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Standridge’s Empire Crumbles into Pieces

The last remaining office of Steve Standridge Insurance Inc. of Mount Ida is scheduled to be sold on Nov. 1, marking the end to one of Arkansas’ largest insurance agencies.

DOE Shedding New Light on Old Fluorescent Tubes

LED T8s would have to at least double their efficiencies to match today’s fluorescent tube in both luminosity and energy savings. How did the herd become so enamored with LED’s promises?

Group Sets Benchmark With LEED Certification

Aside from growing into a commercial building design consultant with national reach, Benchmark Group of Rogers recently opened a four-story, 120,000 SF headquarters worth of its forward-thinking ideas.

Common-sense Tact Blossoms on Brick Street

When Holly Mang moved from the Pacific Northwest to Northwest Arkansas, she brought ideas and practices that were “just common sense for me.”

NBS Brings Passion Into Business Model

Business partners Sam Muffoletto and John Allen were old hands in construction distribution when their curiosity in green industry piqued.

Bank Branch Realizes Green Dividends

Arvest Bank Group Inc.’s green efforts are creating major dividends.

Walkers Work Out Sustainable Clubhaus Center

Stuart and Missi Walker plan for their year-old fitness center to be the first LEED-certified health club in the country. The two are seeking a Silver certification, which Stuart Walker hopes to have wrapped up in early 2011.

Couple Brings Help ‘Yo’ Self Approach to Dessert Option

YumYos Premium Frozen Yogurt recently opened in Bentonville, and offers 21 flavors of self-serve frozen yogurt in a family-friendly setting.

IT Strategies Should Align With Business

What are the IT issues businesses see as they grow from being small to medium-sized?

ADR Homes by Roth Starts $1.86M Belclaire Build

Jeff Roth, through his ADR Homes by Roth, recently purchased eight building permits for a combined total of $1.86 million. The permits are for construction of single-family homes in the Belclaire subdivision on Highway 112, south of The Blessings golf cou

New Firm Favors Fast-track Approach to Efficiency

Brandon Fletcher co-founded Green Analytics with Travis Clark earlier this year, and their goal is to improve the energy efficiency of as many homes and businesses as possible ? as quickly as possible.

2010 Greenest Office Judges Profiles

Following are the profiles for the three judges of this year’s 2010 Greenest Office profile.

GreeNWAy Chamber Program Continues to Strengthen Roots

Due to the vigilance of the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, an increasingly popular program called the GreeNWAy Initiative is providing sustainable expertise to area businesses. Also, the University of Arkansas has joined a nationwide sustainability rat

Fayetteville’s Maddox Is Named Rising Star

Fayetteville-based architect Tim Maddox is busy making a name for himself.

Farrell’s Lounge Catches National Exposure

A Dickson Street business wins raves from an ESPN writer in town for the Alabama game.

Fayetteville’s BlueInGreen Receives Recognition

Fayetteville-based BlueInGreen LLC, which aims to provide innovative new products for improving and maintaining water quality, recently received an Innovative Technology Award.

Paper Shakes Up Profiles Section, Reorganizes Editors

As we understand it, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition’s “Profiles” section is going to be reduced from six to four pages and wrapped around the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas’ “Our Town” section.

Criminal defense attorneys wrangle over legal bill

Jeff Rosenzweig of Little Rock, ?one of the state?s most prominent practitioners of criminal law, especially in the area of post conviction relief,? has sued attorney Kenneth R. Shemin of Rogers over work Rosenzweig did but wasn?t paid for, according to R

Thousands in Danger of Losing Health Insurance

The sale, completed Oct. 1, of Mercy Health Plans of St. Louis to Coventry Health Care Inc. of Bethesda, Md., means that more than 6,000 Arkansans are going to lose their individual heath coverage come March 16.

Casualty & Surety Co. of America File Federal Lawsuit Against Little Rock CPA

An insurance company claims that relying on false financial statements cost it $5.7 million.

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