by - March 21, 2016 7:01 pm
Revised federal data show that Benton County’s per capita personal income in 2014 was 149.3% of the national average, and only seven other counties in a 12–state southeast U.S. region…
by - March 20, 2016 8:54 pm
It’s a helluva thing to have a bunch of attitude thrown in your face and delivered with a hint of swagger and a pinch of pride. Not that puffy pride…
by - March 17, 2016 5:17 pm
An almost 10-year project to restore a Native American mound in Fort Smith continues with The Archaeological Conservancy hoping to soon “rebuild” a missing part of the mound and take…
by - March 16, 2016 4:26 pm
The legendary Leon Russell, country rock Turnpike Troubadours and their famous live act, along with the popular alt-country Old 97’s out of Dallas are part of a solid line-up for…
by - March 6, 2016 6:42 pm
It was as if I announced intent to get naked before voting. Or begin to debate, like all the cool kids are doing, penis size. Immediate looks from several poll…
by - March 3, 2016 6:19 pm
A $10.5 million expansion in Fort Smith by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will more than double a family medical center that not only provides training for…
by - March 1, 2016 11:07 am
The huge Mitsubishi building in Fort Smith designed solely to assemble complex, multi-ton wind turbines will soon employ more than 80 people in the production of a material small and…
by - February 21, 2016 8:39 pm
The firing of Fort Smith’s sanitation boss and the subsequent “discovery” of savings in the sanitation budget once again require us to compare what we hear from city officials to…
by - February 18, 2016 5:32 pm
Job growth and gains in sales tax revenue in Northwest Arkansas and the central Arkansas metro areas continued into the third quarter of 2015, according to The Compass Report. The…
by - February 14, 2016 3:21 pm
One might think even with a superficial knowledge of history and religion we would see the advantage of avoiding God-based government or government-based God. That was the beginning line of…
by - February 11, 2016 1:41 pm
The 2015 Baloney Sandwich Index wasn’t too far off Fort Smith metro job growth numbers during the year, but it doesn’t necessarily indicate an improving jobs scene in the area…
by - February 1, 2016 6:41 pm
An open Fort Smith Department of Sanitation director job drew 33 applicants, with 11 from the metro area and seven from Fort Smith. The city also is in the process…
by - January 31, 2016 5:48 pm
Here we go again with this Fort Smith Convention Center/prepared food tax debate in which room for calm and reasoned analysis is nuked by emotion, half-truths, perception sans context, anecdotal…
by - January 27, 2016 5:22 pm
In just a little more than two years, Columbus, Ohio-based Spartan Logistics has grown from hoping to utilize 100,000 square feet of the former Whirlpool warehouse in Fort Smith to…
by - January 25, 2016 8:04 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors may on Tuesday (Jan. 26) revisit the hot topic of pushing a prepared food tax to help shift a city budget expense that could…
by - January 13, 2016 5:36 pm
John “Randy” Rogers, who has more than 20 years experience in global logistics, including railroad operations, has been hired as CEO of Van Buren-based USA Truck. His first day on…
by - January 10, 2016 9:57 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s call to appreciate police and shut down “the negativity toward those who protect and serve” is noble in sentiment but incredibly naive and ill serves…
by - January 2, 2016 11:25 am
Editor’s note: This essay first appeared Dec. 28, 2008, on The City Wire, now Talk Business & Politics. It continues to be an appropriate note to begin a new year….
by - December 15, 2015 3:56 pm
Editor’s note: This essay was first published Dec. 18, 2011. –––––––––– My closet hero has died. He called Bill Clinton a rapist. He wrote frequently of his distaste for George…
by - December 15, 2015 2:57 pm
There isn’t much simple or ordinary with construction of the 102,000-square foot Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. Keeping 60 cadavers chilled requires a dedicated power backup system. A small four-room…
