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Copeland?s Opens Cheesecake Bakery

Copeland?s Famous New Orleans Restaurant is offering several new slices of decadence to its already popular dessert menu.

Dixie?s First Sale Brings in Moo-Lah

The first auction at the Dixie Cattle Stock Exchange in Madison County was a success with about 200 in attendance for the April 27 event.

Nickell Pairs with Citadel

Aaron Nickell Homes of Lowell has formed a partnership with Citadel Realty Group LLC of Bentonville.

March Home Sales Down 21 Percent

Home sales in Benton and Washington counties for the month of March dropped 22 percent when compared to last March.

Kate Austin Creates Buzz

With a first name that?s already a popular jewelry store, Claire Branscum had to be creative when coming up with a name for her new store near the Pleasant Grove Road exit in Rogers.

Clear Channel Sells Cluster

Clear Channel Communications Inc. of San Antonio has nearly completed the divestiture of its smaller market radio stations and the local cluster of four channels has been sold as part of the deal.

Arkansas Business Plans Sports Expansion

Arkansas Business will increase its audience reach on the Internet and in print beginning this summer with expanded statewide sports coverage, Publisher Jeff Hankins announced April 26.

Vogel Closes Commercial Land (Real Deals)

Vogel Properties of Arkansas LLC of Joplin, Mo., pays Meek?s Lumber Co. of Springfield, Mo., $4.35 million for vacant land in Bentonville, and Crossland Construction Co. of Rogers buys a building permit valued at $3.28 million to construct a hotel in Bent

Race Car Tracks Coming to Region

We?ve been hearing whispers for some time about the possibility of NASCAR building a racetrack in either Northwest Arkansas or southwest Missouri.

Realtor to Join Colliers Dickson Flake Partners

Since the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal profiled up-and-coming Realtor Joel Sanders in our March 26 issue, his phone has been ringing off the hook with job offers.

Hill Calls Marshal?s Muesum

Sandi Sanders, the newly tabbed director of the U.S. Marshals Service National Museum in Fort Smith, will have a new office when she returns from Washington, D.C.

Golf Academy Caters to Pros

Mixing top-notch instruction with convenience is the idea behind the Back 9 Golf Academy, which plans to open on Memorial Day in Bentonville.

University Airlines Taking Off

University Airlines of Bentonville has more business than equipment to handle it all.

Bank of Eureka Springs Plans Branch in Carroll County

The Bank of Eureka Springs is about to break ground on a long-planned branch that will open in 2008.

Maggie?s Goes Cuckoo for Cocoa

Maggie Moo?s franchisee Joyce Harp has signed a second lease for around 1,000 SF in the Paradigm building to open Cocoa, a coffee shop also offering handmade chocolates.

Fair Park Fills Space

Paradigm Development Enterprises Inc., owner of Fair Park Center, a 27,500-SF commercial property at Interstate 540 and Arkansas Highway 112 in Fayetteville, recently filed permits for finish-outs for 10 of its 15 suites.