Commercial development abounds in Hot Springs, and restaurants are part of that growth, especially on Central Avenue and in downtown.

Commercial development abounds in Hot Springs, and restaurants are part of that growth, especially on Central Avenue and in downtown.

Road construction and increased competition took its toll on many of North Little Rock’s highest-grossing restaurants in 2005.

For nearly two decades North Little Rock’s Bryant family has served familiar faces at Gadwall’s Grill.

Government and health care employment swell in Arkansas, while the state’s manufacturing sector still searches for rock bottom.

Only a handful of Arkansas golfers and golfers with Natural State ties earned a living wage on the links this year. Among them: John Daly and Glen Day. Includes a chart of the top earners.

The new U.S. 82 bridge being built over the Mississippi River near Lake Village trumps its 66-year-old replacement in size and safety.

New roads, a bustling residential real estate market and a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) designation have landed Hot Springs a slew of commercial developments.

A massive retail development, mixed-use projects, new hotels and other ventures are all signs Conway’s commercial real estate market is keeping pace with its budding population.

Downtown Little Rock hotels reported record revenue in the first full year the Clinton Presidential Library has been open.

The River Market District continues to be the landing area for most of downtown’s proposed attractions.

The new Mount Magazine State Park Lodge, Parks & Tourism’s most expensive project ever at $32.6 million, will also be a money maker, officials say. Includes a special online section of bonus photos, lodge rates and links.

The state’s largest petroleum equipment distributor also makes money and helps businesses make the best of environmental regulations.

Federal communication regulators accuse Alltel, AT&T of violating rules that protect customers’ calling information.

Mobius Office Systems Ltd. of Little Rock, led by Kenneth and Laurence Hastings, has begun marketing for a new product called The Linked Office Software.

Alltel Corp. of Little Rock says profit fell during its fourth quarter on one-time charges related to a merger and Hurricane Katrina.

New cell sites, portable generators and back-up batteries, and rolling out new data features nearly doubled Cingular’s Arkansas spending between 2004 and 2005.

Voluntary turnover is up at Little Rock’s Acxiom Corp. though the company continues to add top-notch data industry executives.

A round of layoffs, other terminations and attrition have reduced employment at Little Rock’s Acxiom Corp. by 125.

EMC Corp. will pay $30 million for Acxiom’s grid computing software and also partner with Acxiom to sell other products on top of advanced grid technology.