by - July 26, 2012 7:32 am
Fort Smith Is Temporary U.S. Home To Walther Arms
Fort Smith has a chance to become the U.S. headquarters for legendary Walther Arms.
Author: Michael Tilley
by - July 22, 2012 6:01 pm
Haw Creek brain trust
Have heard again from Billy, a college friend from thousands of years ago. He’d spent the day with friends at Haw Creek Falls sipping Newton County “spring water” and throwing…
by - July 16, 2012 1:53 pm
13 Governors Ask Auto Leaders For CNG Plan; Arkansas Waiting
Governors of 13 states are meeting with auto industry officials to advance CNG vehicle infrastructure in the U.S.
by - July 15, 2012 9:25 pm
An unfortunate review
What follows is an abridged and heavily amended version of a Riff Raff essay first published in June 2009. Although more than two years old, many points in the essay,…
by - July 12, 2012 3:29 pm
Signatures Submitted For Benton County Wet-Dry Vote
A rough math exercise shows that the effort to place a wet-dry vote on the Benton County ballot in November cost around $6.50 per signature.
by - July 10, 2012 3:15 pm
NanoMech And Cameron International Partner On Friction Solution
NanoMech Inc. and Cameron International Group announced an agreement to utilize TriboTuff lubricant in some of Cameron’s valves and flow equipment used extensively in the worldwide gas and oil supply chain.
by - July 8, 2012 10:44 pm
Billy and ballot stuff
Billy, a college friend from thousands of years ago, called again this week. Hadn’t heard from him in several months. He took a part time job on evenings and some…
by - July 1, 2012 5:59 pm
Seven-year itch
In 2005, just two years after Whirlpool gave us a clear hint about the future of its Fort Smith manufacturing operations, business and community leaders in the Fort Smith region…
by - June 24, 2012 6:57 pm
A simple concern
There during Thursday’s (June 21) taping of The City Wire show were two examples of what we likely could use more of in Little Rock. Sen. Jake Files, a Republican…
by - June 17, 2012 10:48 pm
Hoodwinked
In explaining why individualized trash collection preference is a right of citizenship beyond the whims of collective governance, Fort Smith Director Philip Merry Jr. says the city is not necessarily…
by - June 10, 2012 9:05 pm
Getting it right
If Fort Smith is to be successful in developing amenities and infrastructure that support diversified job and wage growth in the region, public-private partnerships (P3s) will be vital. The number…
by - June 3, 2012 5:07 pm
The micromanaging thing
The debate in Fort Smith between automated and non-automated trash collection with 2,402 households among all 28,673 households is instructive in that it well serves as an obvious symptom of…
by - May 13, 2012 10:18 am
A fortunate son
A lot has changed in Mom’s world. The world in 1949, the year of her birth, was a crazy place. Europe was rebuilding its continental economy, the Soviets were rattling…
by - April 29, 2012 9:11 pm
Celery
A few years back there was this Facebook fad in which a friend would “tag” you to post 25 random things. Or at least that’s how it may have worked….
by - April 22, 2012 7:01 am
Recycled memory
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it. — H.L. Mencken Recently toured several of the fine museums in Chicago. The city…
by - April 15, 2012 6:31 pm
Complex insanity
Ready, shoot, aim. That’s been for the past several years the modus operandi of the Fort Smith Board of Directors — and that’s giving them credit on the “Ready” portion….
by - March 25, 2012 5:11 pm
Godvernment
One might think even with a superficial knowledge of history and religion one would see the advantage of avoiding God-based government or government-based God. But the level of support for…
by - March 4, 2012 5:54 pm
Cool water religion
The realization hit me in the face like cool water spray from a canoe bow plowing through fast-moving sections of the Mulberry or Buffalo rivers. But I was firmly butt-planted…
by - February 26, 2012 9:34 pm
Uncomfortable awareness
This week begins an effort by The City Wire to focus on the wholly unpleasant topic of child abuse. We do not do this because it is an engaging topic…
by - February 19, 2012 5:10 pm
Distracted observations
The scattered commentary is posted with apologies to Kind Readers not afflicted with short attention spans.