Tag: Whispers

No Baptist

Washington Regional Medical Center spokesperson Terry Fox has dispelled rumors that Baptist Health Medical Center of Little Rock is in negotiations to purchase the hospital.

Hot Johnson ?Knights?

Virgil Knight, owner of Knight Construction Inc. of Fayetteville, was the first home builder to break ground at the new 450-acre Clear Creek Golf Club in Johnson.

Clearly a Whopper

The largest lot sold so far at Clear Creek is a 3.35-acre tract for $489,000 that Cheryl Tyson bought March 19. She is John Tyson?s sister.

Residents of Altus (Franklin County) are apparently being tormented and entertained again by Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, stars of the Fox Television series ?The Simple Life,? which has been filming in Altus.

Beating The Odds

Virtual Incubation Corp.?s success rate on SBIR proposals submitted to government agencies participating in that program is more than twice the national average.

Nexstar In Line?

We hear representatives from Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. of Irving, Texas, were in Fayetteville the week of July 14 to take a look at NBC 24/51.

Lisles ‘R.N.’ Rollout Mode

Springdale?s Lisle Law Firm P.A., the statewide provider for Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., of Ada, Okla., recently announced that its Arkansas customer base has more than doubled from about 6,500 in 1997 to more than 14,000 in June

Marching North

United Bank in Springdale recently made its first foray into Benton County by opening a UB Mortgage loan office in Rogers.

Jarhead Joins Ranks

Bob Corscadden, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Tyson Foods Inc. in Springdale, has joined the board of directors at United Bank.

Hey Food Guys, Process This

Rong Murphy?s Fayetteville company BioKinetic Controls LLC, a software firm specializing in food process modeling and control, has just received a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Cigarette Lighter on Venus

Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc., a client of the Genesis Technology Incubator in Fayetteville, got a $60,000 SBIR award in February for the most unusual category we?ve ever heard.

Zeus ?Logical? About Genesis

Three new startups have become clients of Genesis including Cal-Zark LLC, a vehicle design and manufacturing firm that?s patented a spider suspension for high capacity, long-wheel-travel, compact off-road vehicles.

Sell or Own?

Alan Kilgore, president of Cornerstone Health Care of Rogers, may not be purchasing two nursing homes (also owned by Arkansas Teacher Retirement System).

Picture This

We hear the site for a new 20-screen stadium-seating movie theater in Fayetteville will likely be CMN Business Park or the intersection of Interstate 540 and Wedington Drive.

Hausam This Sound?

David Hausam, the former Republican state representative from Bentonville, is joining solid-waste disposal firm Waste Management Inc. of Tontitown as a governmental relations consultant.

Rogers Hotel Exceeds Expectations As Rooms Fill

The 248-suite Embassy Suites hotel in Rogers has already exceeded expectations since opening in May.

Same Prescription

Two area hospitals are using the same consultant for reorganization ? the Murphy Leadership Institute of Washington, D.C.

ZZ Top?s ?Eliminated

Apparently ZZ Top won?t be the headliner for this year?s Bikes Blues & BBQ event in Fayetteville on Oct. 3.

Riley Loan Trouble

Pat Riley Sr., the Little Rock businessman who defaulted on an $11.5 million loan with Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, is back in the news. He’s been dragged into a lawsuit over his son, Jesse, allegedly defaulting on $190,000 worth of loans.

RE/MAXed out

Barry Cooksey and Marcella Hagan, co-owners of Hagan Co. LLC, might have already outgrown their $1.8 million 8,000-SF building under construction on Moberly Lane in Rogers.

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

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson