Tag: NWABJ

No More Daly in Rogers

After less than a year as a resident of Rogers, John Daley, the professional golfer, is leaving. Daly sold his house at 12 Razorback Road in the Pinnacle development on…

The NationsBank building that occupies the east side of the Fayetteville square was sold April 22 for $4.3 million. NationsBank sold the 59,192-SF building to Argora Properties Limited Partnership of…

Hunt for the Argosy

Nobody wants to talk about it, but we have reason to believe that J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell is placing an order for the new Argosy tractor that…

Chef Leaving Holiday Inn

Thane Newton, who has served for the past two years as executive chef for the Holiday Inn of Northwest Arkansas, will leave that job May 26. Newton says he’ll take…

Lightning Strikes

It was like a preview of the Year 2000 computer crash at the Washington County Courthouse in early May. During severe weather May 7, lightning struck the courthouse, damaging computers…

Home Payment Woes

National Home Centers Inc. is $3.5 million behind on its accounts with trade vendors, according to its 10-K report recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. National Home has…

Springdale Stores Secure $1.47 Loan

Six convenience stores in Springdale were used March 12 to secure a $1.47 million mortgage from NationsBank. The loan was signed by Jim Yates as general partner of JEY Investments…

Bell International Inc. Finances New Facility

Bell International Inc. of Lowell received a $1.4 million mortgage from Springdale Bank & Trust on April 8. Bell International and Bell Rental and Leasing Corp. secured the loan with…

Bentonville Church Refinances Mortgage

Christian Life Cathedral of Benton County Inc. received a $1.2 million mortgage on April 9 to refinance the debt on the church’s new building at 612 Arkansas Highway 72 East…

Beau Terre Adding to Development Again

Another office building is being built in the Beau Terre development in Bentonville. Beau Terre Inc. received a $787,000 mortgage from the Bank of Bentonville on April 7 to finance…

Tufco International Refinances Mortgage

Tufco International Inc. of Gentry received a $513,500 mortgage from Decatur State Bank on April 2. The mortgage was signed by Brent E. Mills as chief financial officer for the…

Tulsa Street Centre Planned Fro Siloam

A 16,000-SF office and retail center is being developed in Siloam Springs with a $500,000 mortgage from First National Bank of Siloam Springs. James and Janet Butts received the mortgage…

Restaurant Operator Buys Goldie’s Building

Robert Douglas Hale Maritan bought the building that houses Goldie’s Patio Grill in Rogers on April 1. Maritan bought the building at 2709 W. Walnut St. from Lowell Kelsey of…

Springdale Company Buys Convenience Store

The Six Twelve Mart at 451 Hudson Road in Rogers was sold April 1 for $251,700. Howard and Georgia Wilks sold the convenience store to Fuels & Supplies Inc. of…

Colt Square Building Sold

Two buildings in the Colt Square development were sold April 23 for $325,000. Gregory Kent Smith sold the property at 2345 Green Acres Road to Northwest Professional Building LLC of…

‘Cushy’ PR Job Takes Back Seat to Criminal Investigation Charges

When Archie Schaffer III moved to Fayetteville in 1991, he thought he was set up with a comfortable public relations job. “I thought I was moving to the pastoral quiet…

The Schaffer Indictments

Archie Schaffer, the director of media, public and governmental affairs at Tyson Foods Inc., was indicted Jan. 15 by a federal grand jury on the following counts: • One count…

Northwest Businessmen Expand Banking Interests

Banking news that readers may have missed last year: A couple of Fayetteville businessmen have formed a holding company and purchased an Ozark thrift, River Valley Savings Bank. Trevor Lavy…

Bank of Fayetteville Continues Due Diligence

Bank of Fayetteville officials are continuing their internal due diligence investigation into multiple offers to buy the bank. Despite the fact that the would-be purchaser, Deposit Guaranty of Jackson, Miss.,…

First Commercial Bank Name Comes to Northwest Arkansas

The First Commercial Bank name is coming to Northwest Arkansas, but don’t look for additional branches in Washington County until 1999. That’s the word from Tom L. Wray, chairman, president…

Williamson Insurance sells to Inszone

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