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Dixie Monitors Construction with Digital Cameras

Dixie Development of Fayetteville has installed digital cameras at two of its major construction projects to monitor the progress.

Comedian?s Former Wife Starts Royal Children?s Academy in Springdale

Linda Smirnoff, former wife of Yakov Smirnoff, the Russian comedian, has opened Royal Children?s Academy in Springdale.

Ad Plus, You Name It Make Downtown Move

Advertising Plus Inc. and You Name It, both of Fort Smith, will move their offices downtown to 21 N. 4th St. Ad Plus is an advertising agency, and You Name It is a promotional products company.

Hiram Walker to Increase Production, Employees

The Hiram Walker plant in Fort Smith will increase production and staff next year. Production will go from bottling 4.8 million cases of liquor per year to 7 million cases.

Academy Sports Store To Open in August

Academy Sports & Outdoors will open its 90th store in Fort Smith in August. Construction on the 74,000-SF store began in January and will cost about $3.84 million.

Springdale Insurance Agencies Merge

Walker Brothers Insurance Inc. and First Arkansas Insurance/Springdale Inc. merged on May 1.

Local Charity to Receive Profits from New Store

In April, Private Gallery, based in Fair Hope, Ala., opened a store on Dickson Street in Fayetteville to provide 100 percent of its profit to Quality Life Association Inc.

UA?s Supply Chain Specialty Ranked

The University of Arkansas? supply chain management and logistics specialty ranked 19th in the U.S. News & World Report?s ?America?s Best Graduate Schools 2007.?

Tyson Increases Avian Flu Testing

Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale said on May 9 that it has increased the number of weekly tests it does for avian flu since last year from about 3,000 to 15,000.

The world?s largest poultry processor is trying to ally bird flu fears that have caused consu

Insurance Costs Tripled After Hurricane Katrina

Springdale developer Gary Brandon said his insurance costs tripled to $500,000 per year on a 24-story condominium building in Florida after Hurricane Katrina.

For-Profit Health Insurers Get the Blues

Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield will be bucking a national trend if the health insurer isn?t sold anytime soon.

UA’s Electrical Testing Facility Ready to Plug In

Researchers at the University of Arkansas plan to break ground on the National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission this summer.

Law Changes School Construction

New guidelines make it easier for schools to select general contractors for construction management services, rather than having to use a contractor in a competitive bid situation.

WayLink Analyzes Pavement Distress

WayLink Systems Corp. of Fayetteville has a solution to detect pavement problems earlier. The company has retrofitted a Ford van with a laser-based digital camera that can detect cracks in the pavement that are almost invisible to the human eye ? cracks a