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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.

Montana Tractors of Springdale will do $65 million in sales this year. Partners J.B. Hunt, Charles Goforth and Dan Downing founded the business in May 2004 at the former location of the tractor distributor Agracat.

Barber Readies For Remington (Real Deals)

Barber Construction Inc. of Springdale will soon begin construction on 16 apartment buildings valued at $7 million in the new 16-acre Remington Place Apartments.

November Nielsens Show Nothing New

In the November Nielsen ratings, as usual, KFSM, Channel 5, led in the 11-county dominant market area while KHBS/KHOG, Channels 40/29, won in Northwest Arkansas (Benton and Washington counties combined).

CitiScapes Enters ArkNet Alliance

Many Arkansas.Net customers began receiving complimentary direct mail subscription of CitiScapes Metro Monthly magazine in late February.

Times Lacking on Coverage of Former Editor?s Death (Outtakes Opinion)

The Morning News published a staff-written feature story about Floyd Carl, who worked for the Northwest Arkansas Times for 55 years. The Times published only the funeral home obituary.

Dick Weaver Returns to Arkansas With New Business

Dick Weaver launches new real estate business in Bentonville.

Dinner Solutions Provides Food for Private Dinners

Christie Keller, co-owner of Chloe Fine Dining restaurant in Fayetteville, has launched Dinner Soultions, providing personal chef services for private dinner parties.

Mansfields Plan Two Haagen-Dazs Stores

Arkansas first Haagten-Dazs ice cream store is planned for Fayetteville, along with a second store in the city?s historic Frisco train depot.

Calloway Plans to Open Cinnabon-Carvel Shop

Pam Calloway plans to open a Cinnabon-Carvel Ice Cream shop by June in 1,250 SF of space in Fayetteville?s Northwest Arkansas Mall.

Houndstooth Buys Hanna?s Candle Spot

Michael Baker, owner of Fayetteville?s Houndstooth Clothing Co., has purchased the Hanna?s Candle Co. outlet store at 632 E. 15th St. in Fayetteville for $750,000 and is moving his warehouse there from Reindl Warehouse.

MarketFoods Closing Tulsa Grocery Store

MarketFoods Ltd. of Rogers will close its store in Tulsa this month, said Mike Sadler, general manager of The Market at KingsPointe Village. The company, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, started a clearance sale on March 2.

Hank?s Opens Fayetteville Store

Hank Browne, president of Hank?s Fine Furniture of Sherwood, opened a 40,700-SF store in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park March 12.

Oklahoma court ruling threatens poultry industry in Arkansas

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

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

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