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Sports Station Halts Morning Show for Now

KREB, nicknamed ?The Fan,? on 1190 AM in Rogers, stops airing ?The Bo Mattingly Show? during its weekday morning drive-time slot.

UA Journalism Grad is $64,000 Question

E. Lynn Harris, a graduate of the University of Arkansas? Walter J. Lemke department of journalism, is mentioned Nov. 5 in a question on ABC’s ?Who Wants to be a Millionaire.”

American Freightways Gets Nicholson Award

American Freightways Corp.’s 1999 shareholders report receives the 2000 Nicholson Award, honoring the nation?s best publications from the trucking, transportation and leasing industries.

Beverly Enterprises Posts $22.4 Million Loss

Beverly attributes the loss to a pretax charge of $44.4 million related to increased reserves for patient-care liability costs, primarily in Florida.

Edgewater To Sell IT Division

The sale is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2000.

Loislaw.com Posts Revenue Gain, Net Loss

Loislaw.com, the online legal information company, says its third-quarter revenue rose 97 percent over revenue for the same period in 1999.

P.A.M. Reports 3Q-Revenue Drop From 1999

P.A.M. reports net income for the third quarter of $1.3 million, compared with net income of $2.8 million for the same period in 1999.

Southwestern Energy Reports $800,000 Loss

Southwestern Energy records less of a loss than in 1999 when it fell $1.9 million short.

Wal-Mart, Others Cut Holiday Expectations

A weak sales environment prompts Wal-Mart Stores Inc., J.C. Penney Co. Inc. and others to lower their sales expectations for the holiday season.

Hunt for Ad Space Creates Mobile Billboards

J.B. Hunt and Transport Media put billboard advertising on 18 wheels.

Lewis Excels as Fayetteville Rainmaker

The Fayetteville business community calls him The Rainmaker, but John Lewis says no one individual has overwhelming power in his hometown.

SEFAY Moves on Stephens Project

Robert East and Darrell Russell of SEFAY LLC obtain a $2.64 million loan to build the new home of Stephens Inc.?s Northwest Arkansas headquarters in Fayetteville.

Bentonville To Get More Office Space

SH&S Partnership purchases two building permits to add two more office buildings in Bentonville.

Happy Days in Store for Rogers Business

Shell Spivey gets a $920,000 loan from First State Bank of Lonoke for the final financing of his Happy Days Car Wash and land in Rogers.

Edwardses To Build Large Springdale Home

Joe and Janice Edwards obtain a $900,000 building permit for a new home in southwest Springdale.

Builders Plan Bentonville Skating Rink

Roseana Carter of Meadow Springs School Inc. receives an $829,775 loan from Arkansas National Bank in Rogers to build a skating rink/day care in Bentonville.

Kohl?s Gets Permit for Rogers Store

Kohl?s Corp. buys a building permit valued at $2.9 million for a store to be built in Rogers.

ARC To Add to Centerton Subdivision

Ralph Walker, the president of ARC Construction and Development Inc., gets 12 loans to build more homes at a Centerton subdivision.

McDonald?s Corp. To Build Rogers Restaurant

McDonald?s Corp. of Oak Brook, Ill., buys a building permit valued at $750,000 to build a new restaurant in Rogers.

Electric Company To Build Truck Shelter

Ozarks Electric Cooperative Corp. buys a building permit valued at $500,000 to build a truck shed for part of its fleet in Fayetteville.

$6 billion data center to locate near Little Rock

The Compass Report: Arkansas metro economic growth ranges from resilient to stable

Family, relationships fueled Kirkwood’s long career at AOG, Summit

Waterpark, ACME property, Miss Laura’s on Fort Smith board study session agenda