Jim Cooper

Greystone Country Club in Cabot has been brought back from the brink by two residents of the golf course community, but a few dozen more members are needed to restore its financial health. read more >

Former Arkansas state Sen. Brenda Gullett of Fayetteville has been elected chairwoman of the Arkansas State Board of Education. read more >

Three quarters of Arkansas’ nursing homes were profitable in the fiscal year that ended in June 2012, a testament to the Medicaid formula developed in 2001 to reimburse the actual cost of patient care. read more >

Cooper added to his golf holdings last year by purchasing the closed Mountain Springs course at the Greystone residential development on Highway 5 near Cabot. The course will now be known as Greystone Country Club. read more >

Two scenic tests of golf in central Arkansas for the past decade-plus bucked a nationwide trend that had seen courses shutting down. They rose from the dead thanks to ownership groups committed to putting the money back into their courses and not concerning themselves with profit. read more >