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House Passes Art Museum Bill

The Arkansas House of Representatives passed House Bill 2480 on March 21 by a vote of 85 to 0 (with 15 representatives not voting).

WAC Wins Most ADDY Awards

The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville won the most 2004 awards from the Northwest Arkansas Advertising Federation.

Half of NCAA Tourney Airs in HDTV on KFSM

KFSM, Channel 5, didn?t air the first three rounds of the NCAA college basketball tournament in high-definition television. But the final three rounds of ?March Madness? will be in HDTV.

Morning News First With Boozman Details (Outtakes Opinion)

The Morning News was the first area newspaper to report that Dr. Fay Boozman had been killed March 19 in Rogers when part of a barn ?gave way and crushed him.?

Times Publishes Carl?s Last Column (Outtakes Opinion)

We gigged the Northwest Arkansas Times in our March 14 issue. So Greg Harton, the Times? current executive editor, called to tell us the newspaper re-published Carl?s last column from 1983 on March 6 instead of doing a feature obit.

Pleasant Crossing Plans for Imax

Pleasant Crossing developers have another ace up their sleeve: an IMAX theater.

Nabholz Sees Employees Depart

We noticed that three upper-level management folks at Nabholz Construction Corp. in Rogers have jumped ship lately.

Miller Eyes Land by Center

Clint Miller, vice president of Griffin Company Realtors in Springdale, recently bought 70 acres across from the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. distribution center.

Plaza Gets New Tenants

Bentonville Plaza has apparently signed a few new tenants lately.

Legacy Bank Becomes Official

Legacy National Bank of Springdale is now officially a bank.

Celebrity Sited On St. Paddy?s

We heard that John Paul Merritt, a former contestant from ABC?s reality TV show ?The Bachelorette,? was spotted in Fayetteville celebrating St. Patrick?s Day.

Former CEO Joins Publishing Company

Joseph Gies, the former CEO of The Great Passion Play who left the Eureka Springs production last summer, has joined New Leaf Publishing Group Inc. across town as its marketing director.

Local Chapters Make List

Four Arkansas chapters of Duck?s Unlimited are honored in the March/April issue of Duck?s Unlimited magazine for being among the top 100 chapters in the United States.

Gift Card Accounting (Glenn E. Atkins Commentary)

Retailers have a love-hate relationship with the gift-card phenomenon. They love it because they get cash in. They hate it because it makes sales and inventory planning much more difficult.

Is Need Real for Agri Department?

More research needs to be done before more bureaucracy is created with a state agriculture department.

High-Tech Hogs Root for Science UA Researches Cleaner Swine

The University of Arkansas? Swine Research Center looks to bacteria for healthier, heavier hogs.

Hardwick Pushes Tax Break For New Walton Museum

Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton apparently wants to build a large art museum in Bentonville, and Rep. Horace Hardwick, R-Bentonville, wants to make it exempt from the state?s 6 percent sales tax.

Agri Statistics Show Jobs Sector Shifting

The crawl of farm production jobs off the farm and into peripherally related fields has spelled a flip-flop in the make up of the state?s agriculture employment sector.

UA Touts Only National Agri Law Grad Program

The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has the only agricultural law program in the United States. Between eight and 15 students are admitted to the program each year.

As Dairy Farms Die Out, Spears Shifts to Heifers

Economic stress has all but killed dairy farming in Northwest Arkansas. Resourceful cattle farmers have shifted to raising heifers instead.

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

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

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report