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Sales down, prices up

PALATIAL: This home at 30 Bretagne Drive sold for $1.8 million to R. Huckabay Development.

It’s a trend nationally, and Pulaski County reflects it: Home sales are down, but prices are up.

In the past 12 months, sales declined in both number and dollar volume, according to figures supplied by the Cooperative Arkansas Realtors Multiple Listing Service. Total units sold dipped from 5,821 a year ago (November 2005 to October 2006) to 5,642 in 2007 (November 2006 to October 2007).

Dollar volume for the 12-month period ending October 2007 was $985 million, just shy of the $1 billion figure for the previous 12 months.
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SECTION INDEX

SALES DOWN, PRICES UP

PAINT (A PICTURE OF PULASKI COUNTY) BY NUMBERS

THE STREETCAR YOUR DESIRE?

NEW CONCESSIONS AT LRNA

BOOK LEARNING

PULASKI COUNTY HOSPITALS

Paint (a picture of Pulaski County) by numbers

For those readers who like to quantify their environment, we present a statistical look at Little Rock. Numbers come from the U.S. Census 2006 American Community Survey and the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce.

Physical environment
Little Rock is 286 feet above sea level and includes residential areas up to 630 feet. It encompasses hilly and mountainous areas in the west and central areas and flatlands along the Arkansas River. Pulaski County is 781 square miles in size. Little Rock is 119.5 square miles and North Little Rock is 49.3 square miles.
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Elected officials

THE GOV: Mike Beebe, the state's top elected official.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Sen. Blanche Lincoln
Little Rock:
912 W. Fourth St., 72201
375-2993
375-7064 fax

Washington D.C.:
355 Dirksen Senate Office Building 20510-0404
202-224-4843
204-228-1371 fax

Sen. Mark Pryor
Little Rock:
500 Clinton Ave.,
Suite 401, 72201
324-6336
324-5320 fax

Washington D.C.:
255 Dirksen Senate Office
Building 20510
202-224-2353
202-228-0908 fax
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Sitting in judgment

Here’s a list of municipal, county circuit and state supreme and appeals court judges. They are elected positions.

District Courts
Criminal, civil, small claims and traffic cases.

Little Rock
600 W. Markham St.

Criminal
Lee Munson, 371-4739

Traffic
Vic Fleming, 371-4733

Environmental
Alice Lightle, 371-4454

Maumelle
100 Millwood Circle
Roger Harrod, 851-7800

North Little Rock
200 Pershing Blvd.

Criminal, civil
Jim Hamilton, 791-8559

Traffic and code
Randy Morley, 791-8562
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The electronic ether

ON CHANNEL 16: The news desk for the local FOX Affiliate.

The Central Arkansas television and radio market saw some big changes in 2007, including the retirement of long-time KTHV anchor Anne Jansen after more than two decades on the air. Sports talk radio programming (how do they find enough to talk about?) continued to be popular and ratings for new-kid-on-the-block Fox 16 News grew slowly but steadily. Archway Stations KOLL, KKSP and KHTE were sold to up-and-coming Crain Media for the princely sum of $4 million.
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