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EWI Eyes Clear Creek (Real Deals)

EWI gets Clear Creek II Apartments bid. Commerce starts construction on Harps.

NWA Realty Inc. Staffs Veterans

Mike Robinson said he had a twofold attraction to EXIT ? the company?s unique approach to its agent relationships and the fact that it?s a fast-growing company in North America.

The Turning Point Offers Relaxation

The Turning Point offers a variety of services including temporary henna tattoos and Jin Shin Jyutsu, an ancient form of touch massage that has more to do with stress relief than muscle manipulation.

Bentonville Agents, Miller Enjoy Great Sales Years

Clint Miller, vice president of Griffin Company Realtors, has himself to thank for one of the largest year-over-year sales increases in Northwest Arkansas.

Communications Group To Open Fayetteville Office

Little Rock-based Paschall & Associates Strategic Communications will open an office on the fourth floor of the E.J. Ball Building in downtown Fayetteville in mid-April.

Parkway To Offer Higher Insured CD Accounts

Parkway Bank of Rogers has begun offering a unique product for wealthy customers and municipalities. The bank can take certificates of deposit that will be federally insured up to $10 million ? 100 times as much as most banks offer.

Arkansas Nonfarm Jobs Up, Unemployment Down

Arkansas was up slightly for total nonagricultural jobs for the third quarter of 2004 compared to the third quarter of 2003.

House Passes Art Museum Bill

The Arkansas House of Representatives passed House Bill 2480 on March 21 by a vote of 85 to 0 (with 15 representatives not voting).

WAC Wins Most ADDY Awards

The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville won the most 2004 awards from the Northwest Arkansas Advertising Federation.

Half of NCAA Tourney Airs in HDTV on KFSM

KFSM, Channel 5, didn?t air the first three rounds of the NCAA college basketball tournament in high-definition television. But the final three rounds of ?March Madness? will be in HDTV.

Morning News First With Boozman Details (Outtakes Opinion)

The Morning News was the first area newspaper to report that Dr. Fay Boozman had been killed March 19 in Rogers when part of a barn ?gave way and crushed him.?

Times Publishes Carl?s Last Column (Outtakes Opinion)

We gigged the Northwest Arkansas Times in our March 14 issue. So Greg Harton, the Times? current executive editor, called to tell us the newspaper re-published Carl?s last column from 1983 on March 6 instead of doing a feature obit.

Pleasant Crossing Plans for Imax

Pleasant Crossing developers have another ace up their sleeve: an IMAX theater.

Nabholz Sees Employees Depart

We noticed that three upper-level management folks at Nabholz Construction Corp. in Rogers have jumped ship lately.

Miller Eyes Land by Center

Clint Miller, vice president of Griffin Company Realtors in Springdale, recently bought 70 acres across from the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. distribution center.

Plaza Gets New Tenants

Bentonville Plaza has apparently signed a few new tenants lately.

Legacy Bank Becomes Official

Legacy National Bank of Springdale is now officially a bank.

Celebrity Sited On St. Paddy?s

We heard that John Paul Merritt, a former contestant from ABC?s reality TV show ?The Bachelorette,? was spotted in Fayetteville celebrating St. Patrick?s Day.

Former CEO Joins Publishing Company

Joseph Gies, the former CEO of The Great Passion Play who left the Eureka Springs production last summer, has joined New Leaf Publishing Group Inc. across town as its marketing director.

Local Chapters Make List

Four Arkansas chapters of Duck?s Unlimited are honored in the March/April issue of Duck?s Unlimited magazine for being among the top 100 chapters in the United States.

Arkansas to lead National Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship expansion

The Supply Side: Boomer generation concedes spending power to young consumers

2nd cohort of new lithium accelerator shows innovations in Bentonville

Weekly wages up 4.2% in Arkansas, Benton County leads with 13.4% wage gain