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Romance Goes to ROTC

Romance Diamond Co. of Fayetteville is moving from Colt Square to the Three Sisters Building at 248 W. Dickson St.

Dickson Street Needs Work

Fayetteville’s Dickson Street will be milled down to the level of the brick crosswalks that were added during summer 2003.

Suit Sees Suicide Clause

There?s a lawsuit in Little Rock?s U.S. District Court seeking $500,000 in insurance benefits on the life of M. David Howell Jr.

Howell Had Big Insurance Policy

Former Little Rock, Fayetteville and Springdale banker David Howell had $17 million in life insurance.

Villa, B&Bs Offer Private Relaxation

There?s an overnight hideaway in Rogers that?s so exclusive the local hotel chieftains don?t even know it?s there.

Deflation Gets Decoded (James Bell Commentary)

The Fed feels the chance of deflation in the next year is greater than the chance of higher inflation.

Prison Alternatives Are Needed (Editorial)

Gov. Mike Huckabee has long argued ? and we agree with him ? that the state needs alternatives to the practice of placing nonviolent criminals in prison.

eDoc Sees Black Ink, Deal With UA System

A Dallas association management company began offering eDocAmerica.com to its nearly 100,000 members in April, finally propelling the Little Rock dot-com company to profitability.

Oxygen ?Dives? Kill Germs, Increase Wound Healing

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy can help heal everything from brown recluse spider bites to wounds that otherwise might have required the amputation of a limb.

?Alliance? Sees First Profit In June

The circulation ?alliance? between Wehco Media?s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Community Publishers Inc. had its first profitable month in June. The alliance has been in place since August 2000.

KFSM Celebrates 50 Years On Air

KFSM-TV, Channel 5, celebrated its 50th anniversary on July 22 with a buffet and reception in Fort Smith featuring Bob Schieffer, longtime chief Washington correspondent for the CBS News television show ?Face the Nation.?

Rogers Named UA PR Chief

Susan Rogers is to begin work on Sept. 8 as associate vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Arkansas.

McHale Leaving KHOG, Wright To Co-anchor At 5, 6

Beginning Aug. 11, Leslee Wright will join Craig Cannon as co-anchor of the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts on KHBS/KHOG-TV, Channels 40/29.

Southwestern Energy Reaches Settlement

Arkansas Western Gas Co. in Fayetteville, has reached a settlement with the staff of Arkansas Public Service Commission and various consumer groups regarding AWG?s request to raise its rates.

‘Hunting for Bambi’ Turns Out To Be Hoax

Michael Burdick, promotor of the game called ?Hunting for Bambi,? has admitted that the game was a hoax used to sell video tapes.

Arkansas Best Doubles Profits

Trucking carrier Arkansas Best Corp. more than doubled its second quarter profit compared with 2002?s same period, the firm reported July 18.

AERT Sees Slight Dip In Gross Sales

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale on July 25 said its gross sales for the quarter ended June 30 were $10.5 million, down marginally from the $10.6 million in sales for the same quarter last year.

Congressional Probe Questions Billing Policies

Congressional investigators are auditing the billing practices of the nation?s top 20 hospital chains regarding billing for the uninsured, the Dow Jones Business News Service announced July 16.

Tyson To Buy Choctaw, Third Quarter Results

Tyson Foods Inc. on July 28 announced that it will spend $74 million to buy the assets of longtime poultry partner, Choctaw Maid Farmers Inc.

J.B. Hunt Splits, Upgraded by Analysts

For the first time in more than a decade, the board at J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. declared that shares of the company’s common stock will split 2-for-1.

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

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