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Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino parent company sold

Boyd Gaming Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Peninsula Gaming LLC for $1.45 billion, the companies announced today. Peninsula operates two casinos in Louisiana: Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino in Opelousas and the Amelia Belle Casino in Amelia. The company also has properties in Wichita, Kansas and in Dubuque and Northwood, Iowa. [...]

Business notebook 5/6/2012

TxDOT employees get service honors Local employees of the Texas Department of Transportation were recently honored for their years of service to the agency. Five years: Eugene Castaneda, Johnathan Curtis, Rodney Moore and Ricky Sims Ten years: Paul Kirk and Casey McGee Fifteen years: Tracy Jones Twenty-five years: Roy Wright Local Realtors firm receives recognition [...]

Course gives small-business owners a big lift

For more than two decades Karen Castjohn and her husband ran a Kenner contracting firm together, building the business by playing off each other’s strengths. But when Frank Castjohn died in 2008 right as the housing bubble burst, she struggled to manage the business on her own. She found help in a four-year-old training program [...]

Oil report 4/1/2012

DISTRICT 7B Brown County Recompletion: Creek Energy Inc. will re-complete Well No. 4 on the York lease, nine miles southwest of Byrds, in the Byrd (Fry Sand) field. Total depth: 2,642′. Location: 520′ FWL and 1,680′ FSL of Section 36 of the HT&B RR CO/H.J. Fry survey. Abstract No. 1975. Status No. 73377. API No. [...]

Marketing the great outdoors

Stephanie Klein-Davis | The Roanoke Times Meridium technical consultant Steve Myers (from left) and quality engineers Tim Clingenpeel and Jim White take an 11-mile round-trip bike ride on Mill Mountain during their lunch break. Meridium founder Bonz Hart said the region’s outdoor amenities can help attract and retain employees. Jeanna Duerscherl | The Roanoke Times [...]