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Another $8M to Beef Up Swanson Plant

Pinnacle Foods Group of Cherry Hill, N.J., plans to spend another $8 million to increase production at the plant this year.

Ozark Brewing Co. Closes in Fayetteville

Ozark Brewing Co. closed on May 9 after occupying one of the most prominent locations on Fayetteville?s Dickson Street for 21 days shy of a decade.

Cafe Santa Fe Closes in Fayetteville

The Cafe Santa Fe restaurant in downtown Fayetteville closed on May 10.

Tyson Plans Dividend, Cutbacks for Pork

Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale has announced that it will pay a quarterly dividend of 4 cents per share on Class A common stock and 3.6 cents per share on Class B common stock.

First Pharmacy Since FDR Lands in Lowell

Triphama Inc., doing business as Lowell Pharmacy, is the only pharmacy in one of America?s fastest growing cities.

Nock, Alexander Plan 12-story, $20M Hotel

John Nock and Richard Alexander plan to tear down 75 percent of the seven-story Mountain Inn of Fayetteville, 60,000-SF structure to make room for a new 12-story hotel.

Madison Leaves Wal-Mart For Wright, Lindsey & Jennings

Eva Madison, assistant general counsel for employment litigation at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is leaving the world?s largest company.

Arkansas Housing Starts Lead Seven-state Region

For the fourth quarter of 2003, Arkansas was first out of seven regional states and outpaced the U.S. average in percent change in housing permits.

Population Guesses Rescore Need for Roads

Population projections for the Little Rock/North Little Rock metropolitan statistical area and the Northwest Arkansas MSA show that the latter is growing more than twice as fast as its Southern sister.

Moducell Fosters Miniature Electronics

Ron Foster?s company, Moducell Inc. is working on the development of a miniature fuel cell that runs on methanol.

Lee Scott?s Mission (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)

Wal-Mart?s CEO impressed a Little Rock audience, but the world?s largest company still doesn?t understand media relations.

Area Road Woes Could Kill Boom

The area?s surging population and traffic counts indicate about $1.3 billion worth of new highway construction is needed right now. That work isn?t expected to be started, let alone completed, anytime soon.

Beetle Destruction Could Chew $1 Billion Out of Forest Oaks

Since 1999, red oak borer beetles have killed 50 million oak trees along some of the most scenic highways in the Arkansas Ozarks, including state Highway 7 near Pelsor and Highway 23, also known as the ?Pig Trail,? in north Franklin County.

Haynes Limited Only by Imagination

A Rogers-based firm blends environmental concerns with big business.

Subtract This (Editorial)

There?s been a battle ? mostly words ? going on for a decade over stock option expensing.

Benchmark Pumps Up Fire-Protection Design

Last year, the architectural and engineering consulting firm officially established a fire-protection services division, which designs fire-sprinkler systems.

Vision, Mod Digs Bolster Benham

Gary Carnahan and Kevin Kuehn, co-managers of the Lowell branch, say the firm?s ?hands-on design and vision? are what helped grow its local fee revenue 50 percent from $2 million in 2002 to about $3 million last year.

Area Engineers Try To Bend Around Steel

Developers in Northwest Arkansas have felt a pinch in construction costs because of skyrocketing steel prices.

Lindsey Starts Stearns Street (Real Deals)

Lindsey Construction Co. of Springdale buys 24 building permits valued at $13.9 million to build apartment units in the 23-acre Stearns Street Apartments complex in Fayetteville. Also: Mortgage reports for Benton and Washinton counties.

UA Translates A.I. Into Business

The professor and Acxiom Database Chair in Engineering of the Computer Science & Computer Engineering Department, Craig Thompson, is working on turning artificial intelligence (AI) into practical applications.

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