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SmitCo Plans Rogers Popeyes

SmitCo Eateries Inc. of Pine Bluff plans to open a Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits restaurant at 2325 W. Walnut St. in Rogers before the end of August.

Harps Eyes Bomart

Harps Food Stores of Springdale plans to buy the Bomart Apple Market grocery store business in Elkins in late June.

Couch Potato Works Overtime

The Couch Potato buys, sells and trades video games, DVDs, VHS movies and CDs, with a specialty in anime, or Japanese animation.

Resident?s Guide to Fayetteville

Area guide to businesses will be distributed by Fayetteville rental companies and Realtors.

Flood Waters Threaten Homes Along White River, Beaver Lake

Goshen residents learn of flood hazard the hard way.

Area Providers Reap Benefits From ABCBS? Online Service

Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield?s Advanced Health Insurance Network is a Web-based network that allows providers to instantaneously file claims and check patients? coverage and eligibility.

LaFrance Faces Bitter Discount Pill

Industry estimates reflect a 10 percent drop in annual sales by Stephen L. LaFrance Pharmacy Inc. of Pine Bluff, which operates a regional chain of drug stores.

Wise Up or Dry Up (Editorial)

Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas River Valley are overdue for getting on the same economic development page.

HIPAA Regulations Make Extra Steps

Most privacy regulations in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 went into effect on April 14, 2003.

Insurance Firms Tap Into Hispanic Market

Only a handful of local insurance agencies appear to actively pursue the Hispanic segment.

Morning News Numbers Include 7,584 at Bargain Rate

The most recent circulation numbers for The Morning News of Springdale included 7,584 subscriptions (on both Sundays and weekdays) that were sold at $74 per year.

Forbes Locates Fort Smith in Oklahoma (Outtakes Opinion)

We were glad to see that Forbes magazine recently rated the Fayetteville metropolitan statistical area as No. 5 among its annual top 150 best small places to live.

D-G Shows Real Estate ?Matters? (Outtakes Opinion)

We thought the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette made a good move when it decided to skip seven weeks ahead in its warranty deed listings to give readers more up-to-date information.

Gillihan, Beard Add To Moberly Offices (Real Deals)

Crossland Construction Co. of Rogers recently bought a building permit valued at $2 million to build a 22,000-SF office building in Bentonville?s Moberly Professional Park.

Williams Tractor to Relocate

Williams Tractor Inc. is looking to relocate one of its dealerships. In fact, the company has until the first of December to do so.

Wal-Mart Shareholders Draw Celebs

Anticipation always surrounds the list of Hollywood types who are expected to join Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executives Lee Scott and Tom Coughlin, on stage at the retailer?s annual shareholders meeting June 2-4 in Fayetteville.

Tyson Information Techs Take Over Kmart Building

Tyson Foods Inc. has moved about 250 information systems workers into 73,000 SF of space at the former Kmart building at 2231 W. 6th St. in Fayetteville.

Hall’s Divorce Becomes Public Fodder

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sports editor Wally Hall’s divorce settlement gets a public airing.

APE Gets Military Research Grant

Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc. (APEI) of Fayetteville just won a $750,000, Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Army Research Labs.

Brazilian Restaurant Coming to CMN Business Park

Steve and Ping Chen of Fort Smith have plans to build an 8,000-SF Brazilian-style steakhouse in Fayetteville?s CMN Business Park.

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