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Brewski?s Restaurant & Draft Emporium Earns Three Stars

With slightly above-average food and a friendly wait-staff, Brewski?s Restaurant & Draft Emporium is a good option for business lunches.

Sprawl Blues Can Be Avoided

We read a recent newsletter from the Eighth Federal Reserve District Bank of St. Louis that gauges urban sprawl in Memphis. The article discusses ways to make the city more efficient.

Local Golf Courses Take a Mulligan On Season

Washington County golf courses fighting to get fairways back to normal.

Wine?s Health Benefits Won?t Be Printed On Label

The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms enforces mandatory warning labels of health risks and alcohol abuse on wine, yet it will not allow labels stating the documented benefits of moderate wine consumption.

North Hills Breast Center Receives Accreditation

For the second consecutive term, the North Hills Imaging and Breast Center earned stereotactic breast biopsy accreditation from the American College of Radiation.

Investment Bankers Eye Corporate-Rich Corridor

Dallas-based Allegiance Capital Corp. recently merged with DSJ Consulting to open a new regional office in Tulsa.

Little Rock Law Firm Opens Fayetteville Office

The Little Rock law firm of Dover & Dixon opened a new 2,000-SF office in Fayetteville to serve its Northwest Arkansas clients.

Springdale Holiday Inn Introduces Energy Charge

Kevin Smith, general manager of Springdale?s Holiday Inn of Northwest Arkansas and Convention Center, said his business began adding an ?energy surcharge? to guests? bills on March 18.

Modisette May Be Arkansas? Business Education Godfather

During his 33 years at the University of Arkansas, professor James Modisette explained accounting basics to students who went on to become successful chief officers and administrators.

Talk To Your Kids About Debt

I really like those television ads reminding us to talk to our kids about drugs, alcohol, sex and tobacco, but I?m starting to wonder if ignorance of basic personal finance principles isn?t as much a threat to our children?s future as any of the above.

Billy?s Playhouse & Pi?atas Imports Mexican Party Favors

Sonia Tovar and her husband Billy Brooks originally opened their new import business because she wanted to visit her family on the Mexican border in Texas.

D&D Cycle Rumbles into Rogers

A new motorcycle shop in Rogers offers new, used and custom rides.

Silks Abloom Blossoms in Fayetteville

Sisters Reba Sisco and Randi Scott opened Silks Abloom to furnish Northwest Arkansas with silk interior design accents.

Mitchell Forms PRSA Chapter

Elise Mitchell has been busy starting a Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Philip Bruce to Edit Life & Times

Philip Bruce, a native of Farmington and graduate of the University of Arkansas? journalism department, was named in May to be news director of Life & Times Tonight.

Thumbs Up for ?Krup? Criticism

We?ve been meaning to give Jeff Krupsaw, deputy sports editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, a kudo for his May 11 column on the Little Rock School District?s academic fraud mess.

Surrounded By Wal-Martians

We couldn?t help laughing a bit when we read Dominic Rushe?s story about Wal-Mart?s annual shareholders meeting in the June 10 issue of The Sunday Times of London.

Auto Sales Slow in 2000

The slowing economy apparently affected automobile sales in Northwest Arkansas last year.

First Federal Bancshares Completes Repurchase

First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas Inc. of Harrison announced on June 14 that it had completed its stock repurchase.

Wal-Mart Pays Environmental Fine and Faces Sexual Discrimination Charges

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay a $1 million fine to resolve charges that it violated environmental laws while building stores in four states.

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: ACME input now online, UAFS students receive SURF grants

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