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Carbajal Opens Second Bakery

In late October, Rafael Carbajal opened a Carbajal?s Bakery in Rogers? Village on the Creeks shopping center.

Impact Fees Threaten Our ‘American Dream’

Bentonville ordinance requires $5,100 plus permit fees to purchase a new home.

Truck Firm ?Earns It? Old-Fashioned Way

An agent of 4-Way Transportation Inc. of Springdale, JLC Trucking Inc. of Rogers still does much of its logistics work the old-fashioned way ? by hand.

Nabholz Rides Economic Boom of NWA

Nabholz?s Rogers division is enjoying the convenience of local presence.

Scottsdale Gives Rogers an Upscale Alternative

The $50 million Scottsdale Center, ?power center,? nears completion in Rogers.

Case Against Arkansas Western Pushes Forward

A Fayetteville lawyer said his clients could possibly wallop Arkansas Western Gas with a judgment similar to the $109 million verdict that took the wind out of parent-company Southwestern Energy Co. last year.

What Driver Shortage?

J.B. Hunt, USA Truck scale back pay.

Recession Should be Over Soon

Our first reaction to the National Bureau of Economic Research making the official call that the United States is in a recession: Well, duh. Talk about stating the obvious.

There is Room for Optimism (Jeff Hankins Publisher’s Note)

News of the day shakes confidence, but there?s room for optimism about next year?s rebound in the Arkansas and national economies.

Mason Sells Departure, Plans Bargain Cellar

In August, Mason Hiba sold Departure, one of two stores he had in the Northwest Arkansas Mall, to Sergio Naumoff of Farmington.

ADEQ Director Overturns Waste Board?s Denial

A proposed expansion to the Waste Management Tontitown Landfill moved forward Nov. 30 when Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Interim Director Richard Weiss approved the certificate of need for expansion.

Tyson Course Likely to be Unique to Area

World-renowned golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. nodded in agreement when Johnson Planning Commission Chairman Bud Curry hinted that the planned ?world-class? course in his town could host a major tournament in the future.

ABF Freight System Repeat Web Winner

ABF Freight System Inc. of Fort Smith, the largest subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corp., has been honored for the second-straight year as one of the Web Business 50 Award winners.

Bell Sounds for Round Two of CommunityCare Grants

CommunityCare Foundation Inc. announces its second round of grants for 2001.

NWACF Gets More Agency Endowments

Two more agencies set up endowments in November with the Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation, which serves as the lead public foundation operated in connection with CommunityCare.

Petsitters Launched Holiday Opening

Husband and wife Terry and Teri Collins launched Home Sweet Home Petsitters in time to oblige holiday travelers who don?t want to board their family pets.

Tire Central Plans Area Chain

C. Roy Wright said the newly constructed Tire Central in Lowell will be the flagship location for a chain of up 20 stores throughout the area.

Brown to Leave Morning News

Wesley Brown, business editor at The Morning News, plans to leave around Jan. 1 to begin work as a business reporter in Donrey Media Group?s Little Rock office.

RoArk and CJRW Hound Best of Show

RoArk Printing Inc. in Rogers and Cranford Johnson Robinson & Woods in Little Rock recently won the ?Zandi,? or best of show, award for a brochure entered into a national corporate communications design contest.

Harton Hears a ?Wooo-Pig-Sooie?

Greg Harton, executive editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette?s Fayetteville section, took University of Arkansas basketball fans to task Dec. 2. rnOur question is, where the heck has Harton been?

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic

Fort Smith metro job numbers up less than 1% in September report