by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
Warren’s Shoes, a chain based in Paris, Ark., plans to open a store in Fayetteville’s Northwest Arkansas Mall by Aug. 1. The 3,407-SF store will be Warren’s ninth. The company…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
Fayetteville’s newest shopping center, Singletree Plaza, opened June 11 with two businesses: Walker Brothers Dry Goods and Morgan Scott Interiors. The Toggery, a children’s clothing store, is expected to open…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
Walton Family $51.5 billion, Bentonville Country’s wealthiest family, owns 38 percent of world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Phenomenal growth of nearly 880 million shares of stock (mostly held in…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Rally, J.B. Hunt Rebound Lead to Big Gain Bank merger fever. Soaring Wal-Mart Stores Inc. stock prices. A sharp rise in the values of private companies. These are a…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
With more than 450 Chancellor’s Scholarships being tossed at the best high school graduates in the state, University of Arkansas administrators thought enrollment in the UA’s College of Arts and…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
One of the main objectives of John A. White, who took over a year ago as UA chancellor, is to lure the state’s best students by offering Chancellor’s Scholarships —…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
Kent Neff, a former Rogers resident who now lives in Miami, and Dr. Jeff Erickson of Rogers plan to begin construction by the end of July on a 300-acre residential…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
If you are on Beaver Lake during the Fourth of July weekend, you might want to cruise by Prairie Creek Marina and see some of the boats that will be…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
This seems to be a banner year for Harris McHaney Shearin Realtors in Rogers. The state’s largest real estate agency has already reached the 1,000th buyer for the year, a…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas Foundation, the fundraising arm for academics at the university, will have new quarters before year’s end. We hear the foundation expects to leave its cramped but…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. finally has its key patent. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notified the Springdale-based company last February that its application had been approved, but the…
by - June 29, 1998 12:00 am
A Canadian oil company will begin drilling soon on a well in western Arkansas in the famed Arkoma Basin. The company, Hegco Canada Inc., recently received the funding necessary to…
by - June 15, 1998 12:00 am
The massive highway bill passed by Congress last month contained more than funding allocations for various states and their roadways. It also contained a provision designed to save the student…
by - June 15, 1998 12:00 am
Political Interference in Judiciary Concerns LR’s Robert Cearley Professionalism is the banner unfurled over the 4,200-member Arkansas Bar Association by its new president, Robert M. Cearley Jr. “The issue of…
by - June 15, 1998 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Expo, sponsored by the Springdale Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for Aug. 18-19 at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center. Billed as the area’s largest trade show,…
by - June 15, 1998 12:00 am
Three publications from Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas were recognized recently in the 15th annual Healthcare Marketing Awards. Progress Notes, a weekly newsletter, earned a bronze rating in the…
by - June 15, 1998 12:00 am
A television advertising campaign created for First National Bank of Rogers by Blackwood Martin/CJRW recently took first-place honors from the Arkansas Bank Marketing Association. The campaign, “Life is Wide Open,”…
by - June 15, 1998 12:00 am
The Northwest Arkansas business coalition raising money to help Arkansans get access to clean, safe running water has passed its first goal. In Our Backyard recently donated to the Safe…
by - June 15, 1998 12:00 am
In keeping with its strategy of seeking out commercial properties, Cooper Realty Investments is set to close on a couple of deals soon. Cooper Realty Investments is a wholly owned…
by - June 15, 1998 12:00 am
Charlie Anderson, owner of the Cheeburger Cheeburger franchise in Fayetteville plans to open a second location ? in Bentonville ? by fall. Anderson ? who has franchising rights in Arkansas,…
