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Schmitt Says UA Will Aid High-Tech Growth

The completion of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in 1998 and Interstate 540 in 1999 should help lure high-tech companies to the area, and the University of Arkansas is trying to recruit new engineering students to provide an employee base.

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Bob Gets a Holt of Frank

Bob Holt, the University of Arkansas men?s basketball beat writer and general Razorback expert for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, wrote two of the most enterprising local sports stories we?ve seen in a while.

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Time to Follow Huck?s Lead

Sounding at times like a conservative Republican and at times like a liberal Democrat, Gov. Mike Huckabee on Jan. 14 proposed a sweeping reorganization of the state?s school districts and of the executive branch.

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Money Minders Join Forces for Charity

Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation and Morgan Stanley have formed a partnership. The Charitable Neighbors Program will offer support for Morgan Stanley?s private clients in creating, managing and operating donor-advised funds.

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KKEG Retaps its Format

Recent Arbitron books show a slide for KKEG that culminated with a 48.6 percent drop from a 7 share in spring 2001 to a 3.6 share last spring. Now the station’s format has changed.

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‘Buying Media’ Half the Ad Battle

Producing slick advertisements won?t do any good if your potential customers don?t see them. It?s all about reaching that target audience, and Fayetteville?s Taylor Mack ad firm has been creative in doing just that.