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Foster Group Breaks Ground on $8M Living Center

Foster Hospitality Group LLC of Springfield, Mo., recently began moving dirt on an assisted living facility in Fayetteville that will cost about $8.37 million.

Zweig Returns to Old Firm With Aggressive Goals Intact

Mark Zweig recently opened the doors at ZweigWhite LLC, a company that caters to the architecture, engineering and environmental consulting industries.

Monty Python perspective

A comedic rant against the Roman occupation of Palestine (what is now Israel) was part of a movie scene in “Life of Brian” during which Judeans sought to displace the…

Just say no

The magic amount in 2012 is $600. It will be black magic.

Boozman, Keet attack Democrats and government growth

GOP Senate nominee Rep. John Boozman of Rogers spoke to about 650 convention delegates in west Little Rock on Saturday, telling the crowd that "the time is here to act."…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

Fort Smith Radio Group to launch ‘Arklahoma Today’

It didn’t take long for a competing radio station to fill the news/talk void following Clear Channel’s decision to cancel a once-popular morning radio show. On July 19, officials with…

Fort Smith special, general elections produce similar tax-support outcomes

Recent municipal election history appears to refute renewed claims that a special election produces different outcomes than a similar item on a general election ballot. The disclosure was part of…

Arkansas Best issues 3-cent dividend

Arkansas Best Corp. has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 3 cents per share to holders of record of on Aug. 6, payable on Aug. 20. Fort Smith-Arkansas Best Corp….

Paddock’s Picks: Bad News for Outlaws

An illustrated children’s book about Bass Reeves also is a good book for adults.

National bowhunter group has strong local tie

story and photos by Roy Hill Every year, almost 60,000 people take the classes offered by the 5,000 active instructors of the National Bowhunter Education Foundation. Eleven states require hunters…

SEC Preview: Will Nutt and Ole Miss ‘bounce back’ this season?

story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) Last year was supposed to be the year for the Ole Miss Rebels. Just…

Tolls for thee?

Survey shows most Americans support toll roads.

Tax reduction, medicaid and prisons part of Beebe’s 2011 plans

Editor’s note: This is the last of three stories resulting from a July 12 interview with Gov. Mike Beebe. Link here for the first story, and here for the second….

Adam & Eats: Trio’s

File this in the keep-it-simple-stupid category of what makes for a good restaurant experience.

ATU-Ozark summer enrollment up 53%

Enrollment for the summer II semester on the Ozark Campus of Arkansas Tech University reached 375, up 130 students from the 2009 period. Summer enrollment growth is mutually beneficial in…

Arkansas banks, AT&T post positive earnings reports

Three publicly held companies based or active in Arkansas were part of a positive second quarter earnings report cycle that saw solid gains in the major U.S. stock markets. AT&T…

USA Truck swings to profit on fuel contract sale

Van Buren-based USA Truck ended a string of quarterly losses with a $900,000 net income gain in the second quarter, but company officials say tough economic conditions will continue for…

Beebe high on wood chips

Editor’s note: This is the second of three stories resulting from a July 12 interview with Gov. Mike Beebe. Link here for the first story. Compressed natural gas may have…

College football recruiting: There has to be a better way

story by Gary Brown, president of College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] How can you tell the NCAA is a bloated organization with…