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
D-G job, paper hires Arnold At a time when the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette seems to be able to hire away any reporter or editor it wants, it appears that money doesn’t…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
We hear there was some grumbling around the Benton County Daily Record’s newsroom recently after a competitor took credit for breaking a story that the Daily Record claimed to have…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
When several rural residents banded together and signed a local petition in favor of electricity, they sparked the beginnings of what is today one of Northwest Arkansas’ largest private companies….
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Operating revenue for 1997 was $870,319,000, up 19.4 percent from 1996. The growth in operating revenue was primarily the result of increased revenue per hundred weight and increased tonnage from…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
ALLTEL and 360 Communications Co. have completed their $6 billion merger, creating a dominant, full-service communications provider primarily located in the Southeast and Midwest United States. Under terms of the…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
First Commercial Bank announced July 1 that its wholly owned subsidiary, First Commercial Mortgage Co., completed the purchase of residential mortgage loan servicing rights from Simmons First National Bank located…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
The Hampton Inn at 735 S. Shiloh Drive in Fayetteville was mortgaged June 8 for $1.5 million. Nirvam Inc. of Springdale received the mortgage from First National Bank of Springdale….
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
A $735,000 mortgage from the Bank of Arkansas is being used to begin development of about 26 acres of land near the intersection of Arkansas Highway 16 and U.S. Highway…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
A 53-year-old building adjacent to the Fayetteville square is being renovated with a $280,000 mortgage from McIlroy Bank & Trust of Fayetteville. Lewis D. Jones, a Fayetteville lawyer, received the…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
The former Superior Linen Service building at 326 N. West Ave. in Fayetteville was purchased June 11 with a $280,000 mortgage from McIlroy Bank & Trust. The mortgage was issued…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Simmons Foods Inc., which will mark its 50th anniversary in 1999, is, in 1998, Northwest Arkansas’ largest privately owned company. As the nation’s 16th-largest poultry producer, Simmons Foods did an…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Preparations continue for the opening of the new Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport later this year. The airport has signed a contract with Wackenhut Services Inc. of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
A $1.1 million land deal between a real estate developer in Texas and the city of Fayetteville collapsed last month because of a glut of apartments in the market. “Their…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Maybe real estate developers in Georgia are a bit braver than the Texans. A company from Atlanta is going ahead with plans to build about 300,000 SF of retail space…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
The granite bust of H.G. “Jack” Frost Jr., which disappeared unceremoniously last spring from the front garden of the Harvey and Bernice Jones Center for Families in Springdale, is apparently…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
We hear there’s another attempt under way to bring commercial development to Fayetteville’s west side, specifically in the area where U.S. Highway 71 and Wedington Drive intersect. A rezoning petition…
by - July 13, 1998 12:00 am
Not only has Roots & Fruits closed in Springdale’s Signature Square shopping center, but now Snip ‘N Clip, the hair salon chain, has also closed its shop there. But since…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
546 W. Dickson St. Fayetteville Some people might have an aversion to eating sushi in Arkansas, but they shouldn’t. This is one of the best sushi restaurants we’ve tried (and…
