by - November 17, 1997 12:00 am
The owners of several Fayetteville restaurants began a petition drive in early November to have Sunday liquor sales approved for eateries in the city. A total of 1,858 signatures of…
by - November 17, 1997 12:00 am
Northwest Medical Center in Springdale has leased 16,000 SF of space to a Dallas company that hopes to open an acute-care, long-term hospital there by spring. Spectrum Comprehensive Care Inc….
by - November 3, 1997 12:00 am
James Connors, Consolidated Eco-Systems Inc.’s president, chairman and chief executive officer, is sick. A spokesman for the company says Connors can’t grant interviews with the press right now. “Mr. Connors…
by - November 3, 1997 12:00 am
If you’re planning to have a baby soon or to have an appendix removed, good luck if you’re hoping to shop hospitals for price comparisons. Many hospitals discourage price shopping,…
by - November 3, 1997 12:00 am
American Eagle wants to begin offering non-stop flights to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport from Fayetteville, but approval is still needed from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Simmons Airlines is parent company…
by - November 3, 1997 12:00 am
Arko Telephone of Springdale Inc. is planning to expand beyond the state’s borders this year. Arko, the largest provider of business telephone systems in Northwest Arkansas with annual revenue of…
by - November 3, 1997 12:00 am
One of Dickson Street’s historic hang-outs was scheduled to be converted Nov. 3 to Fayetteville’s only German restaurant. Peter Steinhart, chef and co-owner of the D-Lux Cafe, says the restaurant…
by - November 3, 1997 12:00 am
p>The five physician-owners of a Jonesboro pathology lab, facing a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit by the U.S. government, may have gotten caught in the complex maze of Medicare regulations and interpretations….
by - November 3, 1997 12:00 am
Arkansas’ first specialty-based Independent Physician Association was formed earlier this year by a group of orthopaedists. A year in planning, the Arkansas Orthopaedic Network was unveiled in August. The group,…
by - November 3, 1997 12:00 am
Construction has begun on the $4.9 million Jacksonville Medical Clinic, a collaboration between Rebsamen Regional Medical Center of Jacksonville and Little Rock’s St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center. The 39,000-SF clinic…
by - November 3, 1997 12:00 am
Something at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock actually escaped the meticulous, hands-on chancellor, Dr. Harry Ward, last week. His face showed a stunned expression, he…
by - October 20, 1997 12:00 am
The announcement last month that Campbell Soup Co. will spin off seven businesses may mean a new name for the company’s plant in Fayetteville by mid-1998. Dale Morrison, the new…
by - October 20, 1997 12:00 am
Several Northwest Arkansas area hospitals recently have announced the addition of advanced and less invasive surgical techniques. Surgeons at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rogers have been using Advanced Breast Biopsy…
by - October 20, 1997 12:00 am
About 90 percent of the gasoline sold in Northwest Arkansas reaches the area through the Razorback pipeline between Mr. Vernon, Mo., and Rogers. The 67-mile, 8-inch underground pipeline was built…
by - October 20, 1997 12:00 am
Signature Square, a recently completed 50,000-SF shopping center on the east side of Springdale, was at half capacity as of mid-October, says Donna Stewart, property manager for Schmieding-Brandon Properties, owner…
by - October 20, 1997 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opened its 405th Supercenter on Oct. 8 in Fayetteville’s Spring Creek Center area. The store is the first of its kind with a floor plan designed to…
by - October 20, 1997 12:00 am
Steve Sohosky, a native of Joplin who moved to Garfield two years ago, plans to open Soho Clothiers at Village on the Creeks in Rogers in mid-November. The 3,600-SF, full-line,…
by - October 20, 1997 12:00 am
James T. “Red” Hudson, with more than 65 percent voting power in Hudson Foods Inc., signed a voting agreement with Tyson Foods Inc. that preceded the poultry companies’ $680 million…
by - October 20, 1997 12:00 am
ABF Freight Systems Inc. stock is significantly undervalued, according to analysts at Stephens Inc. of Little Rock. Last month, Stephens added ABF to the list of stocks that the brokerage…
by - October 20, 1997 12:00 am
More large trucking companies are based in Arkansas than any other state in the country, according to a survey by a national trade journal. The August issue of Commercial Carrier…
