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Oxygen ?Dives? Kill Germs, Increase Wound Healing

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy can help heal everything from brown recluse spider bites to wounds that otherwise might have required the amputation of a limb.

?Alliance? Sees First Profit In June

The circulation ?alliance? between Wehco Media?s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Community Publishers Inc. had its first profitable month in June. The alliance has been in place since August 2000.

KFSM Celebrates 50 Years On Air

KFSM-TV, Channel 5, celebrated its 50th anniversary on July 22 with a buffet and reception in Fort Smith featuring Bob Schieffer, longtime chief Washington correspondent for the CBS News television show ?Face the Nation.?

Rogers Named UA PR Chief

Susan Rogers is to begin work on Sept. 8 as associate vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Arkansas.

McHale Leaving KHOG, Wright To Co-anchor At 5, 6

Beginning Aug. 11, Leslee Wright will join Craig Cannon as co-anchor of the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts on KHBS/KHOG-TV, Channels 40/29.

Southwestern Energy Reaches Settlement

Arkansas Western Gas Co. in Fayetteville, has reached a settlement with the staff of Arkansas Public Service Commission and various consumer groups regarding AWG?s request to raise its rates.

‘Hunting for Bambi’ Turns Out To Be Hoax

Michael Burdick, promotor of the game called ?Hunting for Bambi,? has admitted that the game was a hoax used to sell video tapes.

Arkansas Best Doubles Profits

Trucking carrier Arkansas Best Corp. more than doubled its second quarter profit compared with 2002?s same period, the firm reported July 18.

AERT Sees Slight Dip In Gross Sales

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale on July 25 said its gross sales for the quarter ended June 30 were $10.5 million, down marginally from the $10.6 million in sales for the same quarter last year.

Congressional Probe Questions Billing Policies

Congressional investigators are auditing the billing practices of the nation?s top 20 hospital chains regarding billing for the uninsured, the Dow Jones Business News Service announced July 16.

Tyson To Buy Choctaw, Third Quarter Results

Tyson Foods Inc. on July 28 announced that it will spend $74 million to buy the assets of longtime poultry partner, Choctaw Maid Farmers Inc.

J.B. Hunt Splits, Upgraded by Analysts

For the first time in more than a decade, the board at J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. declared that shares of the company’s common stock will split 2-for-1.

Whitt Cottons to Fort Smith Development

Whitt Properties LLC of Fort Smith has begun dirt work on the site of its 50-acre development, Cottonwood Village, and construction on Phase II of the Electric Avenue Apartments has begun.

P.A.M. Earnings Affected by Twister

Tontitown?s P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. announced in July that net income for the second quarter ended June 30 was $4.04 million (36 cents per share) compared with its record 2002 second quarter net income of $5.03 million (45 cents per share).

Colliers | Arkansas to manage Regions Center; firm closes 2 major deals for $10.7M

Architect Reese Rowland honored with AIA Arkansas E. Fay Jones gold medal

Westerman’s SPEED Act accelerates to the Senate

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ACME input now online, UAFS students receive SURF grants