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St. Valery Downs Won?t Horse Around With Quality of Living

St. Valery Downs is a 120-acre, upscale equestrian community with 81 lots in its first phase and 25 more to come.

Canadian Timbers Frame Posh Cabin

Jane Garrison and Ron Bumpass’ big cedar home in Fayetteville was inspired by her love of tree houses.

Eliminating Mold Can Be Costly, In-Spore-Ational

Tiny mold spores float continuously through the air, indoors and out, but when they begin to thrive in a damp indoor area, they can wreak havoc on the health of those breathing in their contaminants.

Lover?s Lane, Canterbury Remain Among Area?s Nicest Neighborhoods

Arkansas Highway 265 was still a dirt road in 1968 when bankers Ellis Burgin, Hayden McIlroy and others decided to head to east Fayetteville to develop an upscale subdivision.

UA Table-Grape Program Lands Two More Patents

Two new seedless table grapes, named Jupiter and Neptune, are intended to give Arkansas growers a hearty, marketable new fruit option.

Firm Handles Conflict Management

A mediation consultant and a wedding design company have opened shop locally.

Petra Caf? gets Three and a Half Stars (Business Lunch)

We thought Petra Caf? was a great place for a change of pace in downtown Fayetteville. The food is inexpensive, healthy and exotic, all at the same time.

Ruby Tuesday Chooses Fayetteville

Ruby Tuesday Inc. plans to build a 4,600-SF restaurant in Krushiker Addition, and Famous Dave?s Bar-B-Que plans to open a restaurant in Rogers? Scottsdale Center by mid-June.

Tyson Acquitted on All Charges

Tyson Foods Inc. and three of its managers on March 26 were acquitted by a federal court jury in Chattanooga, Tenn., of conspiring to smuggle illegal immigrants to work at its poultry plants.

First Federal Pays Dividend in March

First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas Inc., the Harrison unitary savings and loan company, declared in February that it would pay a 16-cent dividend payable March 25.

Britain Holds Up Wal-Mart, Other Safeway Bidders

Great Britain threw cold water on a bidding war for the country’s fourth-biggest supermarket chain Safeway Plc on March 19, ordering all but one of the five bidders to undergo a competition inquiry.

P.A.M. Reports Net Income Spike

P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. on March 13 reported net income of $16.59 million, or diluted earnings per share of $1.55, for the year that ended Dec. 31, 2002, a 64.8 percent increase from its 2001 net income.

Triad CFO Heads for Conflict in Iraq

The chief financial officer for Dallas-based Triad Hospitals Inc. has been recalled to temporary active duty with the United States Marine Corps.

Hunt Execs Take Home Bucks

The five executive officers at J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell each received bonuses of more than $100,000 for the 2002 fiscal year.

Stephens Media Buys La Prensa

Stephens Media Group of Little Rock bought Springdale?s La Prensa Del Noroeste de Arkansas (?The Press of Northwest Arkansas?) from Eddie Vega on March 17.

KSEC Fares Well for First Time Out

KSEC, which has a ?smooth jazz? format at 95.7 FM, made its debut as Northwest Arkansas? newest station in March 2002 and has done well since.

Nude Protesters Make Page 1 (Media Review)

We were shocked to see seven naked butts on the front page of the Northwest Arkansas Times on March 20 under a banner that read ?Women of the world say no to war.? Then we figured, what the heck.

Where is the SEC?

The Arkansas Securities Department began an investigation that resulted in a cease-and-desist order preventing the trading of Golf/Sienna stock in Arkansas. But as of March 27, there’s been no action.

Ring Around Arkansas? White Collar?

Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe said a recent rash of white-collar crimes and securities violations hasn?t given the state a black eye.

Reflecting on Arkansas

A number of business improprieties, some resulting in convictions, have dotted Arkansas in recent years.

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