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by Michael Tilley - September 10, 2014 3:07 pm

Analysis of the analysis

It was September 2013 when the Fort Smith Board of Directors encouraged city staff to do more to incorporate compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles into the city fleet. At the…

by The City Wire staff - September 8, 2014 10:17 pm

Telling stories so we never forget

Thirteen years ago this Thursday our world changed. The unimaginable happened. We will never forget that morning: where we were, who we were with, what we saw, what we said,…

by The City Wire staff - September 7, 2014 9:48 pm

Science and technology necessary for jobs

With every passing year, science and technology grow more and more important to economic success. It is research that fuels technology's advances and creates opportunities for tomorrow. Therefore, one of…

by The City Wire staff - September 3, 2014 7:59 pm

A wrong approach to student loan debt

As the former director of the Arkansas Employment Security Division (now the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services), and a professor of human resources development for Webster University, I have long…

by The City Wire staff - September 1, 2014 9:36 pm

Get unstuck

Business owners are trained to think about the future. There are seminars on goal settings, business planning, and budgeting. There are books on management succession, strategic planning and disaster recovery…

by The City Wire staff - September 1, 2014 8:08 pm

Another Pryor commitment

Dear Senator Mark Pryor: Successive survey data and most political handicappers suggest that you would have a tougher time getting re-elected this coming November than you have ever had in…

by The City Wire staff - September 1, 2014 8:04 pm

UTeach participants needed

Another academic year is underway, and we are one step closer to 2020. That is the predicted date when three-fourths of the jobs in Arkansas will require advanced skills in…

by Michael Tilley - August 24, 2014 7:34 pm

Do stuff

Comes now Kaitlin Stephens serving as a timely example to students returning to school: Do stuff. Do a lot of stuff. Do a lot of different stuff. Do a lot…

by The City Wire staff - August 24, 2014 1:14 pm

What is your default future?

Most people can predict and foresee their future. Granted we can’t see specific things like the date of our death or what the Dow Jones average will be in on…

by The City Wire staff - August 17, 2014 4:01 pm

Don’t blame the voters

This notion that a majority of Fort Smithians are anti-progress and aren’t willing to pay the bill for socio-economic improvements is absurd and an unfortunate and ill-considered response among those…

by The City Wire staff - August 17, 2014 11:10 am

Government job cuts

Two savvy state Senators from far flung Arkansas cities have come together with a really good idea. Before we spring the idea on you Mr. and Mrs. Voting Public, we…

by The City Wire staff - August 10, 2014 8:17 pm

The Pryor and Cotton disconnect

Are we allowing the manipulation of past voting records to be the reason to elect or not elect a future U.S. Senator for our state? Arkansans, especially those watching the…

by The City Wire staff - August 3, 2014 4:55 pm

Superficial politics

It has all the attributes of a school yard dust up. Or even juvenile finger-pointing just like at home between two siblings. You know, one of those, “he said it…

by The City Wire staff - July 28, 2014 11:58 am

Lessons learned from the fall of Rome

In his book “The Collapse of Complex Societies,” anthropologist Joseph Tainter examines why civilizations such as the Roman Empire fell apart. Rome was powerful and seemingly invulnerable to decline, at…