by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Sailboat Building Slow
According to Sailing World magazine in Middletown, R.I., national manufacturers produced 16,000 new sailboats in 2005. That number has been flat since 2002.
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by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Execs, Sailors Share Mindset
The executive sailing set on Beaver Lake say the sport is about the journey, not the destination.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Economy: Cooling or Robust? (Editorial)
A survey of 50 economic forecasters by the National Association of Business Economists sees the U.S. economy cooling down to a 2.6 percent annualized growth rate in the second half of the year.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Fort Smith Tees Up on 102-year Old Course
Some golfers, well into their 90s, golf the Fort Smith Country Club because the 9-hole course is the second oldest public golf course west of the Mississippi.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Game Farm Keeps Bird Hunters Close to Home
With the public?s desire to hunt exceeding the land available to do so, a Madison County man solved multiple problems when he and a friend decided to turn his small cattle farm into a hunter?s paradise.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Outfitters Carve ?Small Box? Niche in Market
In Northwest Arkansas, the growing population is attracting more sporting retailers. Sportsman?s Warehouse opened April 8, and sales are ?phenomenal,? says Travis Kingsley, store manager.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Gettin? Hooked: Lure of Trout Fishing Can be Addictive
Some executives take advantage of Northwest Arkansas? abundant streams to fish for trophy trout. A look at $182 million per year industry in Arkansas.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
ANB Financial Shuts Doors on Mall Branch
Rogers-based ANB Financial N.A. will close its bank location at 3873 N. Mall Ave. in Fayetteville on Oct. 15.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Dixie Trial Ends, Broker Awarded
A jury awards Jenny Talley, a former broker for Dixie Real Estate of Fayetteville, more than $480,000 on Sept. 8.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Warrior Moves to Springdale
Warrior of Arkansas Inc., opened the doors to its new industrial John Deere location at 3838 Wagon Wheel Road in Springdale.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Crye-Leike Realtors Expanding Into Area
Crye-Leike Realtors, the nation?s sixth largest real estate company, plans to open an office branch in Rogers in October.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Crescent Park Condos Ready for Construction
An $11 million condominium project in Eureka Springs is ready to move forward with construction as soon as approval is gained from planning and historic district commissions.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Hearty Sailors, Appetites Win
About 175 people attended the Beaver Lake Sailing Club?s 9th Annual NEBCO Regatta on Sept. 16 at the club?s private marina in Garfield.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Tontitown Champions Overlay District Discussion (Market Forecast)
Planners in Tontitown are reviewing a draft proposal for an entrance corridor overlay district that would cover properties along some of highways U.S. 412 and Arkansas 112.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
KFTA Begins Fox Broadcast
Fort Smith?s KFTA, Channel 24 began broadcasting Fox Network content and a ?produced-for-Fox? news show on Aug. 28.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
KPBI Broadcasts MyNetwork TV
KPBI began airing MyNetwork TV the first week of September. MyNetwork is a Fox Network spin-off that airs originally produced drama mini-series.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
New York Times Co. to Sell Fort Smith, Memphis Stations
The New York Times Co. said it is selling its Broadcast Media Group, which includes CBS affiliate KFSM-TV in Fort Smith.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Neighbor?s Quarrel May Lead to ?Squirrel?
From the sheriff?s report in the Madison County Record of Huntsville:
?Aug. 14 ? Hardey Stadlee of Hindsville advised that he was missing three air compressors and three battery chargers and thought that a neighbor may have taken them.”
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Groups Sign Staybridge, Shops (Real Deals)
Two projects worth a total of $15.5 million are under way in south Fayetteville.
by - September 25, 2006 12:00 am
Watershed Partnership Lands Poultry Support
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership will be the beneficiary of a $300,000 matching grant funded by The Walton Family Foundation over a three-year period.